The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-20
ASK FOR A MEETING
o,xuoI,DERs WANT TO SETTLE
FAIR GROUNDS QUESTION.
PETITION IS CIRCULATING.
orEsTING PRESIDENT OWENS
TO CALL A MEETING.

,,au 7. w. jackson of the Site
,,-......,,ftt,-s, says There Cam Re NO
question But That stockholders
,Iotinu would Declare for the
Da,e Avenue Tract-Directors Will
voe+ Not Later Than Tuesday.
- Offer From Merchants and
uoobantcs' Land Co. Is Talked of.
ontion to Buy May Be Placed at
soogOo. Instead of $25,O0O.
natition is going the rounds of the
-.,.norders of the Savannah Fair Asso-
lion calling upon President George W.
a.rs 70 call meeting of the associa-
~ IN order that the stockholders may
aass upon the question of a site for the
Grounds Mr.. S. Krouskoff started
.z. natttion and has kept IL circulating
.,onq the stockholders, securing a num-
her of signatures.
n.osident owens was out of the city
Yesterday but is expected back this morn
mo The petition will probably be sub
.,t,+ad TO him to-day, and he will decide
n.5stber he will call the meeting of the
s,ookbolders. 1t is understood that there
:. Nothing in the bylaws of the associa-
,,or calling for meetings of the stock
holders but the petition would scarcely
be ignored.
of the question is left to the stockhold-
ers of the Association said Mr.. j. W.
rockson chairman of the Site Committee,
Yesterday, lit may be regarded as abso-
do in fox
of the Dale avenue tract. There can be
M doubt about it. At the very lowest,
there have been fifteen stockholders to
sion me to-day and declare for the Dale
avenue tract saying that they wanted 1t
TO be chosen as the site for the fair
grounds.
"Tbe stockholders are thoroughly inter-
ested in the matter. They feel that they
should be allowed to express choice. l
have gathered, beyond all doubt, that the
sentiment among them is Overwhelmingly
for the Dale avenue tract In the same
connection, l might say that L received a
letter from a lady who informed me that
she had attended a meeting of ladies', at
which the question of location for the
Fair grounds had come up. The ladies
were interested i'm the matter and a poll
of the meeting was taken in order to see
what the prevailing opinion might be. OF
the more than 100 ladies present, every
one thought that the Dale avenue tract
was rather to be desired than any other"
A meeting of the Board of Directors
will be held, probably not later than
Tuesday. Mr. jackson addressed a let
ter to President owens yesterday, advis
ing him of the receipt of communica-
ton from the Board of Directors of the
Ten Brock property and the readiness of
the Site Committee to report upon it. The
Site Committee, too, will endeavor to OBJ
tain modified offer from the Merchants
and Mechanics Land Company. which
owns the Dale avenue tract. Two of the
directors of the company have assured
Mr. Jackson that they believe that the
tract should be allowed the Fair Associa-e
ton for five years, free of all rent or
taxes with the option of buying at any
time during the lease for 5000 The
offer Of the company now gives an option
for $500.
A meeting of the directors of the Mer-
chants and Mechanics Land Company
will be held this morning. Mr.. Jackson
will be present, and there will be dis
cusson of d modification of the offer to
the Fair Assocat ton.
Assurances have been, made Mr.. Jack
be no difficulty about getting the right
oi-Way requested along East Broad and
Thirty ninth streets for the construction
by the Plant System of a spur track to
reach the fair grounds. should the Dale
avenue tract be selected. The City Coun-
ILL., they said would be ready to grant
any request, within reason, that might
De made by the Fair Associa ton.
Mr.. l. A. Solomon, one of the fair di-
rectors, said last night night that he APP
proves the calling together of the stock
holders for the settlement of the site
question, but he said, it should be re-
memoered that only those stockholders
VINO have made the first payment upon
lheir stock are qualified to vote. This
CONSIDERATION of a vote upon the site
question, he believes, should influence de-
Hnquents to make their payments.
commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
was seen Yesterday about the State Fair.
ne expressed himself as very glad that
Is 10 be held in Savannah. The city,
nv Salo VIII be an attraction to great
TIo"ds OF people from all over the state
ms travels throughout Georgia have
eS''vu MN opportunity to judge of the
te5Hhg that is entertained toward Savan-
han and he is confident that there will