Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-19
THE EXPOSITION.
Meeting of the Old and New Boards
of Managers.

Meeting of the Old and New Boards
of Managers.
The old Board of Exposition Managers
met Yesterday in the rear room of the
State Insurance office at o'clock, with
President ]. L. Weakley in the chair, and
III. T. Msssengale, Secretary.
The report from the new Board OF Man,
ayers that they were ready to succeed
the old Board was received.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved. That the Industrial Exposition
building, snd any property or funds that
nav be left in the hands of the Treasurer
of the Finance Committee of the Board of
Managers, after satisfying in full all claims
upon this Board for subscription or other
wise. be placed subject to the control of
the new Board of Managers just organized,
provided they receive the same, subject to
fhe agreement made with the new SUBJ
scribers 10 the Exposition fund.
The Board adopted unanimously reso-
luton tanderiDg their thanks to Messrs.
Peck & Cahill for their liberal donation of
insurance on the Exposition building.
Also to the proprietors of the Maxwell
House. Battle House, and the Commercial
and City Hotels for courtesies shown the
Post Bard during the Exposition; also to
J.B. Parrish, Wright, Davis d Co., and
Boyd q Black for providing free transport
tation for articles placed in the Exposition,
and to d. Weaver, w. G. Harding aud
Henry Blood, for the free use of their
grounds for the Exposition buildings also
to the city authorities for the use of water,
and for their kindness in furnishing police
men: also to the ladies of w. Z. Wards
school. and to Miss Lewis, of Olarksville,
for their kindness in making the many
beautiful flags and steamers which so
beautifully decorated the building Also
to Adams and the Southern Express Com
NAMES for courtesies at various times, and
to the city and country press for their lib
ersl notices.
The meeting adjourned to meet on
the call of the President.
THE NEW BOARD.
The meeting of the new Board of Man
ayers was called to order immedi-
ately uron the adjournment of the old
Board, .. r Parsons President.
The resolution passed by the old Board
in reference to the exposition fund, was
received and ordered to be placed upon the
minutes of the Board, and that its propo-
sition he accepted.
A committee of three was appointed to
confer with A. VS.. Lindsey d Son, In refer
ence to the Henry Blood lot, consisting of
G. Z. Parsons, NJ. Kean and j. Il. Weakly.
The President of the Board, O. Il, Par
sons, addressed the members as follows:
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the
Board--This being the first meeting after
our organization, deem it proper that L
should make few remarks on the subject
of our association. 1t is well known to
YOU that the late Exposition was conceived
and carried forward under many difficult
ties. Thst it WAS 8 success need not tell
YOU. That is now a matter OF history.
You are now undertaking to inaugurate
and carry forward Il hope to a successful
issue) an Exposition which ought to far
excel the one Just closed. And to do this,
gentlemen, We have a vast amount
of labor TO perform. If any one
supposes for a moment that because
the last was success, this must
necessarily be so. You will, l fear, be
mistaken. Nothing will make this sue
cess but en- earnest, united and deter
mined effort on our part. There must be
no drones in our Board. We want all the
brain, all the ingenuity and all the physi-
cal power we can command. We must
make great effort to devise something new;
something that will be attractive and at
the same time useful; something that will
show our people how to develop the re-
sources of our great State; something that
will show the capitalist out of the State, as
well as in the State, that We have all the
elements of great wealth at our command,
which only wit for capital, skilled labor,
and enterprise, to make us one of the first,
if not the very first, State in this Union.
We have q climate unsurpassed by any.
We have lands as good and as productive
IS we're ever cultivated, We have miners
ais and ores Of unsurpassed richness.
These, gentlemen, are some of the mater
ials We have to work with, and some of
the advantages we possess over other and
less favored atates. These are all placed
here for our benefit, and it is our province
10 develop them, or at least to show how
they may be developed. To show those
who are disposed to lake hold of them
what they sIe and where they ere-this is
what YOU have undertaken to do, and |
trust every man will take hold OF this
work with O will and a determination that
great success shall crown your efforts.
Our citizens, who in the past have so Iobly
responded to our call for material aid, will
not. am sure, be found wanting, but viii
promptly furnish us with all necessary
funds to carry forward our plans. The
BOARD Of Trade, The Mechanics and
Manufacturers Association and the Horti-
cultural Society have appointed you their
agents to carry forward this enterprise.
The work is now in your hsnds-on you
depends its success or failure. With an
earnest and united effort on your part
nothing can prevent us from making
display that will fer exceed anything ever
attempted in this section, and bring to our
State and city thousands of people who
otherwise would lot come, thus giving US
an opportunity Of showing to them the
vast resources at our command
A motion was carried inviting the MEM
bers of the old Board to be present at any
of the meetings OF the new Board
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
call of the President.