The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-23
CONDEMNATION SUITS
TO Be FILED TO-DAY.
Counsel General Blair of Worlds
Fair to Begin Proceedings
Against Thirty.
ARCHITECTS VISIT THE SITE.
President of Municipal Art Society
of New York Suggests a Model
City as an Exposition
Attraction.

Condemnation proceedings to obtain adfi-
tional property for the Worlds Fair will
begin in the Circuit Court of st. Louis to-
day. General Counsel James l.. Blair will
file the necessary papers in court this MORN
ing. involving about 400 acres of land, lying
directly west of the Skinker road and the
Forest Park site.
1t is understood that there are about
thirty defendants in the proceedings which
will be opened to-day. Counsel Blair will
ask that the hearing of the suits be set
at as early a date as possible. so that
the work on the Fair will not be delayed.
The law requires that defendants who are
residents of the city be given ten days
notice by personal service and nonresidents
three weeks notice by publication in the
newspapers.
Members of the Worlds Fair manage
ment do not anticipate any great delay on
account of the legal proceedings. a direc-
tor said yesterday that the property hold
ers were simply holding out to get a good
price for their land. and that it was not
likely that any of them would attempt to
block the proceedings through motives OF
spite. Nearly all the defendants are hearty
advocates of the Fair.
Architects Visited the site.
Members of the Commission of Archi-
tects, who remained in St. Louis, were
taken over the Worlds Fair site yesterday
afternoon. They were guided over the
ground by directors of the Fair and local
members of the commission. Each archi-
tect was shown exactly the location of the
building which he will design. The MEM
beers of the commission were unanimous IN
expressions of approval of the site. and
placing of the exhibit buildings,
With the party was j. Knox Taylor, SUI
pervising architect of the United States
Treasury Department. Mr.. Taylor left st.
Louis last night for Springfield. ILL.,, where
he will inspect some Government work be-
fore returning to Washington. He stated
yesterday that he would have the design
of the Government building completed by
October Z. the date set for the next meet
ing of the Commission of Architects.
All the architects are anxious to get to
work on the designs for their buildings,
and the last of the out-ef-town members
will have departed for their homes by mid
night. After the meeting on October z. the
entire commission will remain in st. Louis
to assist in the general architectural work.
The details and engineering problems of the
various buildings of the Fair will be worked
OUT by employees of the company in ST.
Louis. under the supervision of Director or
Works Isaac S. Taylor.
Mr.. Taylor is at work organizing the
large force of craftsmen and engineers
which will perform this part Of the work.
None but experts and experienced men VIII
be- employed. and everything possible Will
be done to hasten operations, so as 10 nave
things in shape to open bids for contracts
in the near future.
Model Municipality suggested.
President ID. II. Francis of the Louisiana
~,n~ hos rlOQivlI
n letter from the Municipal Art Society of
New. York, of which John DE Witt Warner
is president. suggesting as a feature for
the Worlds Fair a model municipality, 10
be placed within the grounds. 1t suggest
that the fire department. police, sewer and
other departments of this little city can
serve as part Of the organization Of the EX-
position. In part. the letter says:
ITO properly show the progress made In
muuicipal art. a model city. so planned that
its buildings. which would be typical. should
become part of the working force of the
Exposition. Each building should be 4
model. open to public inspection, and yet
co designed. to give the necessary help in
running the Worlds Fair.
THE fire brigade. street-cleaning depart
ment. hospital service, post office and
department are all necessary parts of an
exposition which have never been shown as
n norton of the eXhibit The buildings
could be grouped about a city hail. which
might serve as the administration or service
building. The streets in the reserved por-
ton should be model roadbeds, laid with
various kinds af paving.
along the streets place model lamp posts,
letter boxes and shade trees where praeti-
cable. Wherever possible. beautify the
space with designs and devices which could
he put into large cities. The object of tha
exhibit would be to serve as an object les
No. 1A Inpn fnu-nr 1 rou6orjnr
o,,r cities attractive. We believe, If carried
ont. this suggestion would prove not only
instructive. but highly valuable to the Ex-
grounds"