The Alaska citizen., 1912-04-15

and a considerable amount of busi- ness was transacted A feature of the meeting was a most interesting talk on the subject of quartz deliv- cred by w. B. Vanderlip. the mining | expert.
 The matter of the children's play ground. which had been placed in , the hands of a committee. was re ported on as follows
 Fairbanks Commercial Club. Fair
 banks, Alaska.
 l "Gentlemen-We the undersigned the committee appointed by your chairman. under resolution of the club, to examine and make recom- mendations concerning a site for the children's playground beg to report as follows:
 We have examined all the sites that We thought might be available for that purpose, and after consid- ering their relative merits recon. mend that this club advocate and work for the closing of Turner street. from Eighth to Ninth avenue. and the purchase by the city of the easterly one hundred feet. or there abouts, of the block lying immedi- I ately west of the present public school; our idea being that, if the street lying immediately west of the school building should be closed by the city, and a part of the block lying immediately west of the school house could be purchased by the city, the playground thus afford cd would be approximately 25O feet in an easterly and westerly direction | by the full width of the block or about 150 feet, thus giving ample room for the installing of the vari- ous paraphernalia that may be re- quired for outdoor exercises. the es- tablishment of ball park. etc.
 We know Cf no better site. as il has the advantages of being close to the school house. being high and dry. and so conveniently located that the apparatus now owned by the l school could be used in connection with the whole yard.
 Respectfully submitted.
 JOHN A CLARK.
 WALLACE CATHCART,
 "R. s. MDONALD."
 The report was accepted and fur ther action was intrusted to the same ! committee, to which, also. Joe Ma theWs was appointed by the chairman.
 The committee which had the mat ter of the acquisition of fair grounds, ball park and race track. in hand reported as follows:
 For the further consideration of this matter committee composed of Joe Mathews, J. H. Groves. Fred Hei- | liz, Robert Geis and Fred Martin was appointed. This committee will act in conjunction with the executive 1 board of the club and will at once take steps toward the acquirement of i the property. It is expected that work will commence on the grounds early enough to have the park ready ! for games early in the summer.
 The matter of the observance of Arbor day was brought up and dis cussed, it being recommended that residents be urged to plant trees for the Identification of the city.
 The session broke up shortly af- ter eleven o'clock
 Fairbanks Commercial Club, Fair
 banks, Alaska
 "Gentlemen-We the undersigned your committee appointed for the purpose of Investigating the various sites suitable for permanent fair grounds, sites for a race-track, etc, beg to report that the most avail able site We have been able to locate is situate within the boundaries of l 'hN hoiiitotcftu O"ltu Dy T. J. hlCk- ert, and is on ridge a trifle higher than the surrounding country south westerly from Rickert's greenhouse. We have ascertained that for a race track third of mile in circumfer- ence and for room to construct build l ings for a fair, the size of which might be increased from time to time, it will require an area of about twenty acres. We have examined several sites and find none so suit able for the purpose required as the one we have above described.
 We have taken the matter up with MT Rickert and he makes the following proposition:
 "Q) He will give us free lease years;
 of the tract for period of fivs
 "(2) At the end of five years he will give us an option to pur- chase said property at a price to be fixed by three disinterested per sons, one appointed by himself, one appointed by the fair association, or whatever organization is handling the matter, and the two so selected | to choose a third, the three to fix | th@ rnl, 1F +IA