New-York tribune., 1889-10-20
UP IN BUSY HARLEM.
LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT HONE

MEN WHO WANT BUILDING FOR EAnA"
ACTIVE STEPS no BE TAKEN
Rober, Rutter. the president OF the Board on mama
car. AZ ina Amarcap Institute exhibitions, and pteF
dent of tho General Sooiety Of Mechanics All" -
men. 10 also a member Of the Worlds ar oone' :,
mt,toa When asked yesterday what ne uioue "
the soheme for establishing permanent la.i sto 80 i
Gre purpose for holding the America" iuS'''"' 80,
ana the STATE Fairs In particular, and other eAof
,,. =, s,mnar character In connection with tho
worlds Fair he answered that the subject not onhy
was already under consideration but that steps h@a Oe
tseen 10 bring about that result We iec' no seiu'
"a Nat Wa ought to have permanent home 1h's
years show is called the ht'y-eiehI ANNUAL oA
h,no-, hut really is the sxty-frst, for the society
haIa an exhibition IN Masonic Hall, which wss then
,.na,nc at Broadway and Pearlst. In lSgs at which
TINA Edward Everett delivered an address SIX years
lancr the exhibition held In Niolos 0sroen o.
though many Of the members were AFRAID al the pn.o
that it would be unsuccessful on account OF Nl'o
b.ipr 90 far out of town. In ls46 that place was
harmed down and the fair held In Castle Oaruen
untrl 1888. The exhfoltion of the INDUSTRY Oh ~i
nations was hsd In the Crystal Palace IN leos' ="
Reservoir Square, AZ sixth-ave' ana tuiN i'''
secondst, and after ffs close the American
held its fair there each fall until leoo' "hch 'ni'
place was also destroyed by fire together Win 'no 0o"
tents. s.A
This loss was thought to be- by some the death
hlov n, the Amercan Institute but the exhibition was
be,d The pext wear ia Palace Garden, whoh ooonp1eu
the presont site Of the 22d Regiment Armory ID ro'
t~epth.st In 1858 tho exhibition was heo III '"0
Academy of Music and IN 1859 the BUILDING ~noh
now occupied, at Third-ave. between eNS '"Nu ~
c,x,r fourth sts was secured This building covers
shon, forty city lots and extends from Ihlruae. "
second-ave. 1t originally oullt LOT St, Shase
rink and is In many ways
for the American Institute exhibitions AS
have said before steps have already been tsNen
for having a permanent building which Will DC one oA
the results of the Worlds Fair. What we want IS
building 500 by $50 feet with a basement lor our
heavy machinery. 1t should be building that "o.uU
bo an ornament 10 the city, and one OF the I"Iu'N
Ike the Metropolitan Museum OF Natural History anu
the Metropol tan Museum of Art. we want soine'luie
-, ti.,s can be a permanent exhibition during the
sntirc wear a place where people wOuiu 80 10 soe
the latest mechanical cOntrN ahoes III a'1o ~ ,rorks
The they 60 70 the one aitss Of nature
What a splendid thing 1t would be 70 nave piee 20
wheIe inventors who struggle along trylng 70 soo t
rord 70 recognize the merits OF their inventions COu
how TO a curious public the practical operatioh % u
ner Inventions II seems 70 me that such an IN, III,
sitution this, established permanently "0" ~
bep these poor inventors" -, -, No ,,oet
available for such institution IS tha ps W ~, T Any
NORTH OF Central Park. aud the ieasDlhS VI III ~ 3 %
has alteady been discussed by many prominent ~
men David f. Porter, one OF me GnesD Snr nterVtew
known real estate men in Harlem. ~ an i'oIn pn3
nml bel In Tic Tribune heartily ndorsed it Prest
dent smith, Of the American Institute, mas alsT -
pressed himself IN strong language as II lsVoI " & r,o
Tor permanent home VIII have % %uhaOuoohhcn hI+ . COO
dehnS nr 81 sHaP ,Ps 1pttite They own valuable sciep
iiGc Ibrav and there three diStnct SectOE NJ,
meet IN clinton Hall: The Farmers Club tho Pow
t"cInc ami the Photographic sections. These meet
ings all open TO tie public Ihc cai! Tipo ars
ar divided into SIX classes As fohoWS' ,3s,oratt {.
~lcmi.trr and mincIalOgy: cn2lncS and achlutIy >
accommodation. ana agriculture anu Aoi'i'"''u'N