New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-14


IT IS 10 meet this deficiency tina. the assessment has been
levied.
WHAT TIE SECRETARY or THE COMPANY SAYS
Mr. Stanton the secretary the company said yes,er-
day:
think the dissatisfied stockholders ara in minority
We have "a vet actually levied an assessment nut
have only asked stockholders to state II they are
ing to the further su,a necessary 70 slo
holders many OF whom In Europe, rortysx nave re-
sponded to this appeal We are III Iact nero vo %
ace that s34 200 decorations and furniture not yer
IN addition to this the estimate f Sr @ ga Sna
| Bic to Mr.. Abbey Is the balance OF the soO,oo9S
hls receipts y that The interest ON the mortgage
is not due until August next You can see tIereiore
the amount of the deficiency is enormous after all
do not think Mr. Abbey VIII take the mouse IOr shosuer
One from Ernest Gye-we have not yet decided upon
our future management
ADRIAN IsFLIN SATISFIED.
Adrian Iselin who, as one of the Building Committee
has taken much interest IN the house, was seen at his
honse in East Twenty-third-st., and said:
There are few macontents in the ranks OF the stock
holders but do not see why they should grunbe. At
e S shaTe which originally cost 900
was sold not two weeks ago Tor proht oi per
auted italian opera they pay for IT, They canno
10 secure the best in the house and pay $40
tt iP PGr t s nr Vow the interest on at
per cent is only S75O which, had they no assessments
| IKE 81 So Now oven when have the building clear
viii to pay in addition aPGst VIZ c H05 t Se
manager "a certainly nc of caS aor to taFe
| Opera is luxury and must be paid or Inc whole case
lies in a nutshell They have got the building ana nave
To pay little moro for II than twas estlmaien a.
thew don't want do this they can easily sell their shares
tor they cost We have made rev instakes Is Ws
natural mt first. Abbey has been too sXtfaVbshI Out
ORIGINAL idea was t. furnish scenery and dresses Tor irteen
operas he wanted have twenty operas PROVIDED iQr
this done entling an addition Oh ~ o
original $4,000 determined on Then we ohy above 4
paltry $4,000 so for decoration. when Was UaTeH
sufficient TO allow for pruning codi 81 paul. an' ~
course further must he expended speaking IOr
myse can say am e pTr'sS 6o 600 on the
building, which regard as an excellent lnVcslmeh
and FOR the opera itself am willing TO pay uSt as people
do ali the world for that ana other pure Injuries
do not think Mr. Abbey will retain the mousse next season.
o,r,nge,nents The directors will heat, light and take
care OF the front OF the house, and the manager WIZ SIM
o. the rent of the house for balls and entertainments
That IT, Mr. Abbey normally gets the whole $1,000 q
He has been unfortunate In many ways, but his spring
season will be vastly profitable than that just con.
Guided Tor he will have or the expenses OF brn ing
his company here to pay s no nad az tho DeShhuB
James A. Roosevelt said that though the statement rep
resented actual state Of Affairs he had nothing 70 say
on the matter.
| Charles F. Woershofer, who has been mentioned as
one of those dissatisfied with tho Of tho directors
said:
Ihaye NOT even read the statement sent to mo by the
directors take very little Interest Ia the aialr. ana as
to the assessment can only say tDat Iho Ohers pay
| will also.
| MR., ABBEYS LOSSES.
Henry L. Abbey ia in Cincinnati Mr.. Tillotson' VINO
represents him in his absence, said:
| do not care 10 make any statement In Mr. hbbeys
absence When he from the West he VIII prOba
| bly have sometningtO say which will astonsh good
many people think fairly say, however. that the
5000 guaranteed by the stockholders VIII not cover
bls losses Tho remainder he will have to make goOd
himself and he undoubtedly will do co. hardly THINK
| he will run the same risk a second time.
There Is no truth the report that Mr. Abbey In his
letter to the directors attributed his losses TO th6 faulty
construction OF the house
| THE WORK OF BUILDING.
whatever dissatisfaction there may be among the stock
holders 1t has interered with the prosecution Of the
work of building. That has been going on daily on the
unfinished portions OF the structure and the
| contractors IL is said on good authority,
| have promptly received their money. The
g res I'm the report Issued February as the expend
lures on the building. about $4,000 In excess OF the
estimates This IL explained on the grounds, hrs that
many features or construction entirely novel,
and In fact experimental second, that the building was
completed under great pressure OF time and IN the taco
of predictions that the effort would a aud third that
many things were in the estimate. Under the cir
onstances il said that among the directors there has
been 90 complaint touching the cost OF the building Nor
has there beer lack OF ready money