New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SITES FOR A WORLDS FAIR.
COMFY ISLAND PROPOSED BY RUFUS nArCiI-s

COMFY ISLAND PROPOSED BY RUFUS nArCiI-SUD-
scRiPuoN BOOKS To De OPENED TO-DAY.
meeting of the subcommittee on SITES of the
tiono MS held veSsray ftSrnooi at
No 3I7 Broadway. Samuel \. HINES presided, ana
among those present were RUNS I@tch' SIX-GoS-
Rutter. Colonel Harris. F. L. Ialco l. l., Strong,
@. Garcia. D.: kainey, Thomas McElra,h. J. i.
the Port. .CcpEss B@luorl spoke ia
behalf of the Harlem site. which is bounded by
Onc-hundrcd-and-'erth end oac-hundr"d-3nd-
twenty Sccord-s,s. and Fifth and Lighth-1ycS. The
speaker claimed that ID would be sajl 'fac!ory be-
cause Of rs accessibility 10 al the facilities to- local
travel, thus being easily reached from distant points
site were then presented by j. T. Crawford, lie
sad hat behalf Of the CITY of Bcookivl ana Tue
Brooklyn Park Commissioners, the use o. Z'O acres
a. lend IN than parS wa, offered 10 thc Coo.l'S o,
and additional land cauld be Obtained 4 desired. AZ
the Centennial Exhibition sbout lGo acres oi iahI
in one dav being about 100000. At the
Worlds Fair probably 100000 visitors would
attend the exhibition. He thought the adoption of
Prospect PARK as site wOuld save the Commission
at least III 900. 600. Mn StTauahan, Chairman of
the BrQohlt Park Commission supported the plea
Of Mr. Crawford and said tina there seemed TO be
only two places where the Fair could he held, II
Central Park did not yield to TIE necessities of tue
Commission. the use of land ~ ProSp dt Park was
IT the committees service. Moses e. Leonard. of
Bro0khn, also spoke In favor OF this size.
Rufus Hatch read communleation signed by
himself suggesting Concy Island as Il site fog the
Fair and he dwclt at some length upon lts good
points. HIS remarks caused much laughter. and no.
body could determine particularly whether or not
he i'll earnest. lie said in part:
have been Informed that there abou $50 acres OF
unoccuped land on The westerly end OF CODty Island
The distance from the Battery Ia ten ana three qutcf
marine world unequaed provided sufficient
piers built into deep water. The salGprlty or
the climate for the months during which the ex
hiDitOn will be oCen Is unsurpassed The
east and uthwest SIDES Of islspd No malaya
QuItOes They do have them on staten Island
points Long Island, but never here.
The build ug erected here cOu 6e sold D. fore they
butt to the oWnersof the property FOR hotels for the
1000 600 people WHO innGbit the great metropolis and
Its surroundings.
How 10 get there: Seven railroads direc-. A broad
bay except at the NaTrOws which Is three times the
width of Eist River and nearly equal to the
n rh River, III which ali tue marine of
tormini Of great RAILROADS ceDtnng al Jer-cy
Cy, representing 80 cent OF all the railroads IN The
country-92, 900 meswil be almost tho as 1t is
III God or POIt Morris.
consider his mex 10 Central Park the practi
cal place O. the ancient history OF Coney Island moth
fully equal t. that OF Of tie Places whose Gains
have been cloqurny escrtad. namely INwOOd Port
Morris and DR. Kaney's Astoria.
After c. St0uchtOn had spoken briefly in regard
to the advantages of Port Morris. the Committee
adjourned until Friday afternoon. The Executive
Committee met IN private session Immediately after
the adjournment. 1t was decided 10 open sGbScrp-
ton books thus morning az The oi4ce OF the Farmers
Loan ana lTus' COMPANY. No. 26 EXChange-pl3
A TRIBUNE reporter asked Sir. Hatch whethe: his
COuey Island suggestion was a joke. There's more
most of the propositions that have been made III re-
to a S;ipV