Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-26
Mass Meeting.

The meeting was called to order by
President Of the Board Owing who in
a very few words explai cd the reason
for tia CAP, and, in order to give the
audience Il no"lege of what hal
been don in he matter, he call d upon
the Score airy OF the B ard, Mr.
Samuel Woo ruff, , h read :, report
which showed that up to the pr sent
t me here ha be II collect. d from the
subscribers the sum OF $l0,772.50 a. d
The committee had borro. ed some
$1,000, making total Of $13, $3.50
The expenditures had been: To pur-
chasing land, 1865; excavating md
foundat on, 50 265, making to Il on
this account of $9,3SO06. b. sides
this the Committee had outstanding
against them alb ut $4,000 for material
and the amount they In rrowed 10 pur-
chase some lots. Altogether they owe
alb ut 5000 and have the sum OF $4,-
1O7 "A On hand !, aving n def it Of
about $4,000. Mr.. Woodruff flu Their
explained that at the present, TIL low
est figures they could get on the hotel
WAS 500 600, and that with the land,
foundation, plumbing, hea in, k tch-
en- and laundry, would bring the cost
of the hotel up 10 about $64 900.
To meet this the Committee have
subscribers to the amount of $3O, 400
$10,772 so of which sum has been paid
ia. OF III. subscribers, SO in number
s h we pail their subscription in full
13 have paid on half, one has aid
three quarters, 80 have pal nothing
At the conclusion of the read ng OF
the report it was accepted ami placed
on file. Col. Owings, chair ian of the
meeting, then addressed the audience
and, in the language Of the immorta
Bill Tweed ked them, What wer,
they going to do about ,t?" The Col
then went on TO sta that this WAS the
state of affairs that sta. ed the mem
bers of the Board of Trustees in IN,
fee. The hotel must be built. TheI
how? II woulI cost something lik'
$64 600, and The Committee have blu
$4,000 when the subscription al
paid in full. The balance must b,
raised. The money is in o ympia ant
if the people will only let so thei
pure strings it can be done. No on
man could do it with ut serious incon
ven;ence to himself and his business
but 20 could, and if they could not A
could. His plan was for all to help,
not much, help little; many hand
make light work, and what would be
q task for one would be easy for 10. II
ended his remarks by calling for a
expression Of opinion from some of til
citizens prcst mt and asked for eugge
tions,
A. H. Chambers, managtr o! til
hotel. explained the present cond;tio
Of the bu lding and acknowledged til.
+ he was completely at SEA. He sal
e that there hid been great mi tai
q somewhere and he in all his experiehe
u could not account for it. Yet he WIS
+ satisfied that what work had been dor
Is ON the foundation was well wort
p what had been paid for it.
l. Mayor Convey being iu the audient
e was called upon and asked to EXPIRE
II his views which he did in no unqual
. fed terms. For the citizens Of Olyr
II pia, said he, TO now allow this ente
q prise, the life and blood OF the con
Q monwealth, to lapse for the sake Of
Il few thousand dollars was a cryir
p shame. There is no enterprise, CO
y tinued the speaker, ever started in tn
3 city by its citizens cave the OLYMPIA
d that will do the community as mut
e good, and I hope that those who q
9 we'll able to respond will come io
"a ward literally and help this COMM
'e tee. They have devoted their tin
L and money, have leen subjected to 9
manner of abu.e, have been indesa
J" gable in their labors to secure for Il
~ citizens a structure that will be
u benefit 10 them, and now, that the G
ject OF their work was almost reache
y to allow it to fail for want OF funds d
. not reflect very creditably upon OF
" people or their enterprise. He end
" by suggesting the appointment
committees to solicit funds.
y T. NJ. Reed was next called for a,
=. he deplared the fact that a meetil
!" was at all necessary to be called
infuse enthusiasm into the people I
!. scheme of this kind. 1--WE have hv
!. here more than 80 years." said Il
=. speaker, and this is the 6rst entt
). prise Of public import that the citize
have started. If this fails, all is 10
at am not very we'll able to subscri
= much" said he, "but 1 will dout
:. what l have already subscribed aud
: all were to do that, We would then
:. safe.
- Mrs. p. G. Hale was called for al
= in response the, lady stated she h,
- intended building few cottages b
:. that she could defer their erection
- = while and increase her subscripti
= TO the hotel. The lady's remarks we
" received with applause.
q Several oti.srs in the audience spo
and suggested this plan Or that.
~ wus finally moved and adopted tn
40 when the meeting adjourned that
do SO to meet Wednesday night ne
,e at the came place and hour, when
c. is hoped fuller attendance will
II had and more -'de6nitc arrangcm en-
rs made. Ere the assembly ADJOURN
,e it was moved and carried that 4
Of Board select . committee in each pl
70 cinct in the county to solicit su
,e scriptions. This they done to-day, b
4 too late for this is.ue OF the OLYMPIA
Is Tomorrow, however, we will publ
I, them in full.