New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23
NETWORK WORLDS FAIR.
Dpocvrss OF IHE EXHIBITION.

Now that IeglSlaIlOu thO OA6"A
,zation of the New-YOrk Worlds Fair enterprise mas
ob,oned from Congress the project will soon take
ae6nite and legal shape The bill recently passed ana
aligned by the President creates commission composer
of about 100 citizens Of this CITY VINO arc hameu
and who represent nearly all the leading business inter-
.sts Of the metropolis They are to act in conjunction
with two Commissioners from each state OF the onon,
md one from each Territory and from the District OF
Eolnmbia the whole body forming single organiza-
tim Among the city commissioners are al 'nc ~e'-
bers of the Hilton Committee formed about year ago
the AZ gentlemen were added by an amendment 10 the
arcinal bill In order TO fuse the two rival movements
deyeioped in the earlier stages OF tue uhuer-
aokino Sixty days from the date on which the
hill becIme a law the Secretary OF state VIII
call the commissioners together, giving them
reasonable notice OF the meeting The sixty DAYS
will expire June 3d. and the call will probably nix the
meeting for some time 10 the latter part OF july thus
FAR only one State-Kqnsas-has appointed Commls-
sioners but letters have received from the Cover
nors several other states saying that theS vi" soon
announce their selections The Commissioners al t"er
first meeting viii make temporary organ
izotion and open books for subscriptions 10
tbe stock sixty days later they will meet again
and il by that time 81 100000 has been suOscrloeu-
of which 10 per cent must be paiu III pei
manent organization will be effected Al tnis seeo"U
meeting which will be held In the latter part OF sep
tomber the subscribers the stock Will eject Doaru
Of finance composed OF twenty-five members CHOSEN
trouo among their number. All members Of this board
A. not already commissioners, will become such D VIZ
tue of their election The iull commission VIII tn'h
elect president aud other officers, anu an executive
committee This committee will proceed as soon as
practicable 10 select site for the cXhlOton' auoP
plans for buildings and make contracts lor ther
ti0n. 49,
III the interim between the passage OF the Dill az" 'o
formal launching Of the Exhibition enterprise, 'ie
Worlds Fair Committee. OF which Henry G' seDps 10
nresdent and W. H. c. Price secretary, occupies us ou
- ,n tho st Nicholas Hotel and continues Its
1ork in mid OF the enterprise Two meetings
hovo bccn held of the New-YOrk Commissioners
named in the bill. IL is expected that they VIII
mature plans for obtaining subscriptions OeloIe
the books are opened and make preliminary canvass
O. the capitalists of the metropolis Ii three OF lour
,n,uons are subscribed the undertaking will be fairly
placed upon its feet. Some aid will then DC asKeu o'
The city and State. but appropriation is eHpfc'eu
from Congress. The scale upon when tue EAho''l"h
will he organized will depend of course, upon the
amount OF money subscribed The actual promoters Oh
inc enterprise desire to make it surpass in size as "e
MS att1activeness all previous worlds fairs
SITES PROPOSED FOR THE FAIR.
The following list comprises all the sites that thus far
have been proposed Mr.. stebbnss Provisional Com
miJtee: .,, .
and Extending as far south as might be necessary few
owners between Elghty-fourh ana @ tn
Sound and East River, and 10y the Second anu Anro'
ave. elevated and surface roads 49,. ....
viii, n part of Central Park This square s between
ayes opposite Central Park large part Of the ada
cent property between Seventy-secOnG ana NEGet3,
secondsts ia nOccupied. II is accessible by the sAn
and Ninth Avenue Elevated Roads, and by horse-carS
ThrdWhat are famiary Known own as 6n pd adSpS
Prospect Park. These are proposed by the SuteDS
Committee Of BrSSSn and v norse cars and
by the proposed new Brooklyn elevated road. -,,
61 II, Pce ss4Dose
is accessible by numerous street car , nnes
any TiSyTse washington Heishts site divided into
four parts l. From Onehundred -and-tnrt 20
One y acres BY roads or
Streets and without buildings 2; Between the same
fatssss snu only qun Es6tSave esG
svS1sSiG ahst to the Harlem River
ss y ana nnd
least $50 available t SIX sn noeEs
and.fffy nrst-sts the Tenth-ave and the Boulevard
nv Hudson River Railroad Metropolitan Elevated Rail
road and Eighth-ave horse cars 49, ,u,
f6e Eastern boulevard from sxtyfourh to seventy
fourthsts.. ten to twenty full bocRs
steamboats, on East River, by Second Avenue Elevated
SsSeni-Cenirai Park II thus situson should b. OBJ
and west Of the Mail would be required. .s
EghM-FrOm y, 70 fomrteep mi
blocks known rs the Harlem Flats Accessible by Third
n Second Avenue
and by the New-Hayen aud Harlem Railroads.
Nin.InwoOd east OF Sings briuge toaa, u,e by
Hudson River Railroad. nj. 49,, ~,
TenM-The northern part OF Central Park aud inc
TERRITORY beyond between Fifth ana Eightlraves. as
far up as Observation-Disclosures nty-secOnd-st Access
sbe by elevated roads and horse car 1ors boteer
and O9e;nnnGrG1 anG3 T oy
lem extension Of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Road runs
TIeeiflk-Port Morris In westchestcr County about
500 acres the SOUND good halbor, with sixty ice
Of water. A branch Of the New-Haven Railroad run
Elevated Roads could be exterdcd TO them a; SINAI
expense Peculiar advantages for water Transportation
are noted.
HOW TIE SELECTION is LIMITED.
Under the terms Of the Act Of Congress the COmm'
sion is restricted in the selection OF site to the CITY
New-York, which OF course includes the districs an
nexed from Westchester County. hill is now pend
Ing however introduced by Representative Covert
adding Long island to the territory in which the exh
buop may be held Its passage would not commit tn
Commission TO the selection of either OF the BroOKy
sites, but would only enlarge their range o
choice. The objections urged to Long Island are I'll
time and trouble required for visitors to get from New
York to any available situation there and the difficult
OF raising funds for Fair that would not D2 pfactca
New York enterprise Public sentiment ~ TINS CITY
6rmIy fixed in favor of holding the exhibition in New
York, and II possible on Manhattan Island . 49,.
mine Central Park is the only place combining the dc
srable and almost essential features OF freedom irol
without heavy expense for grading ana nS IN nor u
erection OF buildings; nut Tue OppohiiVn
giving up a large part OF the Park 70
three or four years is so strong tia
tits not likely be Most OF the other site
nroposcd are owned in small lots by large number
Individuals Some Objectionable by reason OF thei
shane and their limited area, some arc low aud we
some arc billy and broken, and some are occupied
part by the buildings and grounds OF pubhc institution
and private residences. -, o..
Important legislation is required from the stat
before the Commission goes so far as 10 select 81,
and acquire property, and bills are now pendInG
Albany authorizing the Commission 70 acquire u
PiCht TO occupy land by lease or purchase, giving
authority close streets where necessary e1emptn
from taxation all property used by until me lst
january, 1885, and exempting from liability TO lev
ana execution goods in transit TO and from the far IN
on exhibition. There IL also Joint RESOLUTION appfo
ing the Exhibition and commenting II to the people
the State. -,