Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition CommissionLouisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
_Members of Board of Arbitration._
JOHN M. THURSTON.
JOHN M. ALLEN.
_Auditing._
JOHN F. MILLER.
PHILIP D. SCOTT.
JOHN M. THURSTON.
_Insurance._
THOMAS H. CARTER.
MARTIN H. GLYNN.
FREDERICK A. BETTS.
_Ceremonies._
THOMAS H. CARTER.
JOHN M. ALLEN.
JOHN M. THURSTON.
WILLIAM LINDSAY.
Mr. Claude Hough, of Sedalia, Mo., was appointed official stenographer
of the Commission on May 6, 1901, and has capably and efficiently served
in that capacity throughout.
The organization of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company was not
formally perfected until about a month after the first meeting of the
National Commission, when the association which had theretofore existed
under that name was duly organized and became an incorporated company
under and in conformity with the laws of the State of Missouri. In the
meantime informal conferences were held between the Commission and the
prospective officers of the company in reference to a site for the
exposition.
The municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis enacted an ordinance
authorizing the use of a portion of Forest Park as a site for the
exposition, as follows:
An ordinance authorizing the use of either O'Fallon Park or
Carondelet Park or a portion of Forest Park as a site for the
world's fair, to be held in commemoration of the Louisiana
Purchase.
_Be it ordained by the municipal assembly of the city of St.
Louis as follows:_
SECTION 1. The corporation or association formed to manage and
conduct the world's fair or exposition in commemoration of the
purchase of the Louisiana Territory, when organized or
incorporated in accordance with the law, is hereby granted the
privilege of using either O'Fallon Park or Carondelet Park or
that portion of Forest Park lying west of the line described as
follows, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of the south line
of Forest Park with the north line of Clayton road, and running
thence in a northerly direction along the west line of the
Concourse drive two thousand five hundred fifty feet; thence in
a northerly direction to the east end of the large lake, a
distance of twelve hundred feet; thence northwesterly direction
about two thousand feet to the intersection of the south line of
Lindell avenue, with the west line of De Baliviere avenue
produced southwardly, for and as a site for said world's fair or
exposition, reserving, however, unto the city of St. Louis all
regulation and control of any of the sites above described,
together with all right to excises and licenses.
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