The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-23
CHICAGO'S LAKE FRONT.
TIE DIRECTORS TO FILL IT IN
AND PILE 1T.

The Cost Not to Exceed S7Oo, ,ooo-The
Ways and Means Committee Pledges
Itself to Raise $500, ,ooo-stxty Acres
OF Submerged Lands to Be Used.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22-At meeting of the
local board OF directors Of the worlds fair
last night it was ordered that the work Of
filling and piling the lake front should be-
gin as soon as the contracts can be LET.
About sixty acres Of submerged lands will
be used. The ways and means committee
reported to the board that the submerged
land on the lake front could be filed and
piled for less than 100000, and pledged
itself TO provide $4,000 for that purpose,
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
Following this proposition the ways and
means committee presented the following
resolutions:
WHEREAS. IL has been de termined from thu
first, both by the commissioners and directors
and has been well understood by the citizens Of
chicago and those who have subscribed 10 the
stock, or who contemplate making further
suoscriI tions that part of the worli fair shall
be held on the 80 called lake front; and
WHEREAS, Such location wlli.greatly heghten
the interest In its affairs and Is necessary to its
success; and
WHEREAS. Additional money is required for
the purpose OF hiling and piling said lake front.
WHEREAS, The ways and means committea
or the worlds Columbian exposition has pled9ed
Itself TO raise $500, 900 to be used In filling and
piling of the lake front, IL such an amount
should be- necessary; now, therefore be IL
Resolved, That the executive committee be-
ana hereby Is authorized and directed to at once
proceed 20 let contracts for the necessary filling
and pilng OF all that part of the lake front
which the United States government Through
the secretary OF war has authorized the worlds
Columbian exposition to use. the cost thereof,
not to exceed 100000 Contracts for the same
TO be let on or before Nov. J. next, and work to
be completed on or before July 1, 1891.
THE DIRECTORS IN GOOD HuMoR.
The resolution was adopted enthusiasts
cally. The pledge Of the ways and means
committee put the directors in good
humor. The $500, 900 will be raised outside
and independent of the $40, 600 900 This
capital stock of the corporation will in no
wise be impaired by the enterprise. The
details OF the filing and piing, the space to
be covered and It's arrangements will be-
planned by the executive COMMITTEES au
once.
The directors indorsed che committee on
worlds congress, a body instituted i'm
November 1889, during the preliminary
organization of the worlds fair movement.
and authorized It to assume the name of the
worlds congress auxiliary of the worlds
OoAunptti oApOSlbloD. i ne COmTnlCCee was
authorized, subject to the rules and limita,
tions prescribed by the directors. to proceed
with its work, add to its members and ap-
point subcommittee
Tho foreign exhibits committee, which
meets in New York, was authorized TO make
such arrangements for soliciting exhibits
from Mexico. Central and South America
and the West Indies as In its Judgment
might be deemed advisable. These instruc-
tions were telegraphed to the committee
last night.
THE FOREIGN EXHIBIT.
New YORK, Oct 22--A joint meeting Of
tho foreign affairs committee Of the worlds
Columbian commission was held to-day.
There were also present four members of
the foreign exhibition committee OF the
local directory. GEstavus Coward was
confirmed as representative OF che commis-
sion TO Japan, and K. Hitchcock as repre-
sentative 10 China. Prof Adler of Johns
Hopkins University was appointed to super
intend the plans submitted by him and ap4
proved by the commissioners for securing
a large axhifuk from tho Orfant