New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-09

TIE VARIOUS SITES PROPosED-wHY TIRE cEN-
TRIAL PARK sITE WAS AB,NDONED.
A report was adopted by the Executive
Committee of the Worlds Fair Commission,
YESTERDAY. recommending the Inwood site for
he Exhibition of 1888. The site contains
go acres. The report also gives the reasons
why 1t is deemed advisable to withdraw the
application tor permission to use part Oh
Central Park for the Fair.
CANVASS OF THE PROPOSED SITES.
The Executive Committee of the Worries Far
Commission met yesterday al 3l7 Broadway to r
ceive tine report of the Committee on SITES. W. L.
Strong presided. The session lasted about three
hours.
The report of the Commi tee on Sites was pre-
sented H. is In substance as follows
AT recent meeting OF The Executive Committee your
CoDuittee sites presented preliminary report
prooer SIC fr the lnler!oal ON o. Iss' wn IA
actuatrd solely anu alOHe DY wha sincerely DeneFeu
% interest OF tue Exhibition and OF me
CIv OF New-YorN That report. however. was not in
tended %, any menus Gnal disposition o. the sub
irct. Your commit &c anilc atrd that ~ "ouu ~
severely criticised for no matter what sltr De nay
agreed friends OF every othrr sIie VIII De ai-.p
pointed IN The pr.Sen, irpon your Gomm,tS PRO to
each OF the sites visited.
The various sites visited by the committee are
then taken up AMI discussed at length with the ex
cepton OF Astoria and Prospect Park, which do not
come within the provisions Of the law.
Manhattan sa aare ste-rhis site embraces the square
between seventy-srveutu and Eighty -hrst-ss kghih
ana NlntL-lvcs., wIich con. alas ahOu twenty acres;
aud OF ne adj ieent property aoavc ana
below IN square and extending also down 70 the Hud
mgnt he Necessary ioT the purposes tbe
! Exhibition. On it located The Museum OF Natural
Il l. the nearest site to tue thcKiy populated
Morninsside and Riverside Parks siie-Tns
thr hIgh plateau thr Riverside MorniBgade
Parks and one nunared anden,h TO Mammal tan o.,
st,N .utrp lrru
! ceres II embraces The Properly OF the
Rlaoningda'e Lunaiic Asylum ana wniie Il l. almost
uurxrcptonaDe rcspec-s, the 1udlsDusitOn oil
The gnrrs of Jhat property To make any terms for 10
use b, the COMMISSION renders IL IN VARIABLE Tor the
purpose prcpos e., De N tie .re u tue Conmis-
SION To legal measures 20 obtain possession Ot
washing OF Heights site-rhs site substantially EN-,
braces between the Eleventh Avenue Boulevard
and o -uundred-IudO y-nftns s., ana contains 80
II YER high IN some places ana low IN otHers'
! the transitions being very abrupt
Inw0od sIt.-This: site i, bounded on the east by the
former Fort Ce,r View. on he southwest aud ~es ny
For gtoo, Nelson and Iryon aud ON the r0rih
b, Iuwood uIl IL J. what IL mur familiar known a.
tie ParaGe Ground having a. one time Dhe selected by
tne Park and General Saer TOR That pu
And cieveut as t.. lies between Surruanaye. and the
Harlem River II contains about 300 wIicn are
level ur gently undulatiug II Is served wan gis ana
CrotOn 4 % thougni 10y coupe huthorltlrs 20
be- Sly accessible b. railroad and river italsp1ri!o"n
N ls eleven miles from CIV Hall. and u net Sc
| reached boy the Elevated Railroads, but undoubtedly
| woui DE should ne Exhibition be ned on &C. I-rri
ros are rcalF projected b point near On" proposed
To DI1V~r 10 the GROUNDS are very bfid anu
beams u Ire use D the .tr j. Ohcre4 zee "l an "A
uesr % the Commission. A Ogetner wood possesses
very many adv utag a. a siie Tor me ExiiD'uon'
Port Mcrr.--lL4s lite situated Just ao.vc r iu-
dals Island, Long Isirnd sound II D. immediately
en- races anou 10 acr.- of very nrAr level aad. Il
is elgu. mics iron c CITY HIl' lnd can un ledc"cd Dy
side e,va.ed railroads, and bv tue Hudson RIVER and
! Nrw-Ha,c aud Hartford Railroad
tleetwoodIIs ,,Se s 81 1@io ~ d, '1 Inc c.t NV rb
mara ~ , t w. ven RAJ road o the IVES oy Mot
Ii. u -lss
al on the south bY O.r hundred nd-s y-fouriy-s
T. c,Nt4lus abnu 10 acres. and 100 c6ub De had
a.ioin.ng. IL j. Que nile from ine Harlem River. on
ground either level or Signify rolling aoognds ~ hne
n Ct, 80, anu o 5 S sey h e0u '' maze
Harlem Se-ihe Har en- -i.c ID -. nFtel ar the nor
end fthe PARK, nrtween m one
hund ed-lud-tScny Sec uDsL.. aud Fftn a'd Eighth
II N ain, 100 acres l. j. on l-yei IRA ~, MN
o. he squares .epr sed heo" ti- SIRE. ieNr. 10
II tDorou-niy drained and severed aid Is served Doth
vatrd TalIroad- TO ring IN chs
cify and railroads arriving Oh te w rsey su"
e. WIS urged tnat n extremely desirable 10 locate
Evin. ,lon IN sucu close proxim ty 20 some one of
line public parks Of THIS Cd that ana extended
eine by STATE or mulicinal authorities IL coud be
done tue construction 81 sucn buildings OF IMPROVE
mems public property a. would ne 81 permanent
character aud IN conformity Win constitutional e. re
ana led r-qu f.ments; aud, IN tIs connection
the Museum of Natural History, Oh the l. ghth-dye-
side OF Central Park, and he Museum Of AT on the
Fithave. slde-cOuld be embraced wlln the scope Oi
the Exhibition, the conditions Tor sue" ala WOuld DE
compiled H. while 10 IN same un these institutions
would bulJ mp remain as pertinent mo nin 'ntt
o. tne Exhibition. They would be the natural spool
tories of an ihdi feiat 10 sea lor anu W. '" elL
command contributions OF the world on 30 "tnrr
grounu han tne complete safety ana proper xhoil o.
the art ces sent lha-uuch however nc ines lDsl "a
constitute m one -euse part OF DeutIt FarA,
The Park COMMISSIONER II Was "erleu pipPcI 20
ak the AL hOrtrs permit them To be used ln c0hncc
ton VIA Tue EA'lDl L. !, - .r r mo-, n 90 oor
expectation OBJ JUS coAhV' ~ ~ ciulo 'ou uPV az Pu
non OF C-u P1k nor 20 occupy any spac" WITHIN IT.
but me people Themselves would oc unw3lrg 10 src
devoted purpose, aud a. The ex ressoh o. opn-
bk p .i-s la
tone Of the public press adverse 10 ne use 81 any
potion OF Gonna r.rH Tor inc Puipo,r "i anv
to- sucn pellS-4u II, and the Executive Committee l.
resperfflF requested 20 So notify Park Cvmmls-
view Of the fore .oing facts and recogn.z I'M
porancr having the early harmon Gus and active co
operation The entire rt ana country ia Order 70 MAKE
tie xh Dtou of 1883 An assured succ S. your coinl-
tee recommends tne adoption ~ Tue Ioio wing roSou
r. soped rhat the Executive Committee hereby in
sruct Committee Oh sizes =" procure ana report %
tais exact boundaries OF me ln"O"d -te
on which tho property Is offered for This purpose. and
also acquire al needed mi rdtOu a. rckTus acces-
siOnlty matters OF transportation, etc.
The report seemed to meet the approval OF all the
members. and was adopted without dissenting
voice and with very little discussion.
The Committee on Opening Books for SubScrip-
ton was instructed consult at with the lead
ing interests of the city in regard to subscriptions
and 10 take steps 10 ascertain 10 what extent manu-
facturerg ana other business would cooperate
in securing the success Of the Exhibition.
J. j. Potter, of the firm Of Potter Brothers, Of TINS
CITY, who has been chiefly instrumental IN securing
Inwood as a site stated a TRIBUNE reporter that
the grounds can be reached from the Grand Central
Depot in sixteen minutes. All the railroads which
| terminate m or near jersey City their own
| boats 20 the grounds. some OF the Hudson River
| steamboats, own land pear by, and have
| only To- drive piles down to make
| landing places. There is forty feet OF
water at the landing. The tract se ected has m le
frontage on Broadway, or the Kings Bridge Road
and mile frontage on the Harlem River In the
$50 acres which II contains there are 4.25O lots.
The land ~ held by s0out fifty owners hue their
consent was readily Obtained was also the use Of
a tract Of land connecting the site with the nver
landing.