New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-14
-rr CITY CLUBS NEW HOME.
.,rNRERs WANT TO GET THE UNI
vrRs!TY CLUB HOUSE
FOR LARGER QUARTERS.

,xs DISCUSSED FOR LARGER QUARTERS
n,vr 40 DECISION As YET
.~oh for another home for the Ciiy Club was
l~ .arso.ed after the failure 10 obtain lease OF
NJ aoa'' p,ran Stevens house. al Ff;h-ave. and
NJ ",e,ih-s, last spriES. Many OK the club
FN have not been satisfied win the clubhouse
- E,f,b-ave tetween Fifty-th.rd and Fly
q W ~ The lease Of tina: building viii expire on
s~n 500 and the cub probably will have 70 make
va ,.s ~ moving out or taking long lease al an
~ CAV" -or,a, Several plans for obtaining a larger
rsfsa ~ a term OF years have been talked over
nSs nou,be-s but no conclusion has been reached
:" ian which has been favored by number OF
Vns .rbs-s is 20 secure lease OF the present home
ss ~ university Club. at the southeast corner OF
..,.ave. ana Twenty-sixth-st. and occupy tina.
~N'' ,csr he University Club moves to a new
~s s,-s which Is 20 be erected a; Fnth-ave and
ei"u ,e-.hs. The house az Madson-ave. and
thV..iv-h-st was built by the late Leonard W.
~ rho gave y TO mis- daughter IN the marriage
N.,t when she became LADY Randolph Church
~, nr,por;y was given to her and 70 her chill
J. ,aar conditions which will prevent Il from
va Aid for many years TO come. For q number OF
~" ,,a house was the home Of the Union League
ia rse University Clubs lease OF the house Will
% ss until MAY l. 1890 II is believed that the
M..,,v cubs new home in Ffth-ave. will not be
- use until about the time the lease OF The
..Hson Square house expires
=, he recent meeting II the City club. wnen JoW
.-sons was elected presiden.. the plan 10 secure
La. Of the University Clubs present nome was
-, 5vs- and il was said that about 2vV members
IN ,s,;v.rsity Club would be glad 20 remain there
@ To- Of The City Club. In fact. many mem
y 80 .,s t-l,v Club are also members o. me I'M
'' :, r., row and a number ~ hem would pre-
' ''' n,osi Of their time az cuo when - no
!n ~. n,ou,n A. the tffth-ave. clubhouse l. 10 De-
- the club members have hoped that the ne"
- tor The University Cub could De erected anu
A0uN time before the close of next year. ana
80, the City Club could obtain suo-lease Oh '''e
So n N,dison-ave. until May !. w ana iol's
neeS - me house after THAI date II wa le'ot'eu
;sng lease OF the house mlSh' pe 80 90. 80
ss.ns I ren,s OF $4,000 Members 81 me Is ~
innsss .,sr,l also that the CLUB E:.ghl De aDIe u
r's renewal OF the lease OF the mouse a. NO o
r,,h-ave for year LAM. - The Citv Cluo
jsmes W Pryor the seere,ary OF Mans 1ns mad been
sia d. ,he-a mad been decision II J. De.Ie.si
ascusi. rho University Club VIII no, HJve y o.i ~
M',.,naye house until abou, me nm H. bs C ~
S, wi have 70 make arrangements 40, "a ss,,,r,
- i've in temporary quarters u'''.- -. Tsh h,s no,
49, Of the Jerome building ~ 40 csmnaign but
~ active in the present polilcs. Ta anre a. ener
- u expecis 10 begin early anu axe an NJ,
~ nat in the fight for municpa. is.i,i con-
% ncei quarters large enough lor po'''0'' WI"
n ~ n.v;d l. Haight who has been promineh! IN
ne movement 10 secure a heS no he clubhouse az
r.h,ye and Fftyfourth-st proDaON ", 49, III %
aaa-r,s.ed before the spring or lsss' ne W. %
xcsyatng for the foundations ma s have not haen
"a, months but the plans OF ne ll- 70 -nni.ec.e
,.rm -et nv McKm. Mead " me the -, h.
- sven after plans are accepted ], WI an - hd
40. on ne details before the WORK Oh Wy @
10 Nun ous 7, IL expected that the new nom. o.
ne Tn,yersiy club will he amonS me M NJ coHntry
sri among the largest cluohouse- III ''''e