Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-24
THE AGONY OVER.
Site Tor the Worlds Fair Finally
Decided UpOr,,
Washington and jackson Parks
and the Lake Front.

In All About One Thousand Acras-The
Amended site Proposition Unanlm ousiy
! Accepted by the National Camin nisSien.
Great Rejoicing in the Windy city.
nrief Descriptions. r
CHICAGO, Sept. GA committee
from the local worlds fair directory
waited on the South park commission
ers Monday morning and laid before
them the request Of the National com
mission that Washington park be in
eluded in the site for the fair. After
some discussion the South park commits
sioners decided to accede to the request
of the National commission. So the
vexed question of satisfactory site is
at last settled.
AT the afternoon session Of the Ma
tional commission the amended site
proposition was presented aud unani-
mously accepted. The site thus provid-
ed for includes Washington and jack
son parks, the Midway Plaisance con-
Meeting them and the lake front lin all
about | 900 acres.
In n sense the chosen site is one great
unit, comprising rs 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 magnificent, but beyond question
the finest is that stretching in superb
vista from the heart of the city soath.
Everybody Happy.
The enthusiasm with which the tender
was received by the National commits
sion showed IN marked contrast with
the reception of previous propositions.
by resolution adopted eaily in the
day, the National commission had
formerly pledged itself to regard the
offer Of sucn q site as "a final settlement
of all Gccsicns relating to the question
of SITE and when tho park commits
sioner5 promptly responded and the
exact location of the big exposition was
at last finally fixed, there WINS an i'm
SAINT uutburst of cheers in which direc-
tors, commissioners and spectators
joined in with vim.
There is great rejoicing in Chicago by
all classes over the final settlement of
the site controversy in way that gives
universal satisfaction.
The sites.
Stepping from the doors of tho city's
railroad depots, hotels aud businc is
house,, visitors to the world fair Will,
as it were, enter directly the vestibule
of the exposition on the lake front This
lake froht IS a strip Of park comprising
sixty aces, upon one side of which
the shade Nv of the massive, tall
tower Of the Auditorium falls daily,
while upon tho other side ripple the
clear waters of Lake Michigan. Lead
ing from Lake Front park, the finest
boulevard of the city goes directly to
Washington park, and connecting di-
rectly with the latter is Midway
Plalsance, 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
network of pleasure drives inclosing
great stretches Of emerald meadow and
groves Of sturdy oak
Adjoining Washington park is race
track. carable of accommodating $4,000
people, and this the local directory ex-
pect TO make part also Of the site for
the purpose Of speed display and the
live stock show. This improved race
track, where the live stock show will be
made within 100 yards of the point Sc
lected for the main building, tnus plac-
ing the whole fair in one compact quar-
ter OF the city, including the govern
ment display and the displays to be
made by the various states in coniunc-
ton with the main exposition bindings
The site selected and the plan of
buildings proposed are generally re-
garded as calculated to be especially
gratifying to the live stock men Of the
country, whose display will be the most
prominent. There was entire unanimity
i1nally on the part of the National com
mission, the Chicago directory and the
South paris commissioners, each sepa-
late body voting unanimously for the
combined site embracing the great
South park system.
1t is said arrangements have been
made with the Illinois Central railroad
to depreas its tracks and to charge but
five cents fare between the Lake front
and jackson park, a distance Of six or
seven miles.