New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-25
TuE UNION CLUB TO MOVE
s,,cH A STEP VIRTUALLY DECIDED ON.
o,rpvur1N1NG VOTE IN FAVOR OF APP.
PAINTING A COMMITTEE ON SITE.

OVERWHELMING VOTE IN FAVOR OF APP
POINTING A COMMITTEE ON SITE,
81. roc,.ribbed conservatism of the Union Club has
i"' ,,rccd 10 yield. and in all probability a few
been rnorc will find the organization In new home
yes, .naye not great distance below Central Park
r. sentiment OF the club is clearly in favor Of
in"s me-, tnrther uptown shown at the meeting on
p VS night The gathering the largest. with
80 two possible exceptions which has ever been
" a, the Union Club, and the motion to appoint
s,t,ee on site carried with only three dissent
o,ss More than that number OF those present
asso,bedy favored keeping the club at Twenty-iirs
W. ri5tbave but so badly had that faction been
" ,.d IN the preliminary skrmish that it did not
We N make any showing in the battle proper.
"a estimated that nearly one-third Of the 1000
A.rs Of the club present when the meet
nv ros called to order by the president, Clarence a.
ne soon after o'clock on Thursday evening.
go hundred and thirty lone members had signed the
I" tg,at the Governing Committee call special
lS 70 consider the appointment of committee
a'S mower 20 select and to purchase site for a
VIZ va. .iuhhouse More would have signed it had they
- NJ IFS existence before IL sent to the COM
miitee. A..
= .hIris majority of all the members of the club
''orn be necessary to adopt a resolution TO move
,n,oun The party which favored the changs dis
with him on tnlS pOluN. n IuOllOu was maui
- sopd every member proxy, with which he should
Ia on the appointment OF the committee, whether he
s,Dssd the meeting or not. Objection was made
80 ,be constitution of the club allowed voting by
roxv Mr. seward, however, ruled that voting by
,oxv had been permitted before, and was therefore
,aral The plan had come up before when the sub
,sst of commit on site was under discussion, ana
IA heen adopted after IL had been voted down twice
This ruling gave the conservatives slight adj
thefp wa Simnly showed under
and oupositon 20 moving virtually knocked into
soocked hat The progressive clement however, did
mt care 10 take the fullest benefit from the vote, and
motion was carried to limit the power Of the pro-
nosed committee to reporting on a site. The resolu-
ZION 10 appoint the committee went through with
rush. only three OF the antmoving faction voting no.
The committee is to investigate the whole subject of
new clubhouse and is TO hand its report TO the seere
,ary in the latter part Of May. The secretary Will
send copy of the report 10 every member OF the club
and the recommendations embodied in 1t Will be voted
On at the annual meeting on May~27.
The conservatives evidently rely on Mr.. Stewards
ruHnc that twO-thirds vote of all the members Is
necessary to carry tile resolution to move the club
house The opposing side believe that bare majority
of those present at meeting Is sufficient. They say
that the constitution recognizes way OF voting by
proxy and that only simple majority Is needed, be
cause the constitution does not prescribe that the CUB
house shall be at Twenty -frst-st. aHA Fifth-ave.
The present clubhouse was built in 1853, and was
then even inconvenienty far uptown. The growth Of
the city TO the north led the discussion of tie plan
10 move the club uptown early as ten years ago.
committee then appointed, but nothing came Of
H. In 1888, second committee on site was chosen.
II reported tho northeast OF Fifty siXtst the
southeast corner OF seventh-st and the north
west corner of Thirty -fourth-st. and F1ftavc. as
suitable sites. The irst-named plot was recently
bought by one of the AstOrs, and c. p. Huntington
is building house on the second. The last named
place Is now the home OF the Manhattan Club.
The property of ST. Lukes Hospital in Fhth-aye:.
from Flftyfour TO Ffyffh sts., is for sale, AMI
has been suggested as suitable site for house for
the Union Club. The price said 10 be asked-S2
would seem to be too large even for that wealthy
organization. part of' the plot might be bought
however or several residences In the avenue might be
torn down 10 make a site for the clubhouse IL Is
tEe intention Of the young element to put up build
ing which will be in every way the equal, ana IN
some respects the SUPERIOR OF the structure which the
Canizaton Of that club is the occasion Tor the re
newed activity in the Union Club in favor OF moving
toward the north. II felt that the older in:tu-
ton would be handicapped If il remained where IL Is
with fine home, centrally situated, VIII us
present funds with It's record OF over nan century
and with its prestige, the Union Club. its members pc
eye will be even more than match for tne new
organization, surrounded ii Is by the dlnncutes
which beset the beginning of every enterprise