The St. Louis Republic., 1901-03-28
Worlds Fair Collections, While
Brisk. Not Heavy Enough to
Expedite Work in Hand.
DELINQUENTS URGED TO HURRY
Delay in incorporating the Com
pany Means Loss of Valuable
Time-Shaw's Garden
Site Suggested.

The collections at the National Bank OF
Commerce Wednesday on account of the
hrst 10 per cent assessment of Worlds
tair subscriptions amounted to $1,000.
ms brings the total up TO $50, o00 one-half
me amount necessary for Incorporation.
'htii the balance is paid in, 1t will be i'm
possible TO file the papers of incorporation.
eject directors and proceed with the actual
work of building the Fair.
Up TO date about $500 subscribers have
peen heard from. Among these are many
OF the largest stockholders, hut the major
part are subscribers of 800 ana under The
largest payment Wednesday was made by
Tue Union Trust Company, which sent q
eneck for Sl5oo. Mermod d Jaceard sent
check for IeO: the Hydraulic Pressed
brick Company, N,eo0. The employees OF
Hargadine. Mckittrick & Co. paid $500 and
the employees OF the Cast Brewing COM
pany turned in "a like amount.
Secretary Cox said Wednesday that the
mana cement was well pleased with the
III, but wishes deiinquents TO pay up as soon
as possible, as valuable time Is being lost.
Ihe management is anxious to incorporate
aS soon as possible, SO as TO get down TO
actual business. Every day numerous let
tiers are received asking for definite infor-
uauon as to space, concessions and other
details. 1t Will be impossible to answer
these queries until the Louisiana Purchase
EXPOSITION Company is formed.
Curiosity and interest in the Worlds
FAR are growing daily. both in America and
abroad. As soon as the company is formed
the bureau of publicity will be established.
winch VIII serve 10 send out Information
all over the world regarding the Fair. 1t
Will be impossible to accomplish anything
along this line until the first S5Ov.C0o is col
lected and the company Incorporated.
Among the suggestions for si;cs and feat
ureS for the Worlds Fair recently received
is the following:
FavOrs Southwestern Site.
A contributor. signing himself 'West
End, writes:
When the Worlds Fair celebrating the
Louisiana Purchase was first suggested.
said: BY all means let it be located so as
to take in Tower Grove Park and Shaw's
neeessary. anu with dsn Stranger Stranger to otp tpe city !
paid a visit to these attractive spots last
week. and 1 said 1t would be a crime to
locate 1t anywhere else." for several
First. ,,shaw's Garden, considered. be-
heve, the handsomest in this country. If
for the grandest horticultural or fioricuI-
tura1 display the world has ever seen. Let
the garden remain undisturbed. with Its
servatories; do nothing to it save replace
the old museum building by some artistic.
permanent structure. commemorating the
Worlds Fair.
horticultural displays OF the world.
From Shaw's Garden 10 Tower Grove is
OUT step, ana in this ideally beautiful
spot erect a permanent art hall and per-
hapS one other magnificent, permanent
building. Back of these two places. west
and south, can be obtained all the ground
necessary for successful carrying out of
the scheme, or by bridging the railroad
tracks, the southern part Of Forest Park
could be taken in. and thus permanently
The approaches to this site are perfect,
First. along Grand avenue to the main en-
trance of Tower Grove, or through the
Compton Hill district. or through the Tyler
place tract, all beautifully improved with
new houses; nothing unsightly or unsub-
stantial. Another approach would be
through the West End and its magnificent
residence district. along Kings highway,
south. skirting Forest Park to the soutn-
ern portion, if that is included, and on
over the bridged railway tracks to Shaws
Garden and Tower Grove.
Street railway facilities win be ample
since every line can be extended to the OBJ
jective points of interest. Railroad faciI-
tiles for freight or traffic are also con-
venient.
By using this site the beautiful South
Side. really in many respects the most at
tractive part of the city, so long cut Off,
would become once more as of old a most
desirable residence quarter.
WEST EH-n