Telegram-herald., 1889-05-24
EXPOSITION SITES
What Business Men Think Of
Those Proposals
NEARLY ALL favor THE RIVER SIZE
sosae oFinielas Gathered frersl Merchants
Aions AonrOe Aad SAaal ssrssss-
AtusSst tseFs ons n ould tt&s -
Have Al f0t os~E the Asser.

pIolaisle It seei4s that one vii tx built.
The advantages Io the manufacturers
in lhe Way 81 advertising uleI goods
are 80 many and 80 CREST that they are
almost unanimously IA favor ol i. The
benefits 10 the city .n other respects are
also noaieulable During tie exposl-
ton the Fa.lroads would bring in on
cheap excursions nom all portions 81
the State Al thk very least 100 900 peo-
pie. All 0f them would come expect
lng a. spend some money With our re-
tai dealers aside from their necessary
hotel balls, street car fare, etc, and On al
average each person would leave in
town al least -. Tins would swell the
business OF our city $500 900 IN single
season, and Il the exposition should be
a. successful a. IL projectors hope, and
as there Il every reason 10 expect, tins
amount could be easily quadrupled.
The committee upon SITES Is very
properly giving AL interested parties
iull hearing. The location. which seems
Z
i however, IT the one originally proposed
over the river bed between Pearl and
/ Lyon streets. This would call for no
outlay for ste. Ii il centrally located
| Every street car line IN the city passes
| right 10y II, or within few rods of i, q,
and il ~ therefore easily accessible. 1t
would also take the visitors through the
| business portion of town on their way
10 a a 1.
/ ever, a variety OF opinions upon the
! question, and IN order 10 ascertain pub
/ lc sentiment the IELEGRAM-HEKALD
! yesterday interviewed a number OF rep
rescntatIye men.
Henry Spring best site that
has been or can be offered Is the one
over the river. just above Pearl street
| bridge. ii VIII bring people, who come
| here To attend the exposition building.
! right Ia the business center. II lsall
nonsense about It's costing 10 much TO
erect the building there. My opinion
| j. that there Is no city IN the United
! states that has a more favorable SITE"
Sidney stevens, OF Foster, stevens a
! Cove have not gwen the matter
consideration enough 10 give an opin-
| ion. The site must be governed 10y the
/
for the purpose. III the merchants TO
be benefited would give but small per
cent. of the benefit il would be 10 them,
there would be no trouble in raising
5000, 900, and with that sum the river
site would be the one taken. This site
has many advantages, but the Board of
Trade should decide whether they can
really have an exposition before they
decide on a site"
Joseph HOuseman-"I have studied
the matter good deal but don't
think that the exposition alone would
pay. My idea is 10 have a market in
| connection with it. 4 kind of bridge
| market. | like the river site for sew
| eral reasons. II can bc reached by
any street car line in the city, and
people must pass through the business
part OF the city 10 get from the dcpOts
TO the building. ] would favor having
the building put up on the plan of the
| Maryland Institute IN the city of Balti-
| more, which ls built over the river and
Is a market and exposition building
| combined"
John Snitscler, of Voigt, Herpol-
shcimcr Il Co have gwen the
matter little attention, but, at first
thought, | do not like the river site. Ii
is only start To completely cover the
river. do not Ike II. | do not know
that have any choice in any other of
the SITES proposed"
Thomas NJ. Pcck-"I have been away
for some time and really have not paid
much attention to the matter, hut II
seems TO me the expense of putting a
building IN the river viii bc more than
the benefits 10 bc derived viii warrant.
Then III case OF an zee gorge or a log
Jam, such a. We have seen here. II must
needs be a strong building To Withstand
the straln."
7. Stekoteo-"I have not thought OF
the matter, but the river site Is cen
tral and easily reached
NJ. VI. MOr.c-''Ihe COmstOck site
suits me first-rato"
A. May, OF the GIANT clothing store
81 am n favor of the plan to build
across the river. II is 10y far the bcst
suggestion. The location is central and
convenient and the cost OF building
piers Will not be any more than the cOsi
OF land in the long run"
James y. Itcy, the treasurer Of tho
Nelson * Matter coupauy-"I dou'i
ike to express any opinion. a. il would
be taken a. coming from personal ia
terest.'
F. =. Dikcman, jewoler-I would
| Ike to see u over the river. between
Pearl and Lyon. with a bridge over
Iv0n. bat u i~ too costly to bc thought
of The foundation. mean. would cost
too much. The Kent street site r. ml
present choice on account Of the price
but az any rate ! ara in favor 81 an *
position