Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-01
BEocINe FOR WcTOw.
seIlellisg Aims Cor ~ DastAsedt
( PSdsstal ?
AL OVER THE UNITED srA1ss
New York Not Generous Enough A,Ralss
aQuartsr ofa Million 0ollas-he
Rich Merchants and Bankev
Holding Back.

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Der of the onion Leesus cso nouss On
Fifth ayenus and Thirty.niAth street., four
,.r,h.,. ~ ths Exscutive Committss of
~ D., "a, 60. 4 s..,.,s,,o, ,,..mh,sd |,
ne pa''no'oi o''ue -. NV
this evening In secret SESSION. 'osepa W.
Drexel, the banker, presided; Richard n.
Butler. capitalist, acted. o. secretary, and
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,se o'nei S. a.."N rsr . ps..s
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coal oafon' anu - w. fn'."t S'.ss
As invited guests and pecuni.rtly interest.
ed in the venture, Gsnefai Shsftee 4.
Stone, engineer: ktchafd -. hunt, arcni'
tect and ID. II. King, eutlder, were sdmit.
ted to the star chamber proceedings
For three hours these nine maguAtes ex.
aminsd the balancs shsst OF the connittss,
showing that
only oioO, ,OoO'
had been subscribed aftsr ovee,ons years
effort toward raising $3.50, 900 for the Oreo.
tion Of q granite pedestal for the masniR.
cent statue OF Liberty, on which Bartholdi
has expended years of toll, and which 10 Q
The Rennbiic Of Am.rita. and the Sraye
question which pur,ied the committee ~
bov and Sberr 10 secure funds enough 20
nav for the pedestsi. The fact Va mall
knoEn that Redioes i,isnd had be.n for.
merly transferred by the Secretaries Of
War and the Treasury asa site for the
statue, and that work on tho excavation
is being rapidly pushed FORWARD. win not
money enough on hand 70 pay the
contractors for one-third oil the completion
OF the pedestal. Plans were exhibited ,hoS-
ing that the pedestal Will % ioo ieet h'sn'
and that the
Great Arm OF Liberty.
,o s Ism. ~ ~i,b h an sIsc,,ie iisbt 4, 70 tower
nm iSc feet b;sbsy and While there Are
man ms nm the commiitse who could bear the
entire expenses for com ple,ins the struc-
tmfe Ni,hout missing the money, Il was
decided 10 pass around the collection boz
for "popular" subscriptions O. tho mem.
bers termed Il. Joseph w. Drexsl and j.
W. Pinchot were selected as Q sub.com-
mittee TO see that begging boxes arc
france, and at railroad stations 10 Be or
nsment ted by A miniature facsimile Of the
statue. and large placsrd calling the a.
tention OF the public TO the appeal.
The committee, IL he's leaked out recent.
" selected Hon. Mahlon Chance. an Ohio
politician, at the suggestion OF Vice Prest.
dent Blanchard OF the Erie road, 70 visit
the principal cities In the West and south
and solicit public men and public bodies
TO become interested in
s~eIiisg the List sfSabseriptisaa
n an en,e,pri,e which all admi, could be
csr,ied 20 a successful is.ue In New York
in tor,vNsi,ht Lour, vith nrouer effort. A
ia,tsr rom Mr' Chsnes' slter ANNOUNCING
,h.t ba b.d hs.n slsctsd 4 dslee.te 10 the
Renublicsn State Convention In Ohio,
s,,te. tbst tho following s,ntlsmen In that
Co. I'D onn.sntsi 70 soiicit subscrip.
,,nns. """ 'N
'VIs Cisvs,,nd Hon. Richard C. Parsons and
UenJv n psyne. Columbus. Governor
Fostsy and Hon. Allen q. Thurman;
snrinr6eld General j. Warren K!st,r and
Inn Chs,Is. W Constantine: DAYTON,
HON Loui. Il, Guenkel and George w.
Uont. Cincinnati. Judge George w.