Ogden Daily Standard | 1890-09-10 | Page 8 | A New Fair Proposition

I 1 new fair proposition CHICAGO Cili cAGo sept G aan an informal meeting of the worlds fair directors was held this afternoon A new proposition from the illinois central road regarding lake front frant was c con 0 soldered it is that a strip along the th lle lake bhora five hundred feet wide and i everal blocks in length will be giving ajtal estal acreage to be used on the lake front of seventy acres lie tile railroad to pay the expenses it is re reported I 1 arted that a large number ot of the directors e present favored the proposition inasmuch in asmuth as it would not be necessity essay to take lick hick the tile bite site already tendered the national commission jackson park as the other portion of the site for the worlds fair came forward fori rard with a bound thia this morning it is now ahead of all competitors whether un forseen circumstances wil will block up iti IN course before tuesday night is another matter the action 0 of t the el south out I 1 park commissi boners in in refusing tak to tender Wa shingo goa a park but in its stead offering the whole of jackson park with the midway plain ance lati surprise and give gave jackson park a great boom I 1