New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-26

THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY EXPECTS
TO BUILD SOON.

FIND OF 100000 ALREADY ON HAND-WHAr
HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DAILY LONG ITS PRESIDENT.
Few even OF the intelligent. residents oi -,o"
York are aware Of the scope ana IuiI0 'o'T -.
American Geographical Society. In west AWon!
- :. Monv petty social political club Is
ho,,.r Known 10 the general public; ana yet io'
half a century its practical enterprises anu d
tiac influence have been felt on all 'he '""'9 e
,seas NJ the world Its officers and the men WIN
have had its assistance and hospitality III ~.
and exploration include some OF ,he me- ,'ao,ary
trious names in this modern period OF o'sco'
from Humboldt 10 Stanley. And now co",'
beginning of a new 20 the career oil t'i' O0
With a fund for plot and building ""'0,' ,ton
.oor,,oa interest reaches nearly $4,000 de''sion
il soon TO be reached az 10 site anu ~ ,roro
structure and IL will not be many inoh'"9 ~.
ground Is broken. There are many points VI -
ference among the members or the cou"O' -, an.
the situation and as to the size OF e''''O' 49, va
Nd but there is unanimty on one PioP0o ,, ord
that ,s that there should be no furlhe' u'Ia' ,,,
nc - 80. Nv Chief Justice Charles T. Daly'
rou and for the last thirty-three years preS''',
Of the society is in his eighty-secohu !e"', =,
Is the desire OF the geographical "Oi'" ,
should preside over the completed ;" ,'ino
thus record the fact that he Is tle o,u' 90, ,ho
,eopranher President DAILY has rot only oe'" VI.
@o,a, head Of the society for more thah gem,
tior but he has almost been the soclet! HSe' y"
voting much az his time 10 MS pei t,,e,h
institution It's money was largely a"'''N
his efforts. ,,,or,col So
Like the Academy of Design anu -. ,,oor
cjety the Geographical Society to'Is4n ".;, Co
,ora,ad &c tho Geocraphical and Statlsucai 81
cietv) started in humble beginnings III inc Wv t,
versitv Building in Washington square 10 u
was actually William H. Coventry Nauuo'. ,a
known man Of those days, who was io"u " >,
LoI
crafty erratic tastes. Its first presluen' wa" -,
b,s,orian George Bancroft. and the proc'aih'eu ""
iects were to encourage geographlcaI , s
and discovery The initiation fees ana "'i''"" 49,
together were S. and ii was nara WORN !" 90 ~
members numbering in the next twenty years US
than one hundred. TO pay THIS moues' t"N'
old hooks and single room constituted the asse'S
ord domain Of the society. OF course. It's ehcoui
arement was soon sought by explorers nNe -
HAYES. Du Chaiu. DR.. Kane captain nan %
the an.e-war period, but all that IL was ape ~ e
Was q resolution Of Godspoed. DR.. FRANCES l..
Hawkes. succeeded Mr. Bancroft as president, an"
was followed in turn by Henry Grnnell VINO large
" defrayed the expenses Of the expedition Oh Ut
Hayes to the Arctic regions
NEW CAREER
The society was on the point o. dissolution "he"
Judge DAILY was sought to save It, SeFeral tnou-
sand volumes had been obtained by raising money
by subscription TO purchase the COLLECTION Oh mem!
Stevens, bOOkdcaICr III l$OHuOil anu ''''' '''''
mans and charts Judge DAILY was elected presl-
dent and Peter Cooper induced 10 give the
society three alcoves on the Third-aye front OF the
Cooper Institute. together with a small Iec'H H
n gTi happier Gays might smile It was in 1873
that new departure was lgsoiEed upon re ~
president. Abram s SOGthworth h3d yuSI c.ui i''
from Central Africa and was made secretary. , "A
of membership Ten dollars was the cost OF cleo.
ton and the proposition was hs maze n ,bS large hail
OF the Cooper Institute or the Academy of Music.
The results of several months campaIe e WI
sl4 900 in the treasury and the puDhea'o" Vi "o"'"
Through Judge DAYS. efforts 5000 was T@s ed.
ST. stu was Bought in Isl since then. by beques, by
membership and by the ACQUISITION Of the Ron
Tho HSe Hq9 se sses Pa1 be- Safety ely placed
THE HOUSE AND ITS CONTENTS
Tho various collections in the Geographical So
ciety'c house of an interesting character. h.
and there by spear and shield or bearskin or
ptarmigan one jumps from the equator to the
axis of the earth and lands in every cline are
wall is the actual cartograph which was spread
before the commissions which signed me treaIy 90
Deaco between the Colonies and Great Britain IN S3
was dbe knowIedee of North America little more
Rocky Mountains the Sierras and the Pacific were
unknown. and all that belonged to European effort
in the western world was confined to the Atlantic
Coast line. In glass case Is 2 richness, OF god
The librarian, George G. Hurbqt. is a veteran
books, thOrouDhgOing nngulSt. accom-
plished in the varied sciences OF which geography
Is generic expression. The stan Is also coihpe-
tent and obliging.
THE NEW STRUCTURE.
There must be an auditorium. with a seating
capacity OF eight hundred. with stage appliances
boxes and the usual wings, in the new building
This part OF the structure will sink below the
street level In the instance OF the great nan
of the Cooper Institute. Above on the next floor
reached by stairs and elevators. will be the Ii
brary. with side and top lights during The day and
Uniform system OF electrical Illumination al hlgnt
Every feature of the library viii be in glass-the
shelving the doors and the back walls. The book
capacity. suitably distributed I'm two-story alcoves
cases for charts maps curos and exposition
collections. Above will Doe the CLASSIFIED rooms. set
apart for maps and charts. The plan provides Tor
an ernbleUStic ard handsomely decorated NeSiihulc
an apartment for the council meetings. or me Ncor
above and in the apportionment Of the space
on the top ioor suitable provision for club dining
and such Other social features the policy OF the
society may dictate. II IS believed that a cross
would fairly solve the problem.
1t is pert Of the plan TO have bold. unique ana
ejnCularly attractive front elevation.
II has been part OF the societys policy to
either rent or give away lis parlOr space 10 other
bcSies This has never been source of any par
fs believed that sufficient income from the out
side use OF the auditorium Will be obtained 10
cover the running expenses OF the mouse.
Whether a club feature should be introduced IN
knotty problem. T. has been much favored by the
genial and hroad-mndcd president objection has
been made that II would Geb2se and degrade $ ienc-
and learning.
THE MYSTERY or UNBrCToO.