New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-06
4 RARE CHANCE FOB UNSELFISH GAIN.

The public spirit of individuals owning prop
erty within the limits OF the site proposed Tor
the Fair is commendable and gratifying. They
are constantly adding to the domain upon the
temporary possession of which the committee
may rely and they are thus doing more than it
is at present in the power of any other citizens
to do for the practical promotion OF the great
enterprise. Some Of them are possessed OF
large wealth, and to these possible risks and
losses are of small moment but many are In only
moderately prosperous circumstances, and &c
serve great credit for their spontaneous liberal
ity Consideration of the probability that the
Exposition will greatly enhance the value of
real estate in the nothern part Of the island
has not, we believe, hitherto had much to do
with these endeavors to help the committee
Scarcely single indication of a speculative
temper and a grasping spirit has been mani
tested but the proffers of holdings have come
in freely and unselhshly.
1t is, however, entirely proper TO remind those
who have been backward in responding to the
appeal for this form Of assistance that an at
tempt to derive undue advantage from the APP
parent necessities of the case is more likely, by
wrecking the enterprise or driving 1t to some
other locality, to deprive them of great pros
pective benefits than to bring them an lille
ultimate profit Immediately. The Worlds Fair
project is not yet quite beyond the danger of
being abandoned altogether or surrendered 10
some more enterprsing competitor. There IS
specific immortality in placing obstacles if the
way for the purpose of having them removed
at huge expense to the undertaking, and
corresponding gain to individuals Such
proceeding would SAVIOR strongly of blaclmail,
and would not be less odious if it should fail,
as in all probability it would, than if it,
successful
The owner of real estate above the Park
who fails to appreciate the reward which he is
certain to reap if an international Exhibition
on the proposed site shall be made possible by
the temporary surrender Of the space essential
TO it must be strangely oblivous of fair pros
poets If. cOmprehending the opportunity, he
neglects TO do his part he must he strangely
blinded by avarice. II is unreasonable to eStl-
mate the average enhancement OF values In that
section Of the city consequent upon World
Fair at less than twice the advance which the
normal expansion Of the city without 1t would
D! oduce dming the next three years, and
vastly greater appreciation would really sur
prise nobody. Owners and agents of property
in that vicinity have always insisted that all
they needed TO create an eager demand was to
make the people familiar with its advantages
Experience has already in great measure sub
stantiated this claim, and the value of such an
advertisement as the Fair would be is meal
cuIable 1t would not only acquant hundreds
of thousands of persons with the condition of
that territory and what it has to offer, but
would also largely obliterate the impression
that it is strange remote and inaccessible. 1t
will be amazing if such chance as this is
thrown away.