New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-21
A HOME FOR THE BIG FAIR.
THE COMMITTEE ACTS AT LAST.
NETWORK CITY WILL HAVE THE EXPOSE
TON WITHIN HER LIMITS

A VOTE FOR NORTH CENTRAL PARK AND THB
NEIGHBoR1NG LANDS THE PEOPLES
GROUNDS TO BE SPARED IF POSSIBLE
BITTER FIGHT OVER THE CHoIcE-AN
ESTIMATED COST OF OVER So 100000
FOR THE BUILDINGs-How THE
Committeeman VOTED
The worlds Fair Committee on Site and Buildings
decided at its meeting yesterday that the Exposition
% 1892 should be held somewhere within the area
bounded by Ninety seventh.st on the south, Fourth
ave- on the east, One hundred. and twenty sevcnthst
on the NORTH and the Hudson River on the west This
area includes about 200 OF land in Central Park
north of the Transverse road at all OF
Morningside and Riverside Parks, the EoomIngdale
lands, the Episcopal Cathedral property, and
large tract of land east and north of Morningside
Park, held by private owners.
This action was taken after an extended open dis
cusson of the question Of site, in which intense
feeling displayed both by the friends of Central
Park, who would preserve it from spolation and
by those who believe that the interests Of the project
are weightier than the needs OF the people, whose
only recreation grounds are the public parks. The
intention 10 that part Of Central Park referred
to was yelled under a provision that 1t should be
used only If found necessary, though majority OF
the committee have said openly that enough
land cannot DO obtained in the area given
without using some part of Central Park
The Committee on site and Buildings. however. is
a subcommittee Of the General Committee, composed
Of 300 members, and with the latter body viii rest
the final decision. The opposition brought out at
Yesterdays meeting extremely bitter but 1t was
not nearly widespread might have been expected
The meeting held in the Governors Room at
the city Hail. and at 1 80 p. IN. nearly every member
of the committee this side of the Atlantic was
present When the roll was called the following NOM
bers responded John T. Agnew, w W Aston, John
Bogart, Cornelius N Bliss, c. f. Chandler, D. l. T.
Clarke John A. Cockerill, Edward Cooper. John d.
Crimmins, Roswell p Flower John FooId Samuel
Gompers, William r. Grace, Andrew ii. Green, Henry
Hilton Richard NJ Hunt, George Jones, Arthur Leary,
IsIdor straus Henry II. Towne, George Warner and
W. Mem Speer. OF the other members of the com
mittee James Gordon Bennett, Charles A. Dana John
H. starn and D. Willis James are in Europe and the
Mayor has gone away vacation.
Mr. Flower. chairman of tho Executive Committee,
rallied the meeting to ORDER and requested Mr.. Astor,
who was eltcted vice-charman 10 preside during the
absence of Mr.. Dana, to take the chair. Mr. Astor
asked the secretary read letter he had sent to
him by mall Secretary Foord read it, as follows:
have your favor Of the 10Th notifying me OF my
election 10 the place Of chairman beg to express my
nce regret that it is not in my power TO accept the
place"
Cornelius N Bliss was then unanimously elected 70
the office. ~,
Mr. Bogart chairman Of the subcommittee on build
tngs presented report which was in the form oi eA
tracts from the minutes Of the meeting OF the SUD
committee held last Tuesday evening. Inc report
cot forth that two hundred acres the absolute min
in,um OF land required for the exposition, that much
larger area was desirable and that the area and cost
of the princpal buildings for the purposes of the
nreliminary competition and provisional plans should
ne fixed as follows;