New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17

which might be emulateu WIFI advantage ny
some of his colleagues. In the carrier s'oges OF
the work Mr. 1owne was the foremost nsure
Ii he is less conspicuous now thah Formerly IL
is merely because he has done MS snare OIL uhe
work in his particular line, ana o'hers are no"
taking it up in other directions
THE JOLLY MAN OF THE SITE COMMITTEE
Congressman Roswell 7. Flower mas way OF
| working for the Fair peculiarly his own lie is
| a plain. blunt man, with habit OF emphasizing
| a statement by adding and don you forget Itl.
| II Mr. Flower ever neglected TO tell humorous
story TO illustrate point oil losi1 "e Uni s I
has escaped notice ne Is i .I SnIi and round and
| a smile invariably plays about the corners ol MS
! mouth, even when the outlines Vi tnao organ
are somewhat disturbed oy eoor cs", manc
| is nearly always. During the carrier s'aee5 OF
! the work of his committee Mr. Flower walked
over all of the proposed sts 80 as 10 quanly
himself TO Judge Of the merits o. eac" ne poset
! for "a time as an advocate OF the INVASION OF
Central Park but explained rec 'nty uhat uhis was
only for the sake of bufiing property owners
intro Offering their lands TO save the PARK Mr.
! Flower is still as active in his work Tor the
scheme as he was at the start ana has personally
subscrib literally. 49,
the early boomers of the Fair, but the PROPOSE
ticn to destroy or nure at least part OF Central
Park affected him so seriously uat hi"I a Few
weeks of vigorous work against that declared
! policy he withdrew from active participation In
the movement and for Two months mas I hot
attended
| and Buildings, Ct which he is member.
| Jobn T Agnew treasurer of the Committee on
Site and Buildings, who was once one OF the
most earnest workers. has also been inactive for
many weeks His feelings were hurt when Secre-
tary Foord attempted 10 deny HIM the privilege
| Of accompanying the first sltc-Vewlng eAcuTs on
because he was not member Of the Executive
Committee and he felt much aggrievcd that any
! Of his colleagues should think OF proposing TO
desecrate the park.
ExMayor Edward Cooper, as member Of the
! Site Committee. has worked Just rs hard to have
a portion Of Central Park included Within the
site as some OF the others nave to have 1t eX-
/ cludcd He has always contcndcd that thn park
/ would not be injured if used in this way.
Mr. Cooper believes that the fair Will not be
success unless Central Park IS used, but up to the
day when final action on the SIZE question was
taken he was one of the most earnest advocates
of the project.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SITE COMMITTEE
John Bogart. the newly elected State Engineer
n short stoutly built man with big grizzly
mustache that completely conceas his mouth,
never misses any of the meetings OF the Site Com
mittee. lie wants the fair held here for the
good of the people, and he says a good word for
the scheme at every opportunity. Ex-Judge Henry
Hilton man of massive physical proportions was
one of the first among the active men III the carry
! sta res Of the movement. He wanted Cehtral
! Park included, but believes the fair Will be sue
! cess anyway and has subscribed nDefalH Cor
nelius a. Bliss was active in the work oil the COM
| mittee until the tendency toward the use OF Cen
! trail Park became pronounced IN the commlttee
He opposed the measure vigorously, ana R nIy
! Withdrew from a conspicuous place. EN-NaNor
! William r. Grace, Arthur Leary and lsldor STaus
! have all been active workers from the start
John D. Crimmins, the eX-Park CommIssl99l II
| Samuel GOmpers president OF the AMERICAN Ic,ee
| ration OF Labor, and Richard NJ. Hunt, the archl-
tect have all been active from the begihhI1ns'
! and are to-day as earnest as ever IN their adNo-
! There are three members of the Committee on
! Legislation who have done the bulk OF me work
Of that committee. They are Chauncey VI; D1PeR'
| the chairman whom everybody knows w T.; ~
Stokes the secretary. and Herman =. HENDERSON
| Mr. Depew has said something BRIGHT ana, OF
| course, witty about the fair IN almost every
! sDeecb he has made since his committee was Or
! ganized. and in that way has done much 10 keel
/ nm interest in the project. Mr. Stokes Is Young
who is M king bright RECORD l%r hmto tho be
| an advocate of the claims of New-f ork 10 ule
Worlds Fair To him was given the duty Of pre-
pairing the arguments presented BE- ore me coIltner
! cial organizations Of Providence. New-OrlcanS ana
! NTiIvankee in connection with the emiSSares OF
| Chicago. II would seem that his presentation OF
these claims should convince even =, "a
| Chicagoan that New-YOrk Is The
only city big enough to hold so big Fair
Mr. Mendelson sends 10 the Finance Coml'tee al
mo every dav long string Of subscriptions 70
the fund.- which he has secured by personal ehor"
OTHER ENERGETIC WORKERS.
A majority OF the members Of the Committee
on Permanent Organization are men who are
devoting themselves assiduously TO raising sub
scriptions Scarcely day passes without the
receipt from them of generous additions to the
fund T. c. Eastman, Henry Goldber2er, Frank
lin L. Gunther L. l. Ilorsman. l.. NJ. Crawio:d
Charles J. ellis, John II. Graham, }. }. Little
Charles L. Tiffany and l.. l. MeIrlheld are all
members who 60 about among the men IN thclF
respective branches Of bushes, solicit ng sub
&c ptions Mr. Mortified is propre or of re Con-
tnental Hotel, and has turned over 10 thA FINANCE
Committee subscriptions for many tho sands OF
doll1rs obtained by per Onal solicitation .om his
brother Bonifoces. John VI Bowers the chair
man Of the Executive Committee Of the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization, he's devoted
himself TO the solution Of the lega, p Oh ems con-
nected with the cnt rprse, and he easily leads h's
colleagues in activity in that rection. IL
i an eloquent speaker, and when he has had any
thing to say in the meetings OF the General Com
mittee he has exercised no itte influence.
All Of these active and energetic men are mem,
bers of the -four chef br inches Of the Gene raj
Committee There are others doing splendid
work WHO are members Of the General Commute
only. Chief among the g IS John Clad n, nov
Claa.n d Co. If men are e. be valued for what
they have accomplished NJ. Chfiin certainl
stands second 10 none amOne the promoters OF th"
Exposition He has personally raised by .Oc''a-
ton more money for the fund than any other
man in the city. He * young man. compim-
tivclv and Of SLIGHT build hut n ene~gy EN-,
way of sre king thot c"rries with j. immene
power. Whenever he addresses IN" General Com
mit'ee the members lis'en attentivclr, sure Of
hearing soTeth ng valuable-and he never dis
Wilson Godfrey, who rep-esen's tho lumber trade
on the General Committee, NIX 6 d ilv wins 9mo"o
the houses in his branch of business and thor
seld day when he dos no. report 'Omethi0g
in the way of subscriptions TO the Finance Com
mitice
THE SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE
William McM Spear, the secretary Of tie Con
eral Committee. is extremely hard worked
young man, but he has the frame OF Hercules
and constitution like iron. lie is in charge
of the Worlds Fair headquarters. with a c~rps Of
able assistants. IIurd~eds Of letters are zee we'd
and dispatched daily under Mr.. Spears super
Vi ion. The extent Of this work may be imog ned
when it j. known that if is not unusual 10 no
800 worth Of postage stamps On the lily mail
from headquarters.
Some Of the men who were Leaders At fist have
zone abroad. Among them are ChataS Stewart
lo-. IL In IL