Golf Committee through Mr. Lesley, report as follows on the new Golf Grounds:
Your committee desires to report that after laying out many different courses on the
new land, they went down to the National Course with Mr. Macdonald and spent the
evening looking over his plans and the various data he had gathered abroad in regard
to golf courses. The next day was spent on the ground studying the various holes,
which were copied after the famous ones abroad.
On our return, we re-arranged the course and laid out five different plans (bold mine).
On April 6th Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Whigham came over and spent the day on the ground, and
after looking over the various plans, and the ground itself, decided that if we would lay
it out according to the plan they approved, which is submitted here-with, that it would
result not only in a first class course, but that the last seven holes would be equal to
any inland course in the world. In order to accomplish this, it will be necessary to
acquire 3 acres additional.
After the Committee Reported, a Mr. Thompson proposed the following;
Whereas the Golf Committee presented a plan showing a proposed layout of the new
Golf Ground which necessitated the exchange of a portion of land already purchased
for other land adjoining and the purchase of about three acres additional to cost about
$7500.00, and asked the approval of this Board, it was on motion
Resolved, that this Board approve of the purchase and exchange, and agree to pay as
part of the rental the interest on the additional purchase.
If the golf course routing was completed before November 15th, 1910, then why did it take another FIVE MONTHS, til April 19th, 1911, for Merion to even propose the aquisition of the land?
If the golf course routing was completed before November 15th 1910, then why did Cuyler say that the boundaries were not determined on December 21st, 1910, further advising that since it was still going to be months away, he would hold off on the second bonds needed by the proposed MCCGA to finance the endeavor;
He wrote on December 21st, 1910;
In regard to the title of the property the boundaries of the land to be acquired being as
yet uncertain owing to the fact that the golf course has not been definitely located, it
was found advisable that the Haverford Development Company should take the title in
Mr. Lloyd‘s name, so that the lines could be revised subsequently. I would thank you
to let me know as soon as the boundaries have been determined upon.
I understand that as no cash will be needed for some months, the issuance of the
second mortgage bonds can be postponed until after the boundaries of the property
have been determined upon. (bold mine)
Why if the routing was already completed through the brainstorm of Richard Francis, a surveyor and engineer, before November 15th, 1910, was the boundaries of the proposed golf course still undetermined seemingly months later??