The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-01


tral Fair tool, place this morning. The sales
were confncd 10 the Stove AMI IT'unwware, the
Machinery and The Agricultural Implcmcn e, and
Furniture Departments, The attendance was
small, and but moderate prices were obtained.
The Prices.
AT ten o'clock Mr.. T. s. Ellis, auc ion ,er,
mounted staud erected IN the hOllUw-wIre
Department, and ommeuced The order OF the
sale for the day. He stated thlt the sales would
be for cash, without reserve or llmih'ior. II was
also expected that the goods purchased az the
morning sale would be removed during the
afternoon.
The first articles disposed # wor' lot No. 2,
consisting OF a United States complete stove,
eight inches with pot, kettle, spider, aud long
pan. This lot was valued at nineteen dolllrs,
Int was finally knocked down 10 Mr.. }. s. Clark
| at the price of fourteen dollars and halt Lots
! Nos ! aud constituted the remains OF the stoves
| contributed by Stuart & Peterson, the first lot,
however, having been disposed of after the cataI
| lOgue bad been made out.
Mr.. @. Williams contributions were ntx put up,
and were disposed of to the donor ut the follow
lot No. 4. One l0.inch gas burner parlor stove,
valued AZ Sls, brought Sl2.
Lot mo. 4. One Pinch gas-burner plrior
stove, valued at $50, brought Sl5.
Lot No. 3. One large double oven cooking
! range valued at $50, brought $40.
| Lot No. G. One 24-inch NJ, / and Collins patent
ycutilator, valued at $40, brought $40.
| T. =
| furnace, valued at Sl30, brought $780,
| Lot No. 10, consisting of one large double-over
| hotel range, contributed by y. McIvaine, Esq,
valued at Sll5, brought SG5. 1t was purchased
| by Mr.. Rand.
| Chase, Sharpe & ThOmpson's lot, No. II, con-
| sispg Of one four-Oven hotel kitchen and canopy,
| two boilers and stewhoes, was the subject of
much competition when offered for sale.
This range, il will he remembered, was used
| in the kitchen Of the Fair, and has cooked over
six thousand meals per day, together with
| supplying at times the demands of the Penn
Kitchen The range was sold independent OF
| the setting and the stack,
| 1t valued at one thousand dollars, and started
at the low figure of two hundred dollars. After
considerable bidding, twas finally knocked down
| TO the donors for the sum of Si60.
The sale of some one hundred other lots, con-
sisting of parlOr gas-burning and other stoves
| succeeded the disposition of the mammoth range
all of which brought but moderate prices.
The Machinery and Agricultural De-
| partment.
was afterwards visited, and the goods remaining
on hand disposed of.
. Tomorrow Morning,
at 10 O'Clock, the stock of the Refreshment De-
partmcnt will be put under the hammer. Among
these goods are comprised 1900 chairs, 100 marble
| plates cups, saucers, &C., without number. In
the afternoon, at three O'clock the miscellaneous
| goods will be disposed of.
| Bids
for the lumber of the Fair will not be opened
| until five O'Clock this afternoon. This delay hai
been made in order TO allow the Government 70
send in its bids. .
| A Failure.
We regret that few members OF the commit
tee should have insisted at their meeting yester
day afternoon upon charging an admission fe'
of twenty five cents to the non-hoders Of tickets
attending the sale to-day.
If even 1.-THE Of the beauty Of the Fair ye
sned ..sere might be some plausible excuse
| for such an act But when Union avenue, tn
horticultural Department, and other galleries
lower rate have been robbed, even to the walls, o
ali their decorations, we cannot conceive what evi
the Committee could have had in view other thai
| that of reducing the proceeds of the sale to al
| amount much less than that which might hav
| been realized had the doors of the Far bee
thrown open TO the public at large. Hence tn
, | small attendance this morning.
! We trust that on the occasion OF tomorrow
sales this mistake will be remeded. If there al
| apy so poor in our midst as to be obliged
| avail themselves of this means of viewing I'll
: interior of the Fair building, in all conscienC
! sake let the Committee be liberal enough to el
! courage them, and more than this. 10 give theI
! | a nvtlfLy welcome.
The Art Gallery
= vet remains open. The auction sale. howeye
!. takes place on Tuesday evening, July 5, at eg
q O'Clock. There was large attendance at I'll
q Gallery this morning.