Telegram-herald., 1890-08-21

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X. A. ;, taken yesterday, Is By no
means final. stated that President
Ayerill willrefuse 10 agn any papers and
that another members viii seek an IN
junction restraining lhe payment Of the
purchase price. Ii Is SAID that no cleo
tons have been held fo- years and the
courts viii be asked 10 settle the mat
ter.
The Kent County Agricultural So
ciety, by It's directory, held a series Of
meetings yesterday. al which the final
decision was reached on the much
mooted question of future site for It's
fair exhibitions. What is known as the
Vanderpool site was selected, with only
two competitors, VIZ. The BAH site and
the COmstock site. On these various
locations, the vote stood as follows:
For the Royce site there was single
yot John POrter-l.
For the Comstock site. Averill and
Dlkeman-2.
For the Vanderpool site, James Cox,
Aaron Brewer, J. II. Withey and A. ".
Mcach-4.
The directors first met in the Office Of
Secretary Cox; then they adjourned 10
Sweets Hotel. and then went back to
the Office of Mr.. Cox. The full board
were present, and the final acton was
taken after the fullest possible dellber-
alton. There was period in the DIS
cussion when the Ball site seemed 10
have developed some strength on the
| board, but the final vote showed that
this strength had been lost i il had
really existed. i. i. Nallin, Fred
Maynard and Agent Gleason, for the
properly, were strong advocates Tor the
Bali site.
The Nanderpool site, the one finally
agreed upon, Is Il tract Of 10 acres,
| lying directly south of the city, two
ami a half miles south OF Hail-si., on q
| line with Madison-avenue. The trus-
tees are not yet prepared 10 announce
| the consideration OF the purchase, but
/ ii is known that 100 acres OF II We're
/ offered for 81, 900.
Director a. W. Meach was asked, last
/ evening, with reference to various mat
! ters connected with yesterdays action.
! QucstiOn-"Wlth reference To the al
| vantages of this site over all others,
Will you please to state what are the
facilities for reaching the new
! grounds"
| Mr. Meach "Madison-ave. runs
directly through the center of it, The
/ township Is building a new bridge on
| tins road and the citizens arc gravelmg
| the road. Including this Madison-ave.
road, there will be at least tive excel
/ lent gravel roads To the grounds.
! The electric railway viii run
! directly to it, and the guaran-
tee of this, if any were specially
needed, it is that II miles of track are
! already rOned.
again the Michigan Central road
/ runs across one corner Of it, and the G..
/ Il. u |. now runs within Z mile OF it.
Mr.. Hughart says that the G.. II. q /.
and the Mich gan Central Will unite TO
/ give all reasonable facilities for the ac-
cOmmodation of tie society and OF the
general public. The round trip fare on
the u. X. q |. will be - cents. and the
/ Michigan Central people hold out a
good hope of 10 cents for the round
"Trip. Equally favorable terms have
TO freight. Tie Michigan Central
and the G.. X. & /. will give us halt
rates. The freight on exhibits will not
ex .ecd half rates on either road, and q
>.rOng and well-foUndCd hope Is enter
tanned of free freight transportation
for exhibitors. The ewitcbing OF cars
will not cost more than S2 on either
road. The roads viii Put in all con
yenient siding and switches, and viii
/ unite in building a commOdious wait
lng-room."
"Can you give" asked the reporter
"thc reasons which influenced the
board in favor OF the Nanderpool site
as against the ComstOck ste2'
Answer: The Comstock site is toe
low and wet. To pat it into proper
condition for fair-ground purpose.
would take more money than We had
20 spend. BESIDES there is not enough
I Of it. IF We bought It, we could Teallz,
/ -carcely ninety acres for praChca use
/ Beyond TINS. Mr.. ComstOCk insisted
1 that ne must retain the r.gIt % ran
nis rauway track on the gravel road on
+ twO sides OF e. and, atl0uEh the other
/ s.dc ol the ground would be equally
! convenient for the railway. Mr.. Com.
/ stock was unwlil ng t. weld tuis 0oint
"On the other hand. the Nanderpoo
I site = ample in quality for our pufnesc.
10 IS by no means the sandbauk is ha'
/ been represented 90 hc. but q hard