CROSBY HALL'S FATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 15

CROSBY HALL'S FATE.

V •'< ■■ ■ :j-, ?> *. .- e-. ■' s.'.ZS • • All hope of saving Crosby Hall, Loudon, •the.-famous Citybtiilding fritli so many his-. tdrifcal > associations^'"has . been abandoned; only <£10,000 was needed to save tho buildingvfrom \the ; housebreakers, the City, which in its corporato aud coikpa&vi.dapactty , spetids so much on its own , I, has; failed to supply the money. • _ . sv .- It : will be remembered that the building ; and- sito: were purchased by the_ Chartered Bank' of-India,- Australia, and China for the . . ' erectiou iof lle-n?;:offices;; -"The proposed/,demo; lition.of tho building created a stronc public outcry. A committee was formed for its preservation, .and the...directgrs of.tho bank, agreed-to suspend operations till 1 November . 14;- fn order tliafc an arrangement might bo made to;provide another site for them without additional expense to the bank.. / .. iV v ,The ." sum of '£60,000 was . required for the purpose, and of,.this sumf,j£sQ,ooo was'.-sub-,-scribed -.' by , the date sfixed, 'much .of -.the money coming from outside the City. ( • ; The directors ,iyere • informed that the , £50,000 had been raised,-and were asked to further' extend-the tunc of grace ■iu order ', that a further, appeal-might fie-made to tho City - at a public meeting, which, the Lord Maror-had promisod to (jail; , ' v •, jlhexdirectprs, in th'eij.-, poply,. istated'.tliat > operations could, not be further delayed l unless a guarantee wore given by the Corporation of : London- or sorno other' responsible' hody,. that the scheme for ,the .substitution of the site should: be carried through with- • oukany'extra payment hv tho bank. . •.Tho: committee whifih had- Charge of thfc preservation scheme found it impossible to ; ;^^, '-obtaini:SUch\'a , ;;guaraateD,''. s 'With'-tho' , -result»-- • that i ultimately they officially announced . that-there were compelled to abandon: their efforts.