New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-14
AMONG THE CLUB-HOUSES.
MEMBERS TRYING TO KEEP COOL.
THE UNION LEAGUE AWARDS THE CONTRACT
FOR NEW HoME-oTHER POINTS
OF INTERES


FOR NEW HoME-oTHER POINTS
OF INTEREST
Midsummer dulness has settled down upon
the clubs. and they are running upon what may
be termed half time. From Monday to Friday
there arc plenty of members on hand whose
families are in the country. In the evening
they eat, drink, and are merry, mindful of the
fact that in to-morrow's scOrching heat they may
wilt Still the merriment is of a rather perfume
tory order ClqucS and factions are broken mp
by the absence OF one or more members, and, If
they were not it is too hot 10 bowl, or play
cards. or play billiards or do anything, in fact,
but mediate on the state cf the weather and
tell stories. Many short speeches, which consist
principally of calls for iced drinks are also made.
IL is great time for the conversationalist or
GOOD story-teller to come 10 the front II he
has any ambition to shine, but usually he has
not So after the ball games, the races or
other outdoor spots have been languldly dis
cussed, the clubmen adjourn to their homes, WISH
ing that they were out of town. On fFlohy =
they generally start OUT to gntlfy that Wis.,
and do not see their home or their cluo uh'll
Monday And this state of affairs will prevail
until autumn, when club affairs will be " DOOM
ing"
Just now. however, the only spice and variety
TO this hum-drum state OF things Is impaired py
the house-buildeIs. One OF the most progressive
of them is the Carlton Club, whose new cIup-
rouse is well advanced toward the thlra story
In fact, the side wall in SiXtll-ave., when l'Aee
in both the old and the new building Is aiinoSv
finished In about a month the entire structure
will be rooted in, and then the poard pdrutioh
now circumscribing the area Of the old club
ill ha
About the same time the front walls OF the ora
house will be removed, and the sectional Stfuct-
IRE will thus be united About December /,
when it is finished, there will be nothing in view,
inside or out, to show that it was not always
one building. Notice has been sent to the dlrec-
tors that there will be a special meeting next
thursday The treasurers report will be sun
uitted and two new members, one OF whom is
John w. Fowler, will be elected.
The directors of the Montauk will hold very
important meeting next Thursday evening Inc
notice that has been sent out says that francis
H. Kimball the architect of the neS building, VIII
be on hand with the perfected plans and esti-
mates The indications are that the meeting
will be q full one. Leonard Moody Will come
all the way from his farm at Pitt>ton, Me, where
he has been getting in the biggest hay crop thuS
far raised on the place, TO attend, aAd other
directors at distant places will follow his example
Another subject quite important as the
plans and estimates, will also be provided Ior'
This is nothing less than the closing ont or the
subscriptions to the club bonds. The amount at
present taken reaches more than s4Oooo.
syndicate Of leading members of the club has peeh
formed to take the unsold balance up to Soo,ooo'
This will dispose of the money question, aho'
granting that the plans and spec1ncauohs are
right. ground for the new clubhouse VIII ne
broken on or before August l. The reason for the
formation of the syndicate is that the bona SUD
scriptions were started late in the season and
solid members who wish TO subscribe are IN
Europe.
Meantime the members are having a pleasant
and substantial taste of club life in their tempo
rary quarters at No "a Eghth-ave. Like the other
clubs. they now have q table d. hOte Of their own
and il is well patronized. Notwithstanding MS
somewhat restricted quarters to work in, Rlchard
Curry the steward of the club, produces results
that satisfy the most fastideous lie seems to
be walking straight into the affections OF the
members by his handling of both the solid and
liouid supplies that the house committee furnish
His experience gained at the Oxford STANDS MN
in good stead.
The building committee of the Union League
are out of the woods so far as the most decisive
mart of their work is concerned They all met
last Friday evening and awarded the contract
for buildnr the clubhouse 10 W. d j. Lamb,
the lowest bidders. who named 81 "a, 900 as the
figure for which they would make clean and
worl,manlille ioh of it. Their action was
annroycd by the executive committee,
and now the club are in the hands
Of the Messrs Lamb and Architect Lauritzen
Jbev feel that they are safe, and that they VIII
fare we'll. Ground will probably be broken the
latter part of this week or the first OF next. IL
will take nine months to finish the building