The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-29
THE LATE EXHIBITION.
AFTER THE cESTENNIAL-wISDINo UP ITS
AFFAIRs-THE DUN0LINo ABOUT THE Ex-
HIBIToRs' AWARDS.

HIBIroRs' AWARDS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 81, 1871
But fcw OF tho officials connected with the Ccntcn-
NAL Exhibition still remain with US Only those en-
gagged IN winding up the Affairs OF the great show arc
10 be seen In the deserted aud halls once alive
with busting commissioners, decorated repre-
sentatves aud government officers OF foreign
nations, and the great manufacturers and
exhibitors OF tho world. AT tho Exhibition
grounds IN Paramount Park everything combines to
form picture OF blcakncss aesolation. All the
snowy buildings except that TO be used by tho pcrma
exhibition have been demo shed, and all is de-
Serted cold and cheerless The OF various
departments Of the Exhibition have been transferred
from the Centennial grounds to No 9os walnu, street.
Hero now arc to be found the Director General tho
Board Of Finance and the Bureau OF Awards engaged
the work OF closing up affairs. The final meeting Of
tho commission Will bc held, probably, in March or
April when they will report to Congress the results OF
their official labors
rmE TWO MILLIONS on HAND.
Tho Board OF Finance, acting particularly In the In
tcrcsts OF the stockholders having liked up suit to
absorb ali OF the sa 600 IN their hands arc await
ing nnal disposition OF this suit at the hands OF tho
Supreme Court, ut Washington. Meantime they arc
collecting what remains duo on stock certificates
which have not been paid up In full. Quite large
amount of money IS st II owing from this source but
the following circular, which tho Board Is sending
out, Will probably have the desired ciIcct:-
have instructed by tho directors notify you
u the unpaid instruments due from YOU on snbcrp
paid before February l. 1877, all pay
mes made by you account Of snid subscription will be
forfeited rs provided tor IN tho original terms for the said
Fi:1iKICK FRALEy. Treasurer.
AWARDS ARE DELAYED.
The Bureau OF Awards IL nomnaliy engaged In issu-
Ing to exhibitors certified copies OF the Judges reports
which accepted by the commission tho basis of
awards but the work rs progressing slowly that
hlbors are becoming very bttcr IN their dcnunca-
ncnr mont m N Nrr lV Mus la
September % and the suppostion that tho reports
would speedily follow. II the commission had not de-
sired 10 interfere to TOO great extent with tho work
OF tho judges all the reports might have been
before The close oil the Exhibition but they arc moth
Ing II not mcddlcrs, and hence the present unsasiac
tory condition Of affairs. rho decided
certified copies OF the reports tho order in
which the applications by exhibitors filed.
In pursuance OF this plan CLERK at
work mako tho copies and In the Of tmc he
with Tho pen and had worked hard they might have
finished thor labors some time III 1878. but they
not allowed to continue. Tho commission changed It's
mind, and concluded 10 issue the reports printed In
pamphlet form, group by group. The commission sat
in secret session for TWO months, amending and alter
Ing the reports as made and recommended by tho
judges, and thcn, 10 mako matters worse,
COMMITTEE or REVISION
appointed TO st further talnpcr with the reports
preparatory TO the being sent TO the printer Several
groups revised, the forms ccctrdtyped and
proofs printed, hut for ihcy were
unsat isfactory, aud the plates destroy ed
aud the forms ped Tho Committee Revision
tho work the certified coUics was suspended, and
hkcwisc the hopes OF exhibitors who wore clamoring
Tor their reports. When the work OF printing was
abandoned the certified copies commenced again, and
these being issued under tho Official seal OF
the commission. The few officials who rcmain here,
In direct violation OF tho resolution to furnish tho
ports, instead OF issuing them IN tho order which
tho applications are flied, issue them as 1t suits their
convenience Whms