The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-27
FOR A SOLDIERS HOME SITE
The Committee, with General Carnahan
Chairman, Entertained at Muncie.
Salient Features of the Town Together with
Three Possible Tracts for Location Ex-
hibited by Enterprising Citizens.
erec,.Ito the Indianapolis Journ.,.


MUNcIE, Ind. July 26-The committee
appointed by the Indiana Department of
the Grand Army to select site for o State
soldiers homo arrived in this city this
morning. The committee is made up of
General CarnahaD, member sc large and
chairman, together with one member from
each congressional district eleven of whom
are present, as follows: G. j. Murphy, of
Evansville; d. F. Specs. of Vincennes; An
drew Fite. of New Albany; u. ID. Cole. of
Rushvllle; A. 0. Marsh. of Winchester; w.
Il. Tucker. of Indianapolis: e. Nj. Travis,
of Charlottesville; w. s. Haggard. of La
fayette; ID. b. Mcconnell. of Logansport;
d. N. Foster, of Fort Wayne, and j. f.
Lewis, of South Bend. the absentees being
II. ID. Martin, of Greencastle, and
j. j. Todd, of Bluffton. The COM
mittee was met at the station by the COM
mittee to present sltes-Dr. A. c. Jones'
President Kerwood, of the Citizens
National Bank, and Professor Shoemaker,
of the Muncle scho0ls-and taken to the
Kirby House In carriages whore it's men,
hers received q cordial greeting from lead
ing citizens, Mayor Brady representing
the city.
After dinner tho committee was taken in
carriages to the various sites which are
offered. 1t was intolerably hot when the
tour was begun, but q shower and heavy
wind att o'clock caused fall of nearly
twenty degrees in the mercury. The
first site east of the city about two
miles. The citizens did all that courtesy
could suggest to please the commit and
subsequently all that experience can sug-
gest to persuade it's members that Muncie
is the place. In addition to the committee
above named. the following prominent men
were with the committee all the afternoon
and evening: James Boyce, George K. Mo
Colloch. Major Wildman. of the Times. j.
N. Chopper, w. A. Valley. "Hick" Kirby.
X. s. Gregory and Auditor Richie. After
viewing the site east OF the city known as
the TruIt farm, the visitors were conducted
via the johnson farm, another site, to West
Mupcie, where Eastern capitalists are
building a monster hotel and preparing 10
overflow valley for an artificial lake of
three hundred acres. Here the commi ttee
was shown q third site. 1t was after 9
O'Clock when the last examination was
made. under the direction of Hon. j. III.
KOontz.
A collation. was served to the party by
the women of West Muncie and Yorktown,
for which the committee expressed Its
thanks by a vote. Afterwards Mayor
Brady. Secretary McColloch, of the Citi-
zens' Enterprise Company, and r. S. Greg
DRY presented, in very able manner, the
advantages of q location in the gas belt
General Carnahan responded with the dec
laratlon that it was the sole purpose of the
committee to ascertain which site offered
would be the best for the aged veterans
and their wives. The agent of the West
ern Improvement Company blew off a gas
well, to the amaZement of the visitors, and
showed them flowing artesIan we'll. The
party enjoyed delightful ride back to the
Kirby House, where all were nicely cared