New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-27
MAPPING OUT THE FAIR SITE.
PLENTY OF LAND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO
THE FUND,

PLENTY OF LAND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO
THE FUND,
The Worlds Fair Committee on site and Buildings
onnounced Yesterday that sufficient private land
within the area proposed for the site had been secured
by the voluntary consent Of the owners to form' IN
conjunction with Riverside and Mornlngside parhs ana
the Bloomingdale plateau. tract considerably Ill eX-
cess Of all possible requirements The committee
has issued an official map OF the SITE the hhes Oh
which include the private and public lands which form
the arc of circle about the northern extremity OF
Central Park This shows that east Of Central Park,
north OF Ninety-sxth-st. there are available sixty
six acres: directly north Of Central Park, hry one
acres and west Of Eighthave., exclusive OF park
lands 1877 acres Morningside Park contains thirty
acres and Riverside Park fifty nine acres giving
total available site area of 1913 acres
with the exception OF few lots on the outskirts
of the site which are owned by estates, or whose
owner; are absent the entire has been pledged
for the Uses Of the Exposition reasonable terms,
which means an average Of about per cent rental and
abatement Of taxes. The site is irregular III iorm'
IFS boundaries are as follows: The North RIVER,
Ninetleth-st, one hundred and ifthst, Eighthave.,
one hundred and tenthst, FifthaVe, Nlheueth-st''
Fourthave Onehundred and tenthst, Flfthave., one
hundred and thirteenthst Eighthave. and One-hun-
dred and twelft-st srting the base Of Morningside
park To Ouehundred and twenty thiTd-st, to Tenth
ave Onebundrcd "A nd twenty fourthst TO the Boue-
yard one hundred aud twenty -secOndst., riverside
Drive down TO the North River rounding Paramount
curve
II Is proposed 10 connect this area with Manhattan
Square, containing the Museum Of Natural History
some kind of connection will also be made with the
METROPOLITAN Museum Of Art on the Fifth-ave side
Of Central Park.
The subscriptions yesterday to the Worlds Fair
fund received on blanks sent out with personal appeals
by the Mayor from the headquarters, aggregated
3.l3s as follows:
Emil Unger & Co.. John FitZ, John Marsenholden.
otto Runk John Raeky, George Iiefel, Phllpp Falt-
wasser william Brickemaier. Carl II. Merz, Fritz
Rechardt :. Zuschlag ID. Brubacher, August schaeer
Peter spies. l.. SOmborn & Co., Weber & Co., erode
a Co. Feser Brothers, Fritz Handrich and John u.
Nohn each $500: Charles j. KFOchle Charles i. Wick
enheiscr, Frederick Burghard. John Conerad Junker
and Diez & Bieschenck. each $3.50; Philip spleer,
Ludwig T. Lcgget and Ncw-lOrk Woven Label Com
pany each $500 John a. Mclaughlin, Charles +.
Fisher Charles BUTLER, Charles Heckler Peter Mas
soth FIR. Chaser Edward Hagel, William Mangels,
Fr. Hauf, Joseph Breitkopf and a: sturnan SON.
each 300: George Triton SO: Mitchell Holiday,
$50 Charles Ritter and Charles W. Welles. each S2J:
Patrick II0lohan So T. KrinEsy SO. Total for the
day. S1313s: previously subscribed, S5,23o,23O; az
greCate TO date. IS, 251 1868
The above subscriptions include S11,6 $50 sent in by
twenty seven members Of the Association OF the
United Importers Of Wines. through Fritz Handrick.
president. and 81 900 by members OF the Washington
Butcher Guard.