Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-23
CHICAGO is HAPPY.
The Final Selection of a Worlds Fair
Site Causes Great
REJOICING IN THE WINDY CITY.
Arrangements to Hold the Entire Exposi'
tion in One Place.
HORSE RACING ATTRACTIONS GALORE

CHICAGO, September 22-At last the
South Park Commissioners decided to ac-
cede to the request of the Worlds Fair
the site asked :for, which includes Wash
ington and jackson Parks, the Midway
Plaisance connecting them, and the Lake
Front, in all about !, 900 acres.
In sense the chosen site is one great
unit, comprising, as it does, the entire
South Park system of Chicago. There are
three separate park systems in the city. the
north, the west and the south. Each is
magnificent, but beyond question the finest
is that stretching in superb vista from the
heart of the city south. The enthusiasm
with which the tender was received by the
National Commission showed in marked
contrast with the reception of previous
propositions.
oUTBURST OF CHEERS.
By a resolution adopted early in the day
the National Commission had formally
pledged itself to regard the offer of such a
site as "a final settlement OF all questions
relating to the question of sites," and when
the Park Commissioners promptly re-
sponded and the exact location of the big
Exposition was at last finally fixed, there
was an instant outburst of cheers in which
directors, commissioners and spectators
Joined with vim.
Stepping from the doors of the city's rail-
road depots, hotels and business houses, ,visi-
tors to the Worlds Fair will, as it were, en-
ter directly the vestibule of the Exposition
op the Lake Front. This Lake Front" is
strip of park comprising go acres, upon one
side Of which the shadow of the massive tall
tower of the Auditorium falls daily, while
upon the other side ripple the clear waters
of Lake Michigan.
PLEASURE UNBoUNDED.
Leading from Lake Front Park, the
finest boulevard of the city goes directly to
Washington Park, and connecting directly
with the latter is Midway Plaisance, which
ends in Jackson Park. Like the Lake
Front, one side of jackson Park is washed
by the waves of the lake.
The greater portion of the site is one vast
net work of pleasure drives, inclosing great
stretches of emerald meadow and groves of
sturdy oak. Adjoining Washington Park
is race track capable of accommodating
30, 900 people, and this the local directors
expect to make part also of the site for the
purpose of speed, display and the live stock
SHOW. luls lmpIofeu Iace tIdCh, "ueIe
this live stock show will be made, is within
100 yards of the point selected for the main
building, thus placing the whole fair in one
compact quarter of the city, including the
Government display and the displays to be
made by the various States in conjunction
with the main Exposition building.
CHICAGO IS HAPPY.
The site selected and the plan of build
Ings proposed is generally regarded as cal
culated to be especially gratifying to the
live stock men of the country, whose dis
play will be most prominent. There was
entire unanimity finally on the part of the
National Commission, the Chicago Direc-
tory and the South Park Commissioners,
each separate body voting unanimously for
the combined site embracing the great
South Park system.
There Is great rejoicing in Chicago to-
night by all classes over the final settle
ment of the site controversy In a way that
gives universal satisfaction.