, 1880-02-17
THE UNION CLUB.
It Is Thinking Of Buying Its Pres.
ent Quarters.
Status Of the Property-Terms on
Which It May Be- Obtained.

The UnIon C1ul, Il In fair wAy Of acquiring
pnrtnAnent possession Df tho fire 1rrnl,nls anil
elegant cfist-ho,'ao aItuntcd IN whit ~ known
az tho f]g'fcn prDrerty. the crt1ro lfock bnunse1
by North Clark street, bcarlMrn nsent'e, Oak
street, md Lafayette p!acs. 4 tnorc cs-
lilo itratioh fur clubhouse 1t would lit
decd be tli.|lcnlt to find throughout tho
lrnYth and breadth Of the city. II IL
IN tho midst Of the best residence
portion m tho North Bldo, frnrts un ono of tho
t'rettIcst pnrks In tho city. enfnys m abundance
af lawn. which hns been utilized for gAmca and
tho giving of several delightful nwn.tmrtes In
the SUMMER scueon, and Ia contiguous tn lurge
and saluab!e property On thu enst and wrst
which, un!hr tho present rcal-cstate bslonl, In
certain 10 lccGine moro and nitro vntunbIe for
ilHr residence purposes. AparL from tho icsir.
nblliy nf tho Clubs scctlrtn,s permanent home.
tho purchase Of tho property In question would
10 II str}ks OF policy whose wisdom tho rMpd!y.
increasing price Of rcnl estate would speedily
confirm.
Ihe project has been 1ntctly discussed for
sofne lIttlo time paBt. although II was not for-
Iialfy brought up Until spccfai meeting Ut tho
Ehib hck1 lust 9ntun1uy UrEning. Tho meeting
wn4 I'M important ono In several r.'tpects. Tho
!lus, tn It present ; members, artl, tho tncftt-
.snt lT!. !t @ hayin9 aec'l trec.. + ' r.,
hut the antll,nl dHcA wcre Increased frin III I'll
~ ns+sts t1G*e s,.bstMntial y S;ilsaf.s of
prttmnerty. tho Elhb - ~ ~ of aebt and bus H'l
TIE ruisCIJAsE rIu>JEcT .
cntno un In this why: 4 committee appointed
t. cnf'slcr the question OF 4 permanent ioca-
tlon rel'nrtcsl III fslvor of purchasing tho prop:
!'clawnrc plner, ii feet, for .sl!.NO. Inustu,lch.
lluwrvcr, s thu purchase Of "A new anil ,,.,ltn-
s a T" .t ss11H e n H. atGnn IN Invs:t f
1shfngnf II clnbhollse, It WIS tho general sct,ti-
flrtt it tho ,ntnting TINT tho Ch sht,llhl. II
eeiicnt facilities n atfot1ici by tts nr.scpt hind.
sntrle cl,l-s,nt,9p, Tho Ci,Mtnltftos rrInrl s1ls
ncccpet, nt.d tho whDto ,nntter Inntle tho stn-
clnl 0fEier TOR MDter special meeting to be held
r,!.H ~ .GarianH of ti'e a. aonye a, actlo; Tn!nuSE
astaer ysstefny sot alEm. inAkils aofns u
a,rIes as to INC n xaot ooaa' m % o. III; Utc,
n1nraEsGo haa 1vr TO- forcSsc ast 1rer
10 MGserl,tv RI what tug G1ilR wnla yG T.. no n
trmef .naa - pmrcaaso aaa ontati' p,s.Gssnm !e
nosHs o. otlilKn member nf tio Ciuf. WE fully
stea H. rsHard TO tl'o sueGt npon which liz
fof1atl", st,a Ws ti,at eanee,a,y ,n asslsac'
NH. MAH1.oN II. oonES.
who Yns aoncwk,nt cn,ba rra4sud In hin N,,erncss
viii Mi bIs ntis rorty @ To- Wr a%s 1esi ns
ton, to bo hel,l fl tr,st fnr tGo bc,1ctIt Of Ills
creditors. This particular pIeco Of pr,ncrty, at
ice, wa subject 10 a ,n,rtst,a" @ hcjd =" 6y tbo
time went Oh tho imtcrnst on the rnnrtvauo ~.
c,lnlt,httcd, thU trustees had nj, nnncy In sni Ia
Mly it, md t,r1rutnns IL fnrnrlns;, lii. .,,t.rt
ro ~ On III ta wro " i"fnui II th ~ w. ',n,, .',ns
Uf fntcrest wcr, div lustiti,tcd. X IL,
GREG nf fnrrrItSure, WINK ni,tninci md
fur tho ,lrDt and tn intor,.st. i,ut,ntinT f., MI
to slntlt SgJJHO TreyiD,,s Ia tbo for,s,,ns,trr M
proccc,Itnrs. hnwnycr. thn IJ,lnn E,t, mi ioastd
tic prpcry OF tho tristco. viii, Tia consei,t NJ
tic morUncn. nj mn nt1t,,,mi rrntnl nf IL its, -
case III lilo lcasc proyiiinH that tho Clu6 eho,tl
hWvo six tnu,,ts' 1t,tjco in cnss ti,o fnnrtxnxts
prcciso n,tteton t1ow hnit,r urItntni tv liz CHI,
ucrortlng to tto rvpcrtrrs infor,nani' is thn h"''
f1ho'iAsE Or TIE EASTERN PORTION
nf tho block, ao feet doep. for tho !mnnnt Of
Inc cunhr1nce. and the gurrGnlcru l0J feut on