New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-09
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CENTRAL PARK is SAFE.
1T WILL NOT BE USED FOR THE BIG
WORLDS FAIR.

MlTTEE EXCLUDING EVERY INCH OF THE
LAND IN NDIsPUTE-ENTHUsIAsTI COM.
MiTTEEMEN-THEY EXPECT THE
GUARANTEE FUND TO "BooM"-
THE DAYS SUBSCRIPTIONS.
No part of Central Park will be included within
the site area of the Worlds Fair. This fact was
finally determined by the General Committee at
its meeting in the Council Chamber at the City
dali yesterday afternoon. The struggle so per-
sistently carried on by The Tribune and few
other newspapers for the preservation of the Park
has ended in victory which cannot fail to crafty
the people, and which removes the only obstacle ia
the complete success of the enterprise should
Congress favorably act upon the proposition to
bold the great Exposition in this city. II is
significant that in the entire General Committee
there was only one man who held out that Gem
tral Park should be included in the site, and who
cast the only vote against the resolution excluding
1t. This was eX-AIayor Edward Cooper, whose
vote was, however, consistent with his course
from the beginning Of the project to the present
time.
The real struggle, yesterday, over the question
of fixing the boundaries of the site so as to ex
clude Central Park fought at a meeting OF
the Committee on Site and Buildings, adjourned
from Thursday afternoon, inasmuch as the report
then adopted was afterward adopted by the Gem
eral Committee with only one dissenting vote
that Of Mr.. Cooper. The following members were
present at the meeting Of the Committee on Site
and Buildings: Messrs. Cooper, chairman; Straus,
Flower, Crmmins, Foord, Clarke, Hunt, Davis,
Bogart and Speer. When the committee ad.
iourned on Thursday afternoon it was for the pur-
pose of giving its subcommittee an opportunity to
hold a conference with the committee representing
the Bloomingdale lands.
Mr.. Cooper began the proceedings Yesterday
by reporting the result of that conference This
was in substance that the Bloomingdale authOrites
consistently with the of their patients which
must be a paramount consideration, would favor
any arrangement for tho use OF the Boomingdale
Asylum grounds for the Exposition, which would
allow them moderate rental for the land and
a fair value for their buildings (which have cost
over l,OOO,O 900, and the extra cost of the
rapid construction of the buildings elsewhere,
which would be required to enable them to move.
The of their land below Northumberland
sixteenth-st, it was said, and of that west Of
the Boulevard, could be obtained as soon as
required, but it would be impossible in any event
to vacate the Asylum buildings before May, 1891.
When the ripple Of applause with which the
gratifying report of the result of the conference
was followed had died away, Mr.. Flower offered
the following resolution as an amendment to the
resolution he had offered Thursday:
Whereas The report of the Committee on the Bloom
ingdae Asylum Grounds is favorable TO the prospect
OF securing the same, and
Whereas, The assent of more than two-thirds of the
pOpertyowners OF the land between Riverside and
and tenth and onehundrcd and thirteenth sts north Of
Central Park, has been obtained, and,
as have been seen have expressed desire to consent
TO the use OF their properties for the purposes of tho
that the original plan Of the committee be carried
out; therefore be it
Resolved, That the site Of the Worlds Fair for 1892
be fixed, as per map herewith submitted, what IS
known as the Riverside and MornngsIde Parks. and
lands between them, and those included between One
north OF Central Park and that the committee continue
their work of getting assents TO the OF their
lands from the remaining property owners.
The original resolution, to which the above
was amendment provided that as the Com.
nittee on Legislation had said that sufficient land
for site could be obtained outside of Central
Park by process of condemnation, part of Central
Park should be included in the site excepting the
lands set apart for and in part occupied by the
Art Museum, the Museum of Natural History and
that section situated east of the East Drive and
north of Mount ST. Vincent containing the sheet
Of water known as the Harlem Mere.
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resolution by saying that it gratifed him ex
tremey to know that enough land was now avail
able to make it unnecessary to use any part Of
Central Park
Mr. Gompers asked, as if somewhat incredu-
lous Does that propose TO exclude every part
Of Central Park from the site ?"
:" Yes, sir it does" replied Mr.. Flower en-
phatically, and that has been the intention OF
the committee all along if it could possibly be
VIZ have simply played the Park
against piece of land that we wanted, and we
have won the land"
Mr. Cooper called Mr.. Gompers to the chair, and
took the floor against the amendment. He
said that the amendment was iniudicious, and
would convey false impression to the public
II declared that there was no intention to use
that part of the park known as Manhattan
Square when everybody knew that that area would
be included in the site if it could be obtained
lie wanted no misapprehenson now, and preferred
to go before the public with an honestly declared
intention to use certain parts of the park and
let the project succeed fall on that issue. II
the city of New-Yorls could not appropriate money
for the Fair to the extent of S5,000,00O or
$40. .OOO 900 by completing the museum buildings
in the Park and then giving the use of them to
the Fair it was no use trying TO carry the
project on The city intended to spend that
amount of money on the museum buildings any
way. Mr. Cooper declared it to be his opinion
that the project would have to be abandoned IL
those parts of the Park in which the Museum OF
Natural History, the Art Museum and the Harlem
Ner, are located were not included in the site.
Mr. Cooper also objected to the amended resOlu-
ton because it did not mention available for
the site the unoccupied lands east Of Central
Park above Ninety y-sXth-st, which, he said, could
be obtained more cheaply than the lands the
Heights.
Mr.. Flower declared his willingness TO insert
in the amendment clause including the lands
referred to by MIR. Cooper, lying between Ninety.
sixth and One-hundred- md -thirtecnth-sts- an"
Fourth and Fifth-ayes