New-York tribune., 1890-06-29
TAINTED 4 SITE.

A Worlds Fair without site is in special
sense "in the air. 1t may he rich and varied
in each one of It's many useful and ornamental
departments, but what shall it profit it IN case
if lacks a place where it can display IFS num-
berless attractions? \ fair without local
babtation is as badly off as a navy without
water, as an army without land. "a an aerohait
without atmosphere, as prlma donna Wlth-
out an opera house as Salvador without race
course In view Of this consideration chicago
/, entitled 10 large measure of sympathy these
torrid DAYS. For although she has within her
grasp a most promising Worlds Fair, World :
Fair which, we may be sure, is 10 be worthy oi
the patronage Of the wide, wide world. aS yet
she has not got a site for it-that IS 10 say, site
that satisfies her, not n site which Is all that a
Worlds Fair site ought 10 be- The familiar
hymn tells Of kings and prophets who 90 dled
without the sight" But nobody need fear
that it is Ia be Chicagos fate to die without
the site Of her Worlds Fair. oh, no. some
Of th, 80 days she will find what she has been
eagerly searching for-shc is the sort OF Il town
which sooner or later gets what She sets her
heart on She has set her heart on site for
her Worlds Fair, aud her getting II is only
a question OF time.
Just at present, however, the lack of site
dstrcsScs Chicago. The telegraph reports that
many Of her citizens were proSlated with sun
stroke last week Yet the chances are that it
was not the sun but The site which laid thcm
low. for we all know th.t the summer weather
Of Chicago must be delightfully."- cool else the
local papers would not annually commend Chi
H., al. pf
tho Western Continent. But has not the lake
front been selected as the site? >eS-tcnta-
lively, and by no means by unanimous consent
Ii is not difficult TO understand why this site
is not unanimously acceptable. \ portion OF IT,
being under water. cannot be made available
until thousands of loads Of dirt have been
thrown upon it. Besides, il this portion is
rescued il remains 10 be seen II a bargain can
be made with the Illinois Central Railroad
which will want to own some OF the made
ground, but may not be- willing to agree to the
terms on which the city is willing 10 part with
il. 1.-THE Tribune of Chicago expresses the
opinion that it is by no means certain that the
National Commission will accept the lake front
site even if it is duly rendered. "A majority
of its members may think says "The Trlb-
unc" 4" that the $50 acres il would afford are
too small a space. Some Of them IRE talking of
a thousand acres Many are dsinclined to split
the Fair in two parts"
That is the situation to-day. The Chicago
Worlds Fair is all right except that as yet it
is not furnished with site. But if it is true, as
Button insists, that the styles the man. it is
equally true that the sites the fair Certain
ly. site can get along much better without Il
fair than a fair can without site. There
fore, Chicago ought to brace up without delay
for the greatest effort of her ifc-the selection
of a site that shall be worthy Of The Worlds
Fair The coffin of Mahomet managed to get
along without a site, gracefully suspending it.
self in the atmosphere between earth and
heaven. But it is useless to attempt to dispose
of Worlds Fair in that manner. 1t must
have a site, concrete terrestrial site, if it is
10 be Il gttering success. Chicago must brace