The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-01-13
STATE INTERESTS.
STATE BOARD SESSIONS.

| DRESS BY THE Observation-Disclosures OF THE
SECRETARY, TREAsURER AND sUPERINTEND-
INSTRUMENTATION FOR NEW MEMBERS
| COMMITTEES APPOINTED, ETc.-FoRESooN
| SESSION.
The Board met and was called to order by
the President, John Sutherland, of IAporte.
The roll of members of the Board was called,
when rhe following members responded:
lst District, L. A. Burke, Posey county.
Sd District, +. G. Johnson, Floyd county.
4th District, W. B.Seward, Monroe county.
5th District, ]. B. Gerard, Dearborn county.
| eth District, Jacob Mutz, Johnson county.
Sth District, Thomas Bowling, Vigo county.
9th District, W. Ii. Raglan, Hendricks
county.
10th Distinct, A. B. Claypool, Fayette coun-
| ty.
18th District, III. L. Sample, Tippecanoe
comfy.
18th II. Caldwell Wabash county
18th District, stephen Davidson, Fulton
county.
18th District, John Sutherland, Laporte
| county.
The second District is without a represent
tatiye, owing TO the death OF Ferdinand
Basler; the Oh and 18th Districts were not
represented.
At two O'Clock the Board was called to
order, President Sutherland in the chair.
Reports were received from two Marion
county societies, which, on motion of Mr..
Taylor. were referred to the Committee on
Credentials. a call of new delegates was
made, when several names were added to
the list of delegates, which are Incorporated
in the list heretofore presented.
The Indiana Horticultural Society, by in
vitation, came in and were seated, after
which the President read his annual address
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Mr.. Sutherland's address was comprehen-
sive and exhaustive, covering all the fea-
lures of the exposition enterprise, from its
inception to the present time. In the outset
the president pays a fitting tribute to the
memory of Ferdinand Basler. member Of
the Board from Sullivan county who died on
| the 18th ultimo. He then recounts the various
incidents and annoyances attendingthe first
| and subsequent steps of progress taken in
organizing and pushing forward to a suc
! cessful issue the great Indiana enterprise of
| 1873. These have been published at the date
of occurrence in the daily papers, and need
not be recapitulated. Mr. ). devoted much
space TO summing up the results of the last
exhibition, with which the people generally
are already familiar. He refers to the
| trouble with the guarantOTs in the kindest of
spirit, and candidly believes that another
year will realize at least one-third of the in
debtedness held by the guarantors, if all in
terests come to working harmonously. He
presents series of calculations going to
show what may be accomplished this
next season, and has high hopes for
the result. These calculations based
upon the experience of the passed, were
presented to the joint committees in Octo-
Der, and published in full in the Sentinel
Mr.. Sutherland makes number of recon-
mendations, such as increasing the price of
admission to thirty-five cents, abolishing
complimentaries, holding the exhibition
twenty days instead of thirty as before, etc,
all of which will come up for consideration
before the Board adjourns. This, OF course
is mere outline OF the address, which was
long, sensible and practical throughout.
On motion of Mr. Hamrick, the address
was ordered to be spread upon the record.
Mr.. Heron, Secretary Of The Board. then
read his report.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
A great portion of this repor, has been
already published during the progress of
the Exposition enterprise and since its close.
The report starts in with general statement
of receipts and disbursements, which is
shown in the Treasurer's report following
this. The history OF the transactions with
| the banks ia also given, in which he says:
The cry came for more money, more money!
penses. Enthusiasm ran high. Each
department superintendent urged the neces-
sity to have his part of the exhibition COM
plete; and even the guarantors vowed that
| they would rather pay the whole amount of
their bonds than leave anything uDdone to
insure success. lie recOunts the delay and
endorsements encountered in collecting
| the amounts subscribed; insurance upon
buildings, recommending that Floral Hall
be insured in the sum of $1,000; litigations
IL IL H. Il
tory of the Exposition enterprise from its
| inception, including statement as follows:
"There was used In the construction of the
| improvements 10000 brick, kiln count;
or in other words actual count,
whereas, if counted by measurement,
add forty per cent to the amount. equal to
/ ,3O2, 900. There is 1855 cubic yards OF stone
WORK in the foundation, and &C, 254 feet of
lumber used in the construction of the build
ings. There is $40 feet of water pipe, and
| l0,6o0 feet, or over two miles of gas pipe,
through the structure; 202 refiectors, and
| ], 1862 gas burners, which consumed $40, 900
feet of gas during the exhibition; SIS feet of
drainage pipe are laid; 9l7 squares (l0xl0
feet) of elastic roofing were required, and 100
kegs of nails. The main building was under
roof in ninety days after ground was broken
for the foundation. Mr.. Heron makes
A COMPARISON WITH OTHER ExPosITIoNs.
"The gross receipts of the Indiana EXPOSE
ton were $4,000 at twenty-five cents admis-
sion. AT the.St. Louis fair, the gross re-
ceipts were ST., 600 at fifty cents admission.
At the same price of admission the receipts
would have been SIS 900 less than here. and
yet they claim a grand success. At Chicago
the receipts were sl37 Alb at fifty cents ad-
mission, only $1,000 more than the In
diana Exposition at the same rates,
xuff dcnh Ia mt nf NIT al iav- foI
in buildings. and nothing to pay as premi-
ums. The Cincinnati and Louisville mana.
gers are very reticent about their finances,
and IL is evident that their success was not
so great during the past season as previ-
ously. The annual statement of our Expo
sition shows profit oftwenty per cent. on
the amount invested the past season, The
debt incurred by the asses smant notes fn tha