The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-10
FAIR DIRECTORS TO MEET.
SITE Committee May Not BE Ready
With n Final Report.


A meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Savannah Fair Association will be
held this afternoon at O'Clock at the
office of the president, Mr.. George w.
Owens The object of the meeting as ex-
pressed at the adjournment of the last,
is to receive the report of the Site Com
mittee, which has been laboring with the
question as to what location will be chos-
en- for Fair grounds. 1t now appears,
however. that the committee will not have
"a final report ready.
Chairman j. w. Jackson and Mr.. b.
II. Levy of the committee, called yester
cay afternoon upon General Superistend-
ent Denham and General Freight Agent
Menzies of the Plant System relative to
the establishment of a spur track by the
System to the Fair grounds, in the event
the offered tract on Dale avenue were &C
ccpted. The officials met their visitors
pleasantly and gave them assurances that
the Plant System would construct the
track, provided right-of-way were Sc
cured by the Fair Association. This as
surance will be given Immediately in
writing.
Supt. Denham expressed the desire of
the Plant System to aid the Fair project
in every possible way but did not seek
to create the impression that the company
was not looking for business. He said
that it was seeking to earn every dollar
that it could. The Plant System would
be put to considerable expense, something
like $780, 1t is said to lay the temporary
track, but it would expect the freight
and passenger business resulting TO be
such as to compensate for the outlay.
The committeeman were assured that
the passenger rate for the round trip to
the fair grounds would not be more than
% cents. The officials would not say just
how much il would be, but named the
maximum rate. 1t is believed that it
would be much lower. Supt. Denham
said that the rate would be contingent,
largely, upon the amount of business that
might develop. The Plant System would
make charge of 81 a ear for transferring
and handling freight brought in for the
fair grounds over other roads.
Mr.. jackson said after the conference
that he did not know just how long II
would be before the written agreement
from the Plant System could be obtained,
though he believed it could not be until
two or three days have passed. Lacking
that the committee would not be in a
position to make a final report to the di-
rectors.
1t might be supposed from the pains
to which the committee went in getting
the officials to agree to build the spur
track that it has been decided to recon-
mend the Dale avenue tract. When ask-
ed If this were the case, Mr.. Jackson
said that 1t had only been the desire Of
the committee to ascertain every pint
of advantage or disadvantage. This lie
sire prompted a visit to the Ten Brock
tract and another to the Dale avenue
tract ami careful inspection of both. The
matter CT a spur track is but detail
upon which the committee wishes to be
able to report.
The Pant System officials considered
the rignt-ot-way suggested along East
Broad street, from the Thirty-second
street crossing, as probably the most salts
factory. Mr. Jackson had understood that
there would be no difficulty about right
of-way in the event the Dale avenue tract
were settled upon and a spur track
wanted.