The evening world., 1889-09-19
THE SITE.
To Be Chosen To- Morrow
by Vote Of the Worlds
Fair Committee.
II Is On Manhattan Island and
Easy Of Access,
A Small Portion Of Upper Central
Park Taken.
M"OrninsSide and Riverside Parks and
the BlOOmlnsdale Grounds Also.
Senator Sherman Writes that He
Is In Favor Of New York
Over Chicago.
MOrninsSide and Riverside Parks and
the BloOmlnsdale Grounds Also.

A site for the Worlds Fair has b. en- selected.
and will be voted for by the Committee on
Site and Buildings tomorrow.
1t is on Manhattan Island.
A permanent building may be located on
the plateau on the northwest corner of Gen.
trail Park, near Eighth venue at One Hun
dred and Tenth street, and one in Riverside
Park.
The northernmost portion Of Central Park
above Ninety-sixth street will be used.
The lands north Of the Park from One
Hundred and Fifteenth street, from Fifth
avenue to Morningside Park, will be also
taken.
Riverside Park. Morningside Park and
the Bloomingdale and Leake & Watts
propert' es form the remainder Of the site.
1t is also proposed to connect all of the
pirhb' hS III bouuon' AuiS "ouiu uhho III
Mount Morris Park, which would not be
used for Fair purposes, however.
SELECTED By THESE MEN.
Mayor Grant and ex-Mayor Edward
Cooper, State Engineer John Bogart, Con-
gresham Roswell P, Flower, Prof. G.. F.
Chandler. ex-Park Commissioner John D.
Crimmins. Commissioner Henry r. Towne,
]. 1. G. Clarke. Richard NJ. Hunt, George
Warner and Editor John Foord, of the Site
Committee. have devoted several days to the
careful examination of the available ground
within the city's limits, as to the practical ad.
vantages for the purposes of the Exhibition,
and means of reaching it from all points. and
they arrived at their conclusions to-day.
FoUR HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND.
This site, exclusive of land covered by
water. comprises 400 acres, easily accessible
from east, west, north and south, and is
ample for a Worlds Exposition on the largest
scale.
That part of Central Park which will be
used is located above EInety-sixth street. It
is fringed with trees md underground. and
includes the beautiful little Harlem Mere,
along Fifth avenue containing forty acres of
fine sloping meadow land and the north
meadow thirty acres of open land. The
mere, covering twelve acres, may be drained
if necessary. The triangle" has fifteen
acres.
Above the park are many blocks of unim-
proved lots. and from Madison to Fifth AVE.
nue. and Ninety sixth TO One Hundred and
Tenth street there nre twenty acres of vacant
land which might lie used if the Committee
thought il advisable at a later date.
AN uNIMPRovED SLICE OF THE PARK.
This portion of Central Park to be used Is
now about as Nature made it, and it will not
be necessary to destroy any of its natural
beauty.
Morningside Park. beginning at One Hun.
bred and Fifth street, extends along the bluff
to One Hundred and Sixteenth street, and
the Cathedral holdings adjoin this across
Ninth avenue.
To the north Of Central Park, and between
it and M~orninGside, is IA belt of unoccupied
land which might be utilized at comparatively
small cost if needed. The belt contains al
least thirty acres.
The Bloomingdale Asylum property liei
opposite the Cathedral property, between
Tenth avenue and the Boulevard, and from
One Hundred and Sixteenth to One Hundred
and Twentieth street, on Harlem Heights.
There ia . knoll In the centre Of the Bloom,
ingdale grounds which is ITO to 100 feet above
tide. water, and from II, standing on thu