Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-07
The inaugural Expenses.
FIGURING Up THE RECEIPTS AND EyPENpI


TCRES.
The inaugural committees are engaged in set.
Ting up the accounts and auditing the bills,
which are beginning 70 come in. Many OF these
bills contain extra items outside of the regular
contracts, and these will be examined carefully
In order TO avoid paying any excessive charges.
The result of the two promenade concerts in a
pecunlary way Is very gratifying To the COM
building was not thrown open 70 the public all
gay thursday. The amount received for Thurs
usy evening, as stated in yesterdays STAR, was
aoout $1,000, showing an attendance OF 1000
people. The receipts yesterday footed up So 900,
Walch shows an attendance of nearly 10000
people. Counting the attendance ri the ball,
me total number OF visitors 10 the building in
the three evenings and one day reached the
enormous number of $4,000. The number of
to be nearly 1000, although the railroad COM
pahles nave not yet made reports, and many OF
the dcposit2ries are Yet 10 be heard from.
MT Z I. Glover, the treasurer OF the inaugural
committee. expressed the opinion this morning
tnat the committee would come utveTy nearly
even. II not entirely so. This will permit the
committee to return the entire amount OF the
SUBSCRIPTIONS. which, considering the elaborate
character OF the preparation and the unusual
p ,,S:.ta when was IMPOSED upon the COM
miiIee IN fitting up the ball building. is very
gratifying result.
To-day the decorators of the bail room,
NeEsr>. Gunsel & Neal, are engaged in re-
moving The decorations. Mr.. c. r. Munroe,
VINO put down the flooring, Will begin TO remove
II on Monday, this being included in his con-
meeting on Monday, and viii then determine
whether To sell the roof in its present position
or nave 1t taken down and sell the material.
mere IS $4,000 worth OF boarding in the roof,
peSlueS $500 worth Of iron, and the galvanized
IRON guttering cost about the same.
one OF the incidents in connection with the
pan was the presence of men about the en-
frances who offered bali tickets for sale. In the
early part OF the evening they asked So, the
regular price, and then later they were offered
Tor 81, Sd and 81, and about one O'Clock that
night gentleman bought two tickets for 81 , or
Hity cents apiece. These tickets are supposed
to have been purchased by people who found
that they We're unable to go and wanted to
realize something on them. \ number of per-
sons living in different parts OF the country pur-
chased tickets and then did not attend the ball.
Inc actual number Of tickets received at the
entrances on the night Of the ball were 6,o0S.
Ihere We're, however, about one hundred
tickets in addition which the committee was In
doubt about, owing to the fact that the men at
the door were unable to punch the tickets on
account OF the great rush, and began to tear
them in two. There were two Irving hall
tickets for the great ball in New York city found
in the box. and two for the grand stand at the
capitol. These tickets were of the same size as
the ball tickets, and owing to the pressure on
the ticket takers il was impossible TO stop and
examine them. The receipts from the sales,
when all in, viii probably show a money repre-
sentatfon of at least 1000 ball tickets sold.