New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-22
TANNING TO MOVE UPTOWN
,-v1ON CLUB WILL PROBABLY GO TO
r,rrH-AvE AND FIFTY-FOURTH-sT.
-or,,r1oNs FOR THE PURCHASE OF ST. LUKE's
HOSPITAL PRorERrY-FlNAL DECISION TO
PIE MADE TONIGHT AT MEET
ING OF THE CLUB.


.o,,ng of the members Of the Union Club
- hold this evening in the clubho USE Fifth
vi" ara Twenty-hrst-st. for the purpose of de-
S'.. On new site for the club. A report of the
,,,ao which has had the matter OF selecting
~ hand for some zine will be presented
-, orobabc result Will be that a pot OF
""N IN the northwest corner Of Fifth-ave. and
- ,o,,th-st now part OF the ST. Luke's
-, nroperty Will be purchased. This site
,,s Of seven cit.' lots. having frontage OF
100, in Fifth-ave. and 175 feet in Ffty-fourth
:. The Union Club Committee on Site offered
.-,o ooo for these lots. but II is understood that
A. ,rustees OF the hospital are holding the price
" .ooo oo0 and the meeting to be held tonight
Ill, decide whether or not the difference shall be
paid.
,,h tonight wiz be noted with widespread inter-
.st 0rst because 1t may settle the long-vexcd
question OF II new home for this wcll-known
club and second. because the selection OF this
IA, viii TO a large extent do away with the
constant stream OF rumors as to the disposition
:, tho - Iuke's Hospital SITE for II the Union
club decides upon the pot 1t VIII take one-half
the Fifh-ave. frontage of the property out of the
market II has long been known that this club
was seeking new home. The rapid uptown
movement of wealth. business and fashion has
,ef, the famous club far downtown. and II long
sircc hccame evident that II the club was to con-
,,,,, a lively existence 1t must follow the strong
northern trend OF club life
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The report of the SIT. Committee which will
be presented tonight has been drawn up with
great care. and may be regarded as fully ex-
messing the sentiment Of the club members.
That II will be adopted seems to be- ioregone con-
c,uson. The members Of the Site Committee are
John ~ A. Gr.swold. Clarence A. Seward. 5. w
Mubank Frederic D. Tappen Alexander i. Van
Nest and ]. Hampden Robb. For a year this
committee has been at work considering the
question Of a new home FOL the club, and the re-
suit of It's labors has been summed up in the re-
mort which will be handed in tonight. The fol-
lowing is the report
This committee has TO report that during the last $.
yeer IL mas Frs, the scu;heas, corner Of Thirty
seventh-st second the southeast Corner OF T sly
fourth-st The legal conditions surrounding me
first rendered it useless tnntil vfry a h Nbr 10
the committee offered what i deemed the i9l. yaae
The committee wishes to say further that. while
the resolution creating II simply empoWefeG J., 10
ana though il may be beyond its province TO con-
slider the general financial question: has, never
charged with working out the whole problem me
factors tn sc: First tne site must be IN rn.n-
yriate. dignifed and luxurious as any clubhouse =,
now existing: third. 1t must be large enough 10
contain a aufHcient number Of rooms and apart
ments 10 produce an aggregate rental oil s-Vv" PEI
annum
SOME INTERESTING ESTIMATES
The club under these conditions cannot safely
apportion more than $4,000 for the item dand) II
the amended estimates are reliable: Assume the
land 10 cost ssOO0oo and the building fully equipped
$4,000 and have total expenditure oil |i'v''V".
Assuming our present assets TO nave Value Oh
$4,000 and there remains TO be cared for si"ovv''
Ii is to be noted that $4,000 Is not an excessive
estimate for the new house and It's equipment II
the necessary size of the building be consdered'
the loss OF interest during erection the reiuIhsh
probable cost completed building wo@d a nGI
item Of taxer further SUN OF s'oV' making ""0
20 DE ppnine capacty exclusive Of entrance fees
as shown by the report Of the last hscat yesr' is
o. with roll s of ea messrs Would p Ds mae
terlally larger In new building, ana una, tie
c"S s.s wR%id RFSauf edsSss last
estimated surplus Of 800 ana ren,aS 81 pcrssse
Of SIS in annual dues Of 900 menbe ,5 would
produce $3.50 sum sufficient TO- hhanee SINKING NIX me
aeb, FIJI This balance Of 5000 per together
Win me "snc" ne debt OF 81 $4,000 on cent
basis In the course OF twenty-five years n's o.
i,mitine The possible expenditure for land to $aO""
ana have rendered II unwilling 70 assume ,he re-
sponsibllity OF complying with your ihs"uo''onS u
expend 100000
RESOURCES OF THE CLUB.
In n memorandum attached to this report The
committee gives some further statistics bearing
an the proposcd new clubhouse. THE club, II
ssvs "reoures seven lots. 100000: cost OF build
ing $500 900; furniture and decoration. s2OOoo IN
terest while the building Is In process OF construc
t,on $4,000: errors In calculation. S25OO); total
$500 OOo" The net assets OF the club are as ioi-
lows: Original lot. building and annex. Soooooo'
merchandise. SOS ,67: due by members si'o4''
cash. 1885, total $s49.705. The unpaid bills are
placed at s23lS2 1t Is noted in the report that an
increase of 800 In the membership OF the clup
would obvate the necessity for an increase IN the
annual dues.
George Macculloh Miller. OF the ST. Luke's Hos
initial was seen at his office. No. 80 Broadway, by
Tribune reporter yesterday. and SAID: AS an o.
NciaI ~ The bosnital / am not at liberty to say
ANYTHING as yet In reference 10 inns matter ior
publication" Alexander I. Van Nest sdid 10 d
Thhune reDorter: 1T Is true that we nave oHereu
$3.50 900 for his plot Of ground. but the ofer was
declined What the officials OF 81. Luxe nospi-
tai are holding the property at am not az hDerty
to say can only say INA. u Is ours 10 assume
responsibility Of sl.700.OOo. which we wouia pc
cOnpced TO do If we went so Tar as soihe Oh enc
Younger members of the club advise AS we are
No, incornorated each individual member or thc
club would be responsible for the ehtre a'os'''
OF the clubs responsibility Ihe propieiII ~ a
new home for the club will be solved to-norIJ TOW
evening when the Committee on Ne" "i'e WIN
present a carefully prepared report
LITTLE DOUBT OF FAVORABLE ACIioN'
There seems to be doubt in the minds OF 'he
nernhers OF the Site Committee that the club VIII
settle Tonight upon the ST. Luke's Hospital SITE
for its new home Just what the price the OH.
Gals OF the hospital have set upon TINS plot Vi
ground IL not known but 100000 is generally con-
csds6 ~ no the sum. 1t Is denied on both sides
that any contract or papers Of any kind have been
s,v,od rala,,ve IN the sale OF this property 10 the
Union CLUB. but 1t is not denied that active heso-
tiatons have been carried on looking 10 the pui-
chase Of this site for the cluD .,,,o