, 1873-09-25

buBltoRB pltrpUAoH at ono ttrna or nnotlior, and
no II lny vacant awaiting tho uRe to which n
portion Ut It llaH ut last boon put; nor al thhgB
considered, can moro fitting ono DO ut prosons
imagined.
OTHER LOCATIONS auanEsTEp.
Tho Directors wore wiao beyond question in
their selection Of sito. Doxter Park was too
romoso, mud tho oxponHo Of getting there would
haye diminished tho attendance. Union partt
was not f{ttod for tho PURPOSE Dearborn Park
was too small tho block between Elizabeth,
Ada, Washington and Madison was not spacious
enough, and tho other localities suggested on
other respects unsuitable for tho purpose. Mono
Of thom worc as ncar tho Htroet cars, the tepota,
Tho liotola or thu only attractive Bconio featuro
Of Ulicago. tho Lake.
After ropoated interviews with tito Mayor and
other city officials, tho following petition WAS
presented to tho Common Council at tlloir meot-
Ing hold on the 14th Of APRIL four tayB after tho
election Of tho Board Of Directors:
ID the Mayor aud Cstp Coa,,cf n Chicago. III:
May 1t leaso your hn'iornblo body, We, tho under
ttge mohess ct tho Board of Directors Of TIN rntor
sato Industrial Exposition Of Chicago H., hnvo been
uorutctl to relucA in tho na1ue ut tho Association,
erect" sitAi,e Ss',s fSr the pnrrose q hol,'i.E
A,!aroa Az q sreet, and to occnIy not mora than
state. Industrial Exposition Association furnish
IT, Ill.,, SSSE $S, ~ t. ,,si sssss T.,
tloB fnr industrial oxrosinns md other cncrnlu-
ncnts IF public interest md bcnoflts aud to bo
tho torn Of occupancy to Ia entirely at the will Of Tho
City Cn'ne. and ho structure itself to be romove by
m o S o SO
mrde ln strict accordance with tho understanding upon
which aNoer1apttona woro rnSciyed TO- tho capital
over 3o5 and represent all tho loadnv Arms Of
our city in t,,, evory branch Of a.. iua9stry and
auch an exhibition viii greatly promots and ~i
evslop ths mnsroa! and
tend largely to Induce tho location Of caral among
With this yiew tho object laa been 10 rronocd, and 1t
rernans for your honorabIo ,ody to tay whether
position this fan Of not Tmo Will not permit
enghcned confederation Of our memorial. Tho work
ss o ssr at 1T or oee f s w9 E that you entertain
~ '''' H. T. CRANE,
A. @. HEs1NG,
j. 4. REYNOLDS
TorTEn PALMER,
G. ". LArL1N.
On motion. tho petition was referred to tho
Committee OH Wharyea and Public Grounds,
with instructions to report 1T tho next regular
mootlng.
THE ACTION TAKEN.
On tho 17th the Committee met to consider tho
subject.
Ad ogdoa, g, dEct npon tho importauco % e Of
up tile portion of tho LaNe Turk asked for.
Aid. bowon said he understood that no prop
crty-owuer from Madison to Albums street would
raise any objections.
Aid. Ogden thought the propriotors OF tho
Gardner House would not raiso any objections.
AID. Cannon moved that oertain limits be pro-
acribed ln m ordinance giving tho NECESSARY au-
thority. which motion wns discussed.
Mr.. Tulcy presented tho following:
irsolred, Tint the Doart Of Public Works he and
they hereby authorized to erect building on Lake
Park in accordance with te petition Of tho Board Of
Directors Of the INTERSTATE Industrial Exposition Of
erected shall III event 10 permitted to remain upon
said Lake Park grounds for lougor porod than ons
year from May !. 1873.
This was adopted by tho Committee without
disaont.
It was tho opinion Of Corporation Counsel
Tuley and others, that tho permission, ili order
to bo legal, would hayo to bo given III the
douation of tho uso OF its property to private
individuals, and tfnt to Rayo the point, tho work
would hayo to bo douo under the supcrintond-
ence of city officers.
The following Monday, April q, tho reaolu::
tfon wnH reported to tic COUNCIL, md was la1u
ovor for q wook.
On tho 2sth it came up again, and was amond-
cd ~ as TO read as follows:
Isesoipea, That the Board Of Pablo Works 10 nnd
s o i1s az ~ Oh hske
strcct not exceeding 800 feet in front sng tho same
70 be uscd under the direction Of tho Donrd u Public
Works, by the Interstate Industrial Exposition AHHO-
ciatiou mud Rtnll be constructed upon such plans
shall Ae approved by tile Board; prou;de The neces-
furnished 10 said Board by said Association; aud pro
rfdsI further, that such building to be erectol
aall Oh account 10 permitted 10 remain upon said
park or ground for longer period than one ycsr,
from May l, 1855:
In this form 1t Was considered Hafo, and WIS
paBsod without dissenting volce aud without
It's being necessary to resort to elcctioneerng.
Thon for forms sake, the Executive Commit
tco submitted sIr. Boyipgton's plans to tho
Board uf rnblio Works, BY whom thoy wero ap-
proved, aud Mr.. ". l.. Carroll WAS selected as
Superintendent.
THE SURROUNDINGS.
Tho appearance Of this peco Of tho ground
at tho time the Council grantod permission to
use it, was tloplorable enough from tho Garaner
IIsl,Be at tho south to Madison street On tho
north. The western sido OF Michigan ayonue
was poorly built up, tue corner OF Adams street
being abont tho ouly exception. In some places
tho excavations had been made Tor tho bAse-
nlents, aud the street was obBtracted with leapa
Of dirt aud building material; ono or two little
BhantieB were occupied as raBtaurants or saloons.
Between the maze OF railroad TRACKS aud switch-
was still dcfortncd by the debris OF
tho buildings put up thoro after tho
fire, Everything looked chaotic ind ndunpromiBfng.
But whom it was anown that ~ imposing build
settled in TINT locality. Tho buildings which
were in COURSE of erection were pushed forward.
Vacant lots wore in demand. 1unumorablo
licouaes wero takon out for inpumerablo "Ex-
postion Restaurants and Saloons" for it Was
seen. TINT no ono place would feed the gathering
multitudeH. Tho proptietors Of the Gardner
House began to 500 thst it was All excellent
thing to bB the nearest hotel; and the MattoBon
House, whose ayn could be seen across tho
vacant space between 1t and tho Exposition
building, hoped that they ZOO would have an
abundant share Of tho harvest.
Evon at this moment the surroundings OF the
Exposition arc not In oil respects attractive Tho
Cheap frame Hlanties could wo1l DO dispensed
with. ygrcat o1ertions Michigan avenue has
been put in solne kind Of order, and q sidewalk
built but thero is much work yet to bo done on
Adams street, which IL tho chief thoronghfare to
the Exposition building. by next week, how
ever and the time whom the crowds from tho
country have begun coming, everything will bo
in good order, outside as we'll as inside, or the
Executive Committee will know tho reason why.
THE BUILDING.
TTfR prTtNa