Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-18
ACCESSIBLE PARK.

ACCESSIBLE PARK.
Our Board has taken no definite action in
regard to the location of the Exposition
grounds within the District, preferring that il
be decided, it must be, by Governmental
commission.
There are, however. at least three available
sites one on Car itoi Hill in and around LIN.
coin Park. another on Columbia Height over
looking the city, another in the Park extend.
ing from the Capitol TO the Washington
Monument. together with the Potomac Flats
the Observatory grounds, and the property
extending from the Observatory to the De.
partment of State.
One of the most important features of a
Worlds Fair is an easily accessible site. and to
illustrate the wonderful advantages Washing
ton has i'll this respect over all other cities.
invite your attention to the accompanying dia.
gram illustrating the last mentioned site.
The existing park extending from the Capt.
toll 10 the Monument and Executive Mansion
contains three hundred acres. Over seven
hundred more acres will be added by tho re-
! clamation of the Potomac Flats, and two hun
dred and twenty more can be added by using
the grounds of the observatory, which is soon
to be removed, and by condemning the adjoin-
ing and comparatively unimproyed property
between and streets, and the State Depart
ment and Observatory. These two hundred
and twenty acres are above the flood line, well
adapted to drainage and most desirable for
permanent buildings. The whole park thus
described contains one thousand two hundred
and twenty acres and is without doubt the
, most accessible site in the world for visitors.
All street car lines converge toward or run
parallel with il. All steam lines from the
North, South and West enter it, except the
b. .. R.R., and that adjoins it. The Poto-
mac River faces it. All OF the principal hotels
Indicated upon the diagram by the round
dots are so near this park that not even a
street car Is needed to reach 1T. 1t Is within
five minutes walk, not only of these hotels,
but of the principal boarding houses.
Nearly all OF the Governmental Departments
are in or facing it, and, as l previously re-
marked, constitute an exposition nucleus or
plant to the value of S50,00O.000. One of the
great financial difficulties of eXpositions in
other cities has been the inaccessibiity at night
and the consequent loss of gate money. Now,
] venture to say that if the Exposition is held
In this park, and lighted with electricity at
night, the attendance and receipts will be
double what they would be If located in the
suburbs.
Another noticeable feature of this park is
that while it is near the hotels and business
centre 1t Is entirely separate from the better
residence portion Of thd5city. An exposition
thus located would not disturb the quietude of
citizens and blockade the street transportation
lines to their residences as it would, for in
stance, if located in Central Park, New York.
Another striking feature of this site is that
here the buildings will be of permanent value
10 the oOFernmtut, nence the enormous waste
which has most invariably attended the re-
moval of buildings at other expositions will be
avoided. In view of these facts the EXPOSE
ton. If located at Washington. cannot be other
than financial success
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
The capacity of the railways tributary to
Washington from all sections of the country is
practically unlimited, but owing to a confusion
OF terms the facts have been misunderstood by
the general public. mean that the capacity
OF the roads themselves, which is ample, has
been confused with that of the terminal facili-
ties, which is temporarily defective, but which
can and will as . matter OF business be speeduys