New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
REASONS FOR SELECTING INWOOD.


SAMUEL A. nAINEs CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
ON SITES. POINTS OUT WHAT HE BELIEVES TO
BE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PLACE CHOSEN.
To the Editor Of Fhe Tribune
SIR: In your issue of December 26 you ask:
" Is nwood the only available site T. aud proceeu 70
answer by pointing out the claims OF Port motifs
As [ was chairman OF the frat Committee on site'
/ may be pardoned If say have gwen the matter
much time and thought and think / ain per
feety clear as TO where the Worlds Far should DC held
and my first choice part of the Central Park IN
connection with Manhattan Square, thence 10 the
North River. I still think 1t the best place ana
many more can be given why u should
be used than why it should not. But sentimen'alsm
has day, and enterprise which, In value 10
the City OF New-York, cannot be completed, was COM
PEELED to look elsewhere for a location.
HE TRIBUNE well says, To be broadly successful
the tx position popular IN the best SENSE and
this IL what the committee has been trying to make IT,
True, the enterprise narrowing aud drifting AT one
time and that was OF its professed friends
endeavorcd put it in their pockes nd deliver to Its
enemies. In considering the question of site the com
has kept in view the greatest good to the
greatest number" and after giving y Central Park,
Inwood and Port Morris the two leading sites to
be considered As no member Of the committee had
auy favoIs to give receive II an easy matter to
decide winch the preplnderaucr OF advantages and
have M doubt but every member OF the committee can
give good sufficient ana salts acory reasons to any un
preiudced mind why InwOod is regarded as the best
site and will be so recommended TO the Commission
January 10 next
Both sites were rendered 10 the committee. Inwood
has $50 acres and the letters OF the several In
wood owners. rendering the use OF their property for
the purposes of Commission. Port Morris has 40
ceres aud have the verbal tender or the property
from Mr.. Lewis b. Brown with the assurance that he
thinks more be had If needed adiUent to his
property Mr.. Brown has several times stated TO me
W
ported in favor OF Morris not but that no ono
had any authority speak for him or the property.
Yet the committee has been III almost constant receipt
Of papers speaking OF AMI recommending its many aud
on'erful advantages eydeneng to our in'nn tnat
come had axes to grind rms, however. did NOT
deter from steadily searching Or the pest
and most advantageous site
W. rpunn that Inwood could he reached aim ost as
readily and easily by the NcwYork Central and Hudson
River Railroad and all Eastern railroads as Port Morris
and mueh more easily qulch,y anu cHSaP' ny a III
roads which land their passengers ~ New jersey hs au
saved wou,d be about oue-hlf THIS the committee
has with OF the Erie Railroad boats, when
re anger of carrying 100000 To 100000 people per
day through the marrow channel "i te ;. ISL Kyer as
compared with the boad channel OF the North RIVER
need not call your attention 10 tue iac mar ines ooas
would have to the path OF sixteen ferries at an
hour when every boat Is crowded, both morning and
evening and also AVOID collision VIVA AL the Olhcr luh-
merabe craft both steam and sail. ha constantly
nlyng that narrow channel The difference between
East aud North Rivers, as regards the nandlng win
ease aud safety the thousands Of people who VIII VISIT the
Exhibition from the railroads land ng New-Jersey,
need NOT dwell upon train OF ten or twelve cars
can he run m InwOOd ground In sixteen minutes, and
should a track laid the south side OF the Harlem
RIVER u can pe done twelve minutes. Tie majority
uter st, OF tter steamboat or fall-
road W believe he better served nc Inwood than
Port Morris Three trunk lines have visited ana app
proved off. Tue elevated rail Dad by lts clarer VIII
InwOOd inside OF two years; horse cars VIII go
wherever the people want To be carried, "a was Iuy
Centennial; and as for carriages II would
impossible for number OF them 10 cross
the Harlem River with degree COMFORT as witness
the tcdioasness Of crossing Harlem Bri on rae
day Jerome Park while ln~ood can be easily reached
by any gentleman who WISHES 10 dflVe ana that' 100
over b sauiiful roads.
The that sometimes in spring and fail settle
the headwaters OF the sound would be very dan
| Ou3 to navigation around and about Hell Gate.
At InWOOd there il sufficient ground for magnncent
cattle show In connection with the Exhibition ana DO
think that is rue Of any other site TINS should
| be made prominent feature OF The Exhibition. Being
national az well international, It could readily be
made the most remarkable exhibit OF 1--we stock the
world mas This feature cOuld not nave Deen
carried out had the fair been held IN Central Park
Drainage regard the very highest Importance l
! do not feel capable. however, or speaking upon II
practically Bur have yer to III ct the first surveyor
favOrte site OF his OWN VINO does not claim
| that Inwood ia capable OF perfect drainage.
Pardon ne for taking much of your valuable space.
| In conclusion let say, now believe lnwOod IL tho
lbs believe theE Exhibition can be made grandy
succesHul aud the brOadest There Is no Oc-
casion for reinforcement The sooner ana Oftener We
can bring the world doors the better Tor all the
varied interests OF this great anu growing country The
est of any man of but IN the interest Of the
whole country. VIII The TRIBUNE help
SAMUEL A. HAISEs Chairman Committee on size.
| No ChdubsrssL, NetD- York, Dec. 81, 1880.