The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-11
HAVE NO SITE YET
CHOICE OF. FAIR GROUNDS BE-
TWEEN TWO TRACTS.
TEN BROCK IN THE LEAD.
1T WILL BE SELECTED If THE
OFFER is MODIFIED.


Meeting of the Directors of the Sa-
vannnh Fair Association Yester-
day Afternoon Site Committee
Was Not Ready TO RepOrt-AnOther
Meeting Next Wednesday, when "a
Report Is Expected-Site Commit
tee VIII Meet A. and NJ. A. Direc-
tors, and "A Modified Proposition
May BE Agreed Upon-With Such IA
Proposition, Ten Brock Would
Win.
Where will the State Fair grounds be?
was not answered by the Board of Direo-
tors of the Savannah Fair Association
at its meeting yesterday afternoon. The
many Savannahians interested in it viii
have at least another week in which to
speculate Another meeting of the direc-
tors will be held next Wednesday after
noon at o'clock, and the Site Commit
tee is then expected to have its report
ready
The Board of Directors may not settle
definitely upon a tract, even should the
Site Committee be ready 90 report with
a recommendation for either the Ten
Broack or the Dale avenue tract. one
or two of the directors expressed the
opinion yesterday that, in view of the
great interest in the question that has
been manifested by the stockholders of
the Fair Association, it might be we'll
to leave the selection of site for them.
In that case, meeting of the stockhold-
ers would be held soon after that of the
Board of Directors next Wednesday.
1t is particularly desired, President
George W. Owens said after the meeting.
to have the matter of a site settled as
soon as possible. There is a great deal
of work 20 be done, of which the selec-
ton of location for the fair grounds
would be but the beginning, and Il is es-
sential that a start be made. He had i'm
pressed upon the Site Committee the i'm
portance of pushing it's investigations.
This, however, the committee has been
doing, but there have been so many COM
plea tons and questions arising as 10
greatly impede the work
Were it not that the offer of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association of
Georgia, which owns the Ten Brock
tract, is regarded as less liberal than that
of the Merchants and Mechanics Land
Company of the Dale avenue tract, the
division in the board of directors between
the two proposed sites would be in favor
OF Ten Brock. That was patent in the
discussion of the respective advantages
of the two tracts. Were it left to a vote
of the directors, the result would be the
choice of the Ten Brock tract provided
"a modified proposition were made by the
Agricultural and Mechanical Association.
A meeting of the directors of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association and
of the Site Committee of the Fair Asso-
citation will be held day after tomorrow,
when the question of terms upon which
the latter may be allowed the use of the
property of the former will be considered.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation has made two propositions to the
Fair Association, and its directors be-
leve that the Fair Association should
make a counter proposition, thus leaving
the Agricultural and Mechanical Associa-
tion in the position to say whether or
not it would be agreeable. 1t is not i'm
probable that some modification of the
offer may result from Saturdays meet
ing, in which event the selection of the
Ten Brock tract would not be opposed
by some of the fair directors who now
believe that the advantages are on the
side of the Dale avenue tract.
The chief of the objections that are
raised TO the proposition from the Agri-
ricultural and Mechanical Association is
that no option to purchase the land, after
il has been improved, is allowed. Another
is thar the Fair Association would be
liable for the rental for the remaining
years of the lease should 1t be determined
after the first, second, third or fourth
fair to give no more. A satisfactory adj
Justment of these points would doubtless
be followed by the choice of the Ten
Brock tract.
gu
man J. W. Jackson said that 1t was not
ready for various reasons to make q
final report, but he apprehended that the
difficulty would be removed within few
days and thought the committee would
be in readiness by the next meeting Of
the directors. Mr.. B. II. Levy, another
member Of the committee said that the
question OF passenger rates to the fair
grounds, whether east or west of the
city was one upon which it was desired
to report, and definite information had
not been received. 1t had been learned,
however, that the Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope Railway would authorize
fare of five cents to the grounds from
any part of the city, and the same fare
from the grounds; this, whether the
grounds were east or west of the city.
In the discussion of the two tracts most
prominently mentioned, much the same
arguments as have been advanced from
time TO time in the controversy were Of
fered. The directors talked of the access
sibility of the two tracts, the charges for
the transportation of freight and passen-
gers the cost for constructing race
track and for putting the grounds in
shape TO hold fair.
The resignation of Mr.. James NJ. Dixon
as a member of the Board of Directors
was received and accepted. and Mr.. A.
s. Guckenheimer was elected a member
Tnsa ,.1f, he.
directors remain.