Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-11-25
THE Observation-Disclosures
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Report Of the subseripsso. Ceuuaitsee.
Nearly Hslr u Million sabscribed.
Success Of the Enterprise Assured.
meeting Of the General Committee of the
proposed Industrial exhibition and the friends
thereof was held last evening at Lincoln Hail. in
pursuance Of call OF the chairman, Henry ID.
Cooke, Esq. The hall was we'll filed some four
Or nve hundred persons being present, among
snem many Of our we.lthiest and most esteemed
cltzens. w. 5. Huntington, A. r.. Shepherd,
ex-Mayor Berrett, A. s. Solomons, F. B. Mohum,
JnO. Purdy, DIR. G. f. Stansbury Franklin Philp'
S, :; sroTn 4. 3; Pratt r T. Fowler, J. +
Thompson, Lewis j. Davis, and Others repre-
senting every branch Of industry and trade
were among those in attendance.
The Inc meeting was called to order by Henry d.
at the instance Of the Subscription Committee,
who had not been able to complete the work
allotted TO them, but he was happy to state that
they had met with such encouraging responses
| to they appeals that they could not resist the
inclination to have meeting called in order to
aPPrise their fellow citizens Of their success.
Mr.. +. Il. M0hum, from the Subscription Com
| mittee, male the following report:
COMMITTEE on SUBSCRIPTIONS. Room lS3 Metro
F1l, aa Hotel wa;hinsIca, D: G.; OF: %, 1859.
m,tee on International Industrial Erhttuioa Sir
afS 10 iS af Ea hs m
above place and date and after organizing the fol
Resoirsd, That a committee Of three be appointed
to prepare books Of subsc rPtion to be opened the
same committee be authorized to assign members OF
the committee TO the different wards and sections Of
the District of Columbia, To solicit subscribers the
Chair spEC%Sss as aid aid SgSattss MI
| The committee would recommend that the foIlow ,
ing named eentlemen be added to the Subscription
Libby Francis Whe aiiey, john j. BeaIi, inthennS
Hyde, John d. Brandt, +. 4. Schroeder, James Y.
t hsiss E @i.n c JOHN
7 Given. Louis SCHNEIDER, Reuben b. Clarke, W.
b5SSss H S %nF, " aoh Fiern sli' John r.
The books OF subscription have been prepared and
Is herewith submitted.
Very respectfully,
RUHARDB MoHuN, SecJ
MIR. Hallett Kilbourne stated that two men,-
bers Of the committee had made calls upon some
of our business men and received SUBSCRIPTIONS to
the capital stock OF the Exhibition. 1t had also
been suggested that any person i'm the room who
| had not subscribed could now announce their
Col. }. &. Berrett said, in behalf of one of our
public spirited citizens, who was unable attend
the meeting, he was authorized to subscribe
$40, 900, and therefore entered the name of w.
w. Corcoran for that amount. (Applause.l
The Secretary then read the following sub
| scriptions to the capital stock:-H. ID. Cooke,
w. w. COrcOran; Matthew G. Emery, A. Il.
Shepherd, w. b. Moses, Washington Gas Light
| Company, each $4,000; NJ. w. Gait, Blanchard
s. Mohun, w. q. MetzerOtt & Co, j. ". Bote-
| Ter & Bro, g. w. Cochran, A. r. Potts @. Wen
| dali, Marshall Brown James Y. Davis, j. iii.
Semmes, Fitzhugh COyle, z. ID. Gilman, j. w.
Thompson, w. Ii. Todd, Metropolitan Railroad
Company, Gen. y. o. Howard, Geo. w. Riggs,
| Sykes Chadwick Il Co., Francis MOhun Il Son,
| Daniel b. Clarke, Jos b. Bryan, Jesse B. VIII
son. Barbour 4 Hamilton, ThOs. l.. Hume,
Perry & Brother, w. H. q o. H. Morrison, e..
| w. Bunker 4 Co., Lewis johnson & Co., John
| T. Mitchell, VIM. X. Riley & Brother, Stark
weather & PlOwman, each IS 900; G. G. Willard,
5000; VIM. Gait d Co., JAS. g. Berrett, Jos
ShilhngtOn, r. >. Davis, Jas. WOrmley, Sam1
Lewis, i. +. Clarke, B. ii. Steinmetz, Nj. W.
Burchell, b: F. MOrsell, Browning = Middleton,
+. A. Lutz, jr., w. ID. Wyvill and l.. III. Schnei-
| der, each al 900.
Mr.. kilbOurn also announced that this meet
ing had been called to save the Subscription
Committee the trouble of going around, and he
following gentlemen then ubscribed.-Philp ~
SOlOmons, 600; KilbOurn s. Latta, $4,000; >.
p. Brown, $4,000; ii. A. Willard, $4,000; THORN
ton Smith, 5000; j. b. Olcott 4 Son, - 900.
Mr.. KilbOurn stated there was one not a citi-
zen OF Washington, but who was deeply inter-
ested i'm this matter. He then spoke Of the
benefits that would be derived from the ENhibi-
ton if it was matured. 1t would benefit the
entire community, and il would give an impetus
to business I'm the city that would carry fifty
years ahead Of our present position. 1t de-
manded the cOuntenance, sympathy and aid Of
all. The speaker announced that President
Grant hOd subscribed -, 900 to the capital stock.
loud applause.I Mr.. Kilbourn knew the people
of Washington would subscribe literally to the
enterprise. The great Commercial Convention
recently in session at Louisville had unani-
mously voted for Worlds Fair i'm 1871, pro-
vided it could be held i'm q Western city. He
supposed every one knew that the subscription
was merely a loan, and that the money would be
returned with per cent interest. The history
of Industrial exhibitions was that they paid al,
enormous profit, the one in 1851 having yielded
% per cent profit.
Mr.. X. =. Davis inquired what amount consti-
tuted share, and was informed that they had
been fixed at go each.
MIR. a. X. Shepherd sand he was prepared to
double his subscription to make the exhibition
saeeessfu If the PEOPLE Of Washington showed ed
proper faith and courage, the city would he
put twenty years ahead. This was no child's
play. 1t had gone out to the world that the peO-
pie OF Washington were proposing an inter
national exhibition in 1871 God forbid it should
| fail. This city had been held up rs a national
almshouse, and he hoped the people here would
the money to make this exhibition a success
II 1t were possible for a few men to get char
ter for this as private enterprise, there was no
doubt that it would he carried through. Under
| the charter proposed, the people would have a
| right to hold the buildings and grounds four
years. Our consuls throughout the world were
let in free of duty. All the people here would
have to do would he to put up the buildings, and
| the thing would run itself. The people here
wanted to make 1t q national enterprise, but in
order to do 70 they must begin themselves. Sub
scribe their own money first, and then 60 to the
country for three million more. He appealed
TO the citizens Of Washington to make this .
success. 7 q 7. .s TT :
Mr.. John O'DOnOvan hoped q clause would be
introduced in the charter TO place the shares
within the reach Of the poorer classes, as there
were many poor men in this city who would
subscribe IL the shares be placed within their
reach.
Mr.. X. NJ. Hall said all classes would be bcne-
| fited by this exhibition, and II the laboring
classes chose to come forward and give their
money they should be allowed to do 80. This
thing was not to make a fortune for any one, but
| benefit for the whole community. =
The Chair regarded the suggestions OF Mr..
| ODOnOyan as practical. The man who sub
scribed five or ten thousand dollars did no more
\ according to his means than the man who SUBJ
| scribed ten or twenty dollars.
Mr.. Shepherd moved to amend the charter 20
$780, in order that they might he within the reach
| OF the laboring classes; adopted
l Colonel w. H. Philip was glad AIR. Sbep-
l herds motion was adopted. He looked upon
| this meeting as an opening Of the enterprise.
Judging from the men WhO had this In charge
the enthusiasm shown by them and liberal
subscriptions, he had no donbt that il would
be success. Although this city has been some
what maligned, there were no more earnest or
| liberal men than in Washington, and he was
sure no Store would pc left unturned TO make IL
l a success. He had no doubt that public spirited
| men throughout the country would subscribe:
but there was an old saying that "PY0vidence
| helps those who first help themselves." The
l citizens Of Washington must show that thew
| would accomplish II with or without the aid Of