Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-09
a WORLDS FAIR IN 1892.
FOur-llunGredth Anniversary Of
the Discovery Of America.
Important Action Taken by the
Citizens Of New York City.

Successful meetings of the Chamber Of
Commerce. the Mayors committee and the
Spanish-American Association took action
In New York city to formulate plans for
holding a Worlds Fair there in 1892 to cele-
hrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the
discovery Of America.
At 3:15 O'Clock the gentlemen who had been
invited to confer with the Mayor began to as
senble in the Governors room, and by $50
there was hardly standing room. Chairs to
the number of 10 had been provided, but
these were inadequate to accommodate all
those present.
1t was a big gathering, and it was unani-
mously III favor of having the biggest fair
the world has ever seen in 1892 in New Y orll.
All the banks were represented by their
Presidents and directors. Railroad Presi-
dents were as abundant at a meeting
Of the Trunk Line Association. Mer-
chants abonnded as if the full roll
present 10 answer to their names. There
were WCrkirgnen representing as many
trades ard industries as a national conven-
ton Of the knights Of Labor or the American
Federation Of Labor. There were r1Presen-
tativeS Of all the industries, professions,
businesses and trades OF New York city.
They We're all there, the heads OF firms the
men whose names are as well known IN
London and San Francisco as they
are in New York, Billions of dol
lars Of capital were present in the men who
control tie railroads. tire steamboats,, the
real estate, the hotels, the manufactures and
the trade of the city. The assemblege proved
the unan;nlity a2d enthusiasm of all the citi-
zenS Of New York about the Worlds Fair
which is to be held in 1892.
TIE Mayor, i'll opening the discussion on
the subject OF the proposed quadrl-centen-
NAL in 1892 said:
II have invited you to this meeting in or
der that YOU, as representative citizens Of
this great metropolis may consider the de-
STABILITY o. concentrating the dis
covery Of this continent by holding
the Chief city Of the Western Hemisphere.
This event which we intend to commemorate
is the discovery OF new world. Its
Impotence is not to be measured by
a mere addition to the sum of geographical
knowledge; its fruits are observable in
the happiness and prosperity Of q nation
which has maintained free institutions
while it has acquired boundless wealth, and
in the general Improvement which the success
of one government has wrought in the cOndI-
ton OF mankind throughout the world.
THE city OF New York is the capital of
this new world, whose achievements are but
a promise Of a still more glorious future, and
in this. the most powerful and pOpulOus of
the cities Of America, I think it eninently
desirable that we celebrate the triumph OF
Columbus by Worlds Fair, which viii
eclipse al! former industrial exp0sitiOns."
Mayor Grant was then unanimously made
Permanent Chairman and William NJ. Spear
Secretary.
Mr.. Charles G.. Haven suggested that the
name OF the committee be The Committee for
the international Exposition Of 1892. The
matter OF the appointment OF committees was
immedjateiy taken up. Controller Myers
offered the following:
Whereas, il is fitting that there should be
a suitable recognition Of the fOur-hundredth
anniversary OF the discovery OF this CONT
nent such anniversary occurring in 1892; and
Whereas, Public opinion indicates that an
international exposition will most satisfy and
meet the requirements Of the occasion and
efford a desirable opportunity for foreign
countries TO testify to good viii il our nation
al regard; and
Whereas IL its location, through which it
holds the key 30 commerce, through its many
ard varied Industries, through its resources
Of capital through its unlimited facilities Tor
the reccUtiOn and entertainment OF visitors,
through its 1barality in the promotion Of
all that constitutes national success,
through its acknowledged supremacy as the
metrOpOIiS of the Western world New York
is indisDutably the proper site whereupOn
such on international exposition should be
held; therefore, be it
ReScjrcG, That it is the sense OF this meet
ing that an International exposition shall be
held in the city of New Y ork in the year 1892
and that all present do pledge themselves TO
devote iheir best energies to the promotion OF
the success OF such exposition; and
ReSoIrsG, That a general committee Of
twenty Dc GppOI1Leu ny LiI5 41ttyOl, "ILCSo
duty shall be to formulate detailed plans for
organization OF such an exposition and re-
port at public meeting to be called by the
chairman when the committee shall be ready
to report.
Charles S. Smith offered the following sub
stituCe FOR the closing resolution:
ReS0lred, That the chairman appoint the
following committees, namely, one on finance,
one On legislation, one on permanent Organi-
cation and enc On site and buildings, each to
consist Of twenty-five members; and that the
chairman be allowed such reasonable time as
he deems proper to select and name such
committees.
Mr.. Smiths motion for the appointment
of the four committees was carried unani-
1nously. The Mayor and Secretary Spear
were made ex-0ficio members of the four
committees, and the meeting adjourned sub
jecG to the call of the Chair.
The New York Chamber of Commerce, at
its meeting the same afternoon, appointed
committee Of sixty memberst cooperate
with the National State and city authorities
in regard to taking measures for the holding
IF q y Orlds Fair in 1892.
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