The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-28

Competition Narrowed Down TO Four
Farms in Four Different Directions.
Miller, Voss, Moore and Sinner Farms Sc.
lected by the Committee-Railroad Fight
Prices and Terms Named.

The committee of five from the State
Board of Agriculture which was appointed
to select the site for the new fair grounds
met at the State-house yesterday after
noon and at the Denison in the evening.
The committee spent Thursday afternoon
and Friday morning in visiting the various
farms offered for sale, and of the number
selected four to present to the board as the
most desirable, from which one Is to be
chosen for the site. The four farms chosen
are the John Moore place. Jay G. Vossstract,
Hiram Miller's farm and the Sinner farm.
These places will be presented to the board.
and they Will proceed at once to GO over
each Of them, carefully considering the ad-
vantsges of each and arriving at q conclu-
sion as to which they think the most desir-
able. Now that the competition is limited
to four the partisans of these four places
will do q great deal Of hustling. 1t will be
a fight largely between railroads.. with the
Big Four favorIng the Miller farm, the
Vandalia pulling for the Moore tract, the
c.. III. X ID. pushing the Sinner place and
both the Monon and l.. f. & w. ~whooping
1t up for the Voss farm. Mr.. Frenzels
company is not interested. Having q
tAfS oh
ferent as to what direction the grounds 60.
The tour farms lie in different directions
but the committee says that this was purely
a coincidence. Direction cut no figure with
them.
The Sinner farm is owned by C.. R., Asa
and W.. X. Sinner. and is 160 acres in area.
The price asked is 500 al acre, and the
terms named one-fOurth in cash and the
interest. The farm is located on the c.. H.
i ID. railroad, and adioins Irvington on tho
south. The citizens of IrvingtOn have
made q hard fight for the Sinner farm, as
have also officials of the railroad. Superin-
tendent Galloway and attorney Wishard.
of the c.. III. ~ d., have promised to double
track the road all the way out from the
city, and furnish ample side-track and
switches to the grounds.
The FTenZel combine also promises to run
a line ont Prospect street to the grounds
and return on East Michigan street A
number of residents of English avenue Will
subscribe literally to paving the avenue
and making it q fine driveway. Horsemen
say the Sinner farm will be o splendid
place for o race-track.
The VOss farm is four miles north of the
Circle. on the Monon and l.. L. IL w. rail
roads. 1t is PA acres in area. and Mr.. Voss
wants $500 an acre for 1T. He offers to sell
eighty acres at the same figure. 1t is q
beautiful tract of ground, and can be de-
veloped into q fine state fair grunds. 1t Is
recommended as trst-class for a racing
track.
The John Moore farm is two and q half
miles west of the river on the extension of
Morris street. The farm is an even quarter
section in extent and is as level as q table
top. The Vandalia road runs by 1t on the
north and within about five hundred feet,
and should it he selected the Vandalia peO-
pie would double-track it from the city. A
track could also be run from the Vincennes
road at May and street-car facilities
could be provided. Moore offers to sell the
aptfra 1Tn fnr SOR Am ~ nm half fnr
500 an acre, The soil is reputed to be we'll
adapted for n race-track. as it has clay
enough In 1t to hold we'll together.
The Hiram Miller farm has been cOnsid-
cred generally by outsiders as the one that
was destined to be selected by the board.
II contains 236 acres. which Miller offers at
$3.50 an acre, or forty-four acres at $3.50 an
acre If all high ground Is taken: In the
latter case Mr.. Miller will sell III n
amount. or any shape the board may de-
sire. The tract lies near the shooting park
and can readily be connected with the Belt
snd Big -Four railroads. 1t "a a beauti-
FIJI piece of ground. and lies on
Fall creek. Horsernen are divided as to the
merits of the quality of the soil for track
purposes. some claiming 1t TO be first-rate.
ard Others not the best obtainable. The
distance from the Circle is not over two
miles. and for this reason it is the most
al advantageous. 1t can be reached by an ex-
tor sion of the Indiana-avenne and North
Indianapolis lines of street railway. The
other farms submitted to the committee
and visited by Ii are:
Simon Yandes, 1854 acres at 800; John A,
Eeapme, 46.l3 acres OF 5000; Mary Lowe, Is
acres at 5000; TIE whole for $44, 615.
d. W. Noble, no amount ana no price. South
Side, on J., NJ, & I. Ry.)
B.. f.. ClaypoOl. 100 acres for $4S, 900, and 40
acres more for &S 900. making $4,000 for the
200 acres; five years time.
Grafton Johnson tCanby farm, 1G0 acres for
e. coo per acre.
Byran * Cornelius, I4S.J 6 acres for $4,000;
0ne-third cash, balance in two years.
WilGrnan IL Glover tHammondf farm, for $780,
900; $4,000 cash. balance in six years; one-h half
OF same property for Sit, 900; $4,000 cash, hal
anee in three equal annual payments at d per
cent. per annum-
S. X. Fletcher, "a" 40 acres; 3D. 40 acres;
&c" Al acres; I'D" 40 acres: az" 10 acres; "A''
and "B" for $4,000, or "a" .'B" and SCI for
sac, 600; Will sell 40 acres and lease the balance.
Roberts & Tyner, l54 acres for $4,000.
The board will make the choice at thu
next meeting. which will be ct the time
the purchasers of the old fair grounds
make their first payment. which, accord
ing TO contract, must to before Dec. 20.
The committee refused last night to state
what was its choice for the new site, but
the general impression Is that the Big Fonr
and Hiram Miller have the inside track,
| with tba VOaa farm a eacoph chpica