Telegram-herald., 1886-08-08
A RsvIFw
OF the work Done by the Redmond nasi-
cal 0Ln 1 ono. ~ KntsrL.riss

cal Ottt One II t-AtCflrisc.
The Redmond Musical Gin Concerts con
iinue through the weekday evenings O.
attract the meuted recognition from al
Glasses Ut people The enterprise deserves
The cammillee chosen by TIE audience a.
preside a, the wheel. have iah0red faithfully
a. their post since the day they nuisned
counting and inspecting the 05 000 tickets
and sealed them in TIE wheel Though
tbelr WORK has not been a. continuous a.
they would have wished, yet remembering
that each com mittre man has his private
affairs aud business 20 zoos after each dag ln
addition % this tedious Guty. it viii
be admitted by al well iniOr rked persons
that they have already done an immense
deai OF hard work ln The drawing II he 10y
UlO tickets now out of the wheel Ihi.
point viii be emphasized and better appre-
clated by recalling the necessary routine d
ticket aud ifs humber goes through before
the latter ls announce on the manage
ment's bulletin boards In toe main office oi
the Opera House 10 recapituiale-
Tue c8mmltlee. after relieving the guard
who watches the " beel duung their ab-
sence, unlock the lWO combination locks,
with tWo separate keA r, carried by different
members, break the seals and remove The
iron bars which cover the door. the blind
gentleman lakes his pOsiu0n for drawing
The ticket through the open door If the
wheel, one Of the committee receives them
from his hand and calls the numbers aloud.
a second one inspecls the ngg.Aers 10 zee
no ms axe has been made. and third
member writes them dn tie official sheet
prepared for the puTpose and recalls the
same numbers. The same numbers are al
q same time written down bytMr Red
mOnd reporter ami b, several reporters
OF the daily papers for publication After
the drs ing these lists are cOmpared in the
presence ~ the committee. aud IN the event
al any discrepancy the nuV bers On the
tickets arer,-insp speeed and correc'ed before
the latter are Destroyed by the COMMITTEES
Then his corrected list, taken for The bene-
TT of uckei- holders. is transcribed 10 the
two bulletin boards, and the checking book 5
TO be seen In The main office, and from
which Mr.. Redmond takes his data tor sell
ing tickets guaraufeed 70 be IN The wheel az
the date he sells them. To accomplish
this Mr.. r and his assistants are nightly
detained until OF O'clock in he morning
checking and re checking the drawn num-
bers on books and bullefin boards
Ii Will be seen that the position of a com
miuteeman Is no sinecure. and though there
may De some tnOughtless and impatient
persons who have imagined the drawing
could be done more rapidly, should now be
c'nviuced IL is imp issible % rush through
an enterprise of tins magnitude and az the
same time protect the Interests of al ticket
holders. without using the wise safeguards
now established aud which will continue
until the final close The nearer the end
approaches the more apparent and wise
these precautions will appear and the final
satisfactory outcome of the project will be
found TO more than repay the necessary ex-
ercise Of patience at the beginning. The
property TO be disposed Of It should be
b 'rne in mind, occupied nearly two years
in lis construction, and cannot be subjected
10 the short quick ana uncertain methods
of petty raiile