Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1893-10-12

to the board of lady managers, and
Mrs. Potter Palmer formally accepted
the gift, for that body.
The etlifice will be permitted to stand
on its present site. having been erected
with n view to permanency. The COW
cring of staff will be removed, a veneer
of marble be put in its place, and the
building will be used as a museum of
woman's work. The other structure is
Sweden's building, which has been pur-
chased by the Swedish theological in
stitution, recently organized. but the
building must be removed. The only
portion of the ground is in regard 70
the Fine Arts building. Long before the
building was erected there was serious
talk about making it permanent, with
a view to using it as museum or an
art building. The fragile nature and
great value of the works at present
contained therein made good construc-
ton necessity, and some idea of the
solidity of the structure may be OBJ
tanned when it is known that some
thing like thirteen million of bricks
We're used in its construction, the par
tition walls being unusually thick
To support this weight good founda-
tions were necessary. To break into
these walls will take considerable time,
but the salvage will probably be worth
considering, as there are places where
the bricks, if of good quality. can he
used again, and they ought to be worth
seventy-tive cents a thousand on the
ground if retciled.
1t is understood that the directors
are thinking of offering the building
to the park commissioners as gift, in
which case they would give away the
building, upon which they might real.
ize a large amount in salvage if torn
down. Probably less than 80 per cent
of the bricks could be used for building
purposes.
But all sorts of complications may
arise under certain conditions with tho
buildings standing on the unimproved
portion of the park. Vast quantities
of timber were used in their construc-
ton, but for the most part it has been
cut in such lengths as to make but COM
paratively little OF it of value. Large
quantities of iron We're also used. but
the vastness of the structures, coupled
with the peculiarities of the archltec-
ture, makes it seem improbable that
any large portion of it can be used. 1t
looks as if the larger portion could be
sold only as old iron, and while the
great quantity will doubtless bring in
quite a respectable sum the cost of
handling it will be great.
One thing the park people would
doubtless like tn have left as il is, and
that is the system Of lagoons, or at
least portion of it. But the contract
requires that the grounds shall be
left in the cond ton in which
they were found. 70 fill up the la
goons would be a. expensive as was
their construction il only earth, sand
and gravel are to be used.
But il is not beyond the pale of posi-.
bilities that the directors will insist up
on complying with the terms of the en-.
tire contract and fill the lagoOns with
short scantling, old nails, staff and
plaster. The impetus given to building
in the days before the fair has had its
effect, and unless great and unex-
pected change takes place and Chicago
demonstrates IL greater degree of vital.
ity than she is supposed to possess
building material of all kinds will be a
drug on the market when the manage
ment is ready to l,alizc on this kind of
assets. The corporation has given a
bord of sa50.0O0 t. insure the removal
of the buildings and in view of the
vast amount of work to be done the
corporation may conclude that it is
cheaper to forfeit the bond and let the
South park commissioners clear away
the buildings While such procedure
would put the park commissioners to
great temporary Inconvenience they
might obtain peruAi-7'- Ito issue bonds
and in this ..ss,acp G :.
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