The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-08
ATHLETIC CLUB IS
 AFTER OPEN SITE Seeks Out-of-DoOrs Athletic
 Field ARE IN VIEW Understood That Both Roebuck and Edgewood Properties Will Be
 Offered for the Clubs
 Consideration
SEVERAL ARE IN VIEW
ny cLYnE M. ENNIs

That the Athletic club will, within the next few weeks, have submitted favor able report upon some out-of-doors site
 for an athletic ground and for other pur- pose was indicated strongly yesterday by W. D. Nesbitt, prominent member of that club and q member of the special committee to secure an athletic field. He said yesterday that offers would be res ceived within the next few days in a for- maj way and that the committee had been busy during the past few days looking over prospective places for the athletic field.
 It was given out by Mir. Nesbltt. pur- posely to clarify a misunderstanding, that no offers had as yet been received by the recently appointed committee. and that although tentative offers had been made and discussed some time back. upon which nothing had been done definitely, the formallty of receiving bona fide plans had not been compiled with.
 In discussing the proposition yesterday MT. Nesbitt said that offers had been made in various parts of the city with and without club houses. He. visited one place yesterday and one place the day DtIDTc N1InOul CluD DoustSs
 From what can be gathered the two prominent clubs to offer their holdings to the Athletic club will be the Edgewood Country club and the Roebuck Country club. The first has been discussed for some months but nothing has developed formally. It Is said the committee will bs shown that property formally within the next few days. That place has now upon it what Is held by persons of taste and refine- ment to be club house of striking beauty. It Is completed as far as planned. Tho company will offer. it is said the club holdings consisting of the house. serv- ants house and a considerable acreage of land at a very reasonable hgures The club will also point out the probability of an immense lake in that locality visible from the club house. which will be un- rivalled in any southern inland city. The property is four miles from Birmingham and Is connected by the Edgewood car line with the exception of less than one quarter mile.
 The Roebuck club was looked over last week. It Is less than a half mile from East Lake 1t consists of about loo acres and golf course almost completed. The course will when completed be unrivalled except by the green at Hot Springs va. 1t is claimed. A bathfouse has been erect ed there as an auxiliary of the main club house. The bath house has been entirely completed and is in every detail most tasty and beautiful place. 1t Is located on the edge of a swimming pool out of doors, which has no equal in this section. The clubs offer to the Athletic club will be the physical properties and a site for deN elopment which is held to be the most rapidly developing portion of this district. Tho Roebuck property has the influence and wealth of many prominent men oe- hind It. The fact that car line will be built te the clubhouse. and that every con- yeuience is Co be had and the reasons abeness of the figure to be proposed are aiI arguments being used for the promo l ton of RoebuclS Springs The only ohjec- ton voiced by leading members Of the Rcebuck property Is that the place is far too desirable to offer for sale.
 In addition to these properties the Ath- letic club will have offers of several out of town strips of land according tn Mr. neshit All of the offers will be taken up and carefully looked over by the con-
 mittee. MT. Nesbit said yesterday Shat he could not forecast what the member shin of the club will do, but he was sure the committee would report favorably upor one site for the proposed out of doors recreation grounds.