The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-28
THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

THE UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL BOARD OF
FINANCE IN NEED OF FUNDs-AN APPEAL TO
THE COUNTRY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
PHILADELPHIA. July %, 1875
At special meeting OF the United States Gen.
tennial Board of Finance. held at their ONCE
to-day, the Board adopted the following state
ment and resolutions:-
The contracts for all the buildings for the Gen.
tennial Exhibition require them to be completed
by the LIST OF January next. They are now In q
condition OF forwardness far beyond that OF any
International exhibition at the same relative
time, and are making progress at rate faster
than the funds to pay or them is being accu-
mulated. The Board Of Finance have thus far
been enabled to adhere to the policy OF paying
their building bills aud all other expenses as they
become due. They know that course to be the
best economy for the stockholders, as well as the
only sound policy. In order to adhere to this
policy additional sources oil revenue will nave to lie
opened for the use or the Board or else the build
ings viii be ted before the full amount OF
the money TO pay tor them has beer subscribe /.
The Board OF Finance and their agents nave tried
to be most earnest and dilgent In their en- ieav-
10 open up additional sources OF revenue
throughout the several States, and particularly IN
the most populous and prosperous Cities and
have tried 10 stimulate ana urge subscriptions TO
the stock by all proper means. These efforts
have met with fair degree Of success In some
localities, but still the money thus far derived
from them, together with that falling due from
SUBSCRIPTIONS already made Will not be sufficient
TO enable the board TO pay the cost OF the
buildings promptly as the bills fall due.
The Board Will need TO be supplied with 800, 900
additional Tor building purposes alone IN the last
Jour N this of TINS year TO pay the contractors
what VIII be due them during September,
October, November and December. THIS is ex-
elusive OF the am Junt that viii be necessary Tor
the preparation and completion OF the grounds,
the decoration OF the buildings and the expendi-
lures Tor administration which will be payable in
the first our months OF 1875. The majestic pro-
portions OF the buildings as they now stand
and their wonderful progress are creditaole
In the highest degree to the whole country, as
well as to the citizens corporations and States
who have thus far contributed to the 1und, and
their present condition and the energy with
which they have teen pressed forward should of
themselves bring 10 the aid OF the Board OF FL
nance that large body OF their fellow citizens
to the subscription fund. To them
the Board must now make an earnest appeal
here in Philadelphia where q compara tively few
persons have done so much, as well as throughout
the country at large; and as the Board OF Finance
have heretofore received most valuable assistance
from the Philadelphia Citizens Committee they
adopt the following resoutions:-
Resolved, That the Centennial Board OF Finance
charged by the act OF Congress OF June 1872 with the
construction of the buildings the Centennial Interna.
tonal Exhibition of 1876 earnestly request the Phila
dephia Citizens Committee TO make final appeal To
OF the city have not already made their
TO the Centennial stock to come forward aid
OF the Board.
and Territories throughout the United states be most
earnestly urged through the Commissioners TOR the
states and Territories respectively and through the
Directors and agents OF the Board OF Finance To make
active and to procure and forward Subscrp
tons TO the fund with the least possible delay.