. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . ecent Fridaymorning. Realizing how near the matter had reacheda compromise on Thursday, the Board of Trade Com-mittee set out Friday to bring both the City and Com-mission together. Col. Richard C. Parsons, Hon. M. , Hon J. H. McBride, Hon. George H. Ely andHon. S. M. Strong called upon the Monument Commis-sion and urged a compromise on sites, but were metwith the rebuff that the City had offered no other sit
. History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its of the memorial structure, and roll of honor . ecent Fridaymorning. Realizing how near the matter had reacheda compromise on Thursday, the Board of Trade Com-mittee set out Friday to bring both the City and Com-mission together. Col. Richard C. Parsons, Hon. M. , Hon J. H. McBride, Hon. George H. Ely andHon. S. M. Strong called upon the Monument Commis-sion and urged a compromise on sites, but were metwith the rebuff that the City had offered no other sitethat was within the pale of reason. The Commissionhinted that a reasonable site would be the northeasternsection of the Square. The Committee then set out tosecure a written offer of the northeastern section fromthe City. A special meeting of the Board of Controlwas called at noon in the Mayors office. There werepresent Mayor Rose and Directors Meyer, Herrick,Gibbons, Gardner, Morison and Bangs. PresidentDavidson of the Council was an interested Meyer presented a resolution and prefaced it withthe following remarks: We have been advised bv the Board of Trade. COLONEL W. R. CREIGHTON. soldiers and sailors monument. 2/1 Committee that if the northeast section of the Squareis offered, the Commission will consider it. Gen. Meyer thereupon offered the following resolu-tion: Resolved, That with a view to securing a compromise of the con-troversy over the use of the southeast section of the Public Squareas a site for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and to prevent theremoval of the monument of Commodore Perry now upon said site,that the Board of Control hereby submit to the Monumental Com-missioners the following proposal, viz : That if the Monumental Commissioners will undertake tosuspend work on the southeast section of the Public Square, andpromptly remove the fence therefrom, and relinquish all claimsthereto, the Board hereby agrees and undertakes to at once recom
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