Show SALE OF THE WHITE CITY TWENTY magnificent BUILDINGS BEING BUT the original cost coat wrt wa soven e and a half millions sold for spot cash t to 0 a st louis lalan chic chicago ago april 8 special to tit tribune st louls get the fair but it a st louis man has bought the build buildings inZ ills name Is L C garrott garrett and the price to be paid la Is the money will bo be turned over to the south sou park hoard in one lump next tuesday park superintendent foster ate alono no negotiates tho the sale aale the park commissioners think tho the price a pretty fair one considering consider ns the discouraging bids received hed two or three weeks apo ago in response re to the tha boards advertisement the twenty buildings in the sale cost I 1 over ner so that the price ren realized iced I 1 ts Is less than 1 per cent it was estimated by some shilo the white palaces I 1 wore were wall constructed that the calvage after tho the fair would reach a million ort or two but tho the most ranc uline long ago gare gave up hope bope of seeing handsome re returns turris from the old iron and lumber the cost of demolishing and removing the ahe levi leviathans lovla thans athans would bo be too gappe erf fit to encourage heavy bidding the best beat offers received on the first call aero Eted abed only one man even wanted the board to me make ke him a present present of the berg build III ans which coit nearly and then pay him to get it out of the park all the lids bids were rejected at that biml and then tho the board authorized superintendent foster to negotiate for tile the sale eale of the ballun bul lUn since then he lias has had frequent talks with and received various from flecking wieck lne companies iron dealers and but he finally grew tired or of their quibbling and when garretts Gar relta bid of cash came in ili by wire yesterday ho he accepted it on the spot to the iho great chagrin of the chicago speculator |