National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-11-10
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Prof. II. t. Greoner Rearing the Dur-
den of Booming the Riverside Park


TIE GRANT MONUMENT FUND.
Prof. II. T. Greener Fearing the Uur-
den of Booming the Riverside Park
scheme.
The big committee Of prominent citizens Of
New York whs six week agJ volunteered 70
aid In raisinga million dollar, to build a m inl.
mcnt nliiycrside Park TO porpctuate the mem.
ory OF Gen, Grant seem to hny, iud sinJ from
their apathy in the work which IL WITS slp-
uosCd they would pu II forward with vim, piac.
t,cally lett tile burden Of the labor of raising
subscriptions upon the shoulders ut Secretary
GtCt ncr.
Last week Quorum OF the executive c nm.
mittCe could not be got together To transact
business OF Importance and If reports are true
the Zig aud little committees combined have
not performed ten hours OF labor townrl sc.
curing funds for the monument since they con-
scntcd TO act.
When asked about the matter Secretary
Gree ner said "The gentlemen suppose have
done ns we'll rs they could. OF cJur.e II Is not
| for me to pass judgment upon their acts We
/ all want TO sec II magnificent monument
/ erected IN honor of Gen. Grant. We set oit -
secure II tOO.OuO for this purpose, and although
| subscriptions hayc not ilowed in like mill
| mCC, | think we have done well taking every
| thing into consideration. The highest amount
| received In one week since the work was com.
| mcnted was S8,li7, AMI the lowest for any
| single week was slAlibS The average weekly
| receipts have been between 5000 and 5000.
| 4 million dollars cannot be raised In a day,
| week, q month, nor yc0r. Yet we expect tO
| raise II and to build monument in Riverside
Park that will reflect honor upon the people Of
| America"
probably" continued Prof Greencr, "now
| that the turmoil nnd excitement of the cleo
| tion Is past. people win begin to pay moro ut
| tcnton TO this subject, and | expect that our
| weekly receipts Will bu largely increased
| Take to-day. for instance. Here II Is only IL
| o'clock and have received $500 from the few
| city trudc. This IL the first fruit of my plan to
have thoroughly honest and reliable men to
| and tell you II Is gratifying to me, since II en-.
couT0ges myself and others TO believe that
| great good will be accomplished. CnrlOusly
| enough, the chairman OF the subcommittee ,
| who secured this gOOdly sum worked with Inc
In the same office twenty-five years ago. lie
has taken deep interest IN the matter, aud
tells me that he expects to raise more from the
Jewelers. ana doubt not, knowing his cnpr-
getic character as do, that he will bring IN
more II Is this ambitious spirit that we all
want to see in the men who are to canvass the
other trades. This swclls the grand total TO
| tOG,iI5.T5, and we expect soon to get M to tho
Sl00,UOp notch This sum would itself build n
magnificent monument, but that isn't the
thing As ! said before, we started ont to get
mn even million and believe we will get II.
When we reach $4,000 then we can afford to
offer prizes for plans. / nin conducting the
business Of this olicc on strictly business prlu.
cplcs, and not n cent Is thtown away. The
Sl,GOO contribution which was recently received
from Paris was In response 10 our circulars |
employed u fair 'oTce OF men In sending thcm
out, hut Just ns soon as they were through dis.
renscd with the services OF all of them. Some
days the subscriptions nre mcager, but then
again there are other days-like to day, for
instance'-which more than counterbalauce
our short receipts"