Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-16
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArczl

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DTsPArcH.I
CHICAGO, August 15.-Vice President
Bryan's assertion yesterday, that happy
solution of the Worlds Fair problem
might be reached within "a hours, caused
the curiosity Of a great many people to-
night. He said to DISPATCH represents.
tive by way of explanation: 81 meant
that further examination is to be made Of
jackson Park and the result Of it will be to
show that enough Of it is available there to
enable the directors to use it.
II think you may say" he added, "that
the original recommendation made by the
local board To the National Commission will
be persisted in."
When asked if that meant that the local
board would recommend the use Of the Lake
Front as we'll as jackson Park, Mr.. Bryan
said that he would not like to express an
opinion on that point or say anything more
definite than he had said already.
TO FINALLY SETTLE IT.
He said that the engineers would make
thorough examination of all the sites and
make q complete and elaborate report at the
adjourned meeting of the directors on next
Tuesday night, and he believed that the site
question would at that time be definitely and.
favorably settled. A plat of the survey
made of jackson Park by Engineer Ohm
stead for last Tuesday nights meeting hangs
in the directors room. According to its
showing jackson Park will yield only 112'
acres of floor space, although it is over 500
acres in extent.
From the total acres must first be deducted
about one-fourth for the part now improved,
which the Park Commissioners stubbornly
refuse to permit the Worlds Fair people to =
use. Then Mr.. Olmstead's drawing shows
q system Of drainage Of the balance OF the
park which is so contrived as to make the
greater part of the space not available at all
on account Of its peculiar shape.
A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
Mr.. Bryan, when he spoke Of getting
more space for building, probably hoped to
secure the adoption of different system of
drainage. By ditching the land when dry,
would be in such form that it could all be
utilized, and perhaps also the use Of the i'm
proved portion OF the park could be secured.
From another official OF the board it was
learned tonight that careful examination
has been made to-day BY the engineers OF
the site adjoining Garfield Park in the.
| West Side, and of an inland site on the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway, and still
| another site on the Sheridan drive on the
Lake Shore, just north of the city limits.
The site last referred to lies near and
south of the suburb of Argyle, contains
about 600 acres and is not quite
six miles from the City Hall. 1t
is reached directly only by the Northside'
cable line, and is on the line of the pro-
posed Chicago and Lake Shore Electric
Railway, in which George Westinghouse, Of
Pittsburg, is interested, and the Chicago,
Milw aukee and st. Paul, and Chicago and
Mort hwestern Railways pass so near it that
they could readily construct switches to the
gro unds. The land is 10 feet above the
lake.
POSSIBLY THE PLACE.
| whichever site is chosen" said this Off
cial, "must be on the lake. The bulk OF
the visitors will not be satisfied with any
inland site, and if jackson Park is not
available the site near Argyle must be
chosen. The Chicago papers have discussed
every other site more than this, but it il
very seriously considered nevertheless"