Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-09 | Page 5 | Site for State Fair

SITE FOR FORSTATE STATE FAIR Council Will Withhold If Agricultural Park Is Turned The TIle selection of a site ate for lor the th Utah state fair wW will be settled permanently perm today todar at a meeting meed of the board of di dl directors directors rectors oi 01 the D A tI M society At least leut that is the purpose of the meet meetIng mee meeting Ing and that is the impression that I has hu been given out to the public The committee of three composed compo ed of J C Cutler J G 0 McDonald and Will Willlam WillIam Willlam I lam Iam H it Streeper appointed at the meeting two weeks ago 8 to investigate the relative merits of or the tour four sites I offered his has been at work ever since but will wUl not net give ve out a word concerning the matter tilt tn the meeting after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon The four sites under considers consideration tion are the Sharp and Burton farms south of the t city Calders park p rk and the Agricultural park It leaked out that the committee favored one of the farms to the south of the city but found the prices too high and it would w uld appear from this that the contest has lias narrowed down to the two parks parka There is ano another factor that has entered into the that promises to have a abig abig abig big influence on the final deal settlement That s the protest against down of or the Agricultural park A pe petition and resolution have havo been circulated circulated circulated among members of the city council It provides that the finance committee of the city council be au authorized authorized to pay the D A 4 M society so society I for the improvements at atthe atthe the exposition grounds providing the I be used In ia the Imp ment ement of Agricultural park A resolution re to this I Ie effect e is to be presented to the council J I at the next meeting An agreement to tol 1 support it has baa been signed by Council Councilmen Councilmen I men Robertson t Beatty Edgar Howe Charles R H Howe and Fernstrom Fer m It is also stated that Councilmen Tuddenham nham and aDd Davis have promised ed to support the Ute resolution r This means that the will win probably not be paid if some BOme other site is chosen The of three will viII report repert lie its findings to the directors this after afternoon afternoon noon neon and some action notion i Is expected to be betaken betaken betaken taken to settle the matter for alt all time Unie The directors realize that if an exposi exposition expo l don tion is 18 to be given next year no time is to be lost t in getting the work started in preparing the grounds ground wherever wherever ever eft they may be located