Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-23
SHE IS BOOMING
Great Success of the EXpOsi.
tiOn Mass Meeting.
BUSINESS TO THE FRONT.
Nearly a Round $4,000 Gathered in
to Push the Good Work.
THE CARNEGIE-THAW BARGAIN
Goes With q Rush, With Clean $4,000
Subscribed to Spare.
THE CARNEGIE-THAW BARGAIN
LIVELY, PLEASANT AND EFFECTIVE

now safely give each other and themselves
complscent pat on the back.
Who said this wasn't an enterprising
city9 Who said the Exposition was in the
soup, and would never be built? In fact
whereas the man who would now dare ac-
cuse the city of laxity of spirit; of narrow
mindedness or of downright meanness, in
the face of events last night in the Old City
Hall, which showed that the peculiar inertia
of q heavy body, once set in motion makes
stop almost impossible.
Those were long heads in the Exposition
Board that suggested public meetings for
the purpose of creating public sentiment,
and they were long heads that knew just
when such public meetings should cease.
Last night was the second, the most success
full, and probably the last mass meeting to be
called for the purpose of raising the beauti-
full Exposition buildings up into the blue
air and making this city next to none in
point of public spirit, public enterprise and
public good.
At 7:3O well-known business men, with an
occasional member of the board. began to
drop in in desultory sort of way as if they
were perfectly indifferent or perfectly inno-
cent of the fact that
A SPLENDID SUCCESS
was about to ensue. On the stage were
Chairman W. E Schmertz and Secretary
J. W. Bachelor, also Messrs. Fitzpatrick
-
o'clock between two and three hundred
gentlemen had quietly taken seats and faced
the platform, waiting for the ball to open
that finally closed so beautifully with a
round total of S37,7S6 80 as the net results
of the nights work, which sum included
the long pending $1,000 each of Andrew
Carnegie and William Thaw.
The meeting waS called to order by Chair
man W. E. Schmertz, and the gentlemen
present were requested to move up to the
front, and made quite a presentable show
ing, considering that probably no other oc-
casion could draw together such ine-look-
ing and responsible lot of business men
representing at once so much capital and
enterprise of the city of Pittsburg.
The Chairman said that the first meeting
. was of gratifying nature, and he felt con-
fdent that this would be more gratifying.
He had always held that after the manu-
facturers and merchants had been ex-
hsusted, success would come through pop
ular subscription that would make the Ex-
position an institution built BY the people
and for the people, and he still had that
idea.
For Vice Presidents Mr.. P. F. Smith
nominated:
B. F. Jones, John R. Ricketson, Joseph
Horne, ]. n. Mccullough, Paul Lagerrelt, E.
Wertheimer, James Gallery. ID. H. Hostetter,
J. F. Denniston, Hon. William McCalln Hon.
r. T. Pearson, John b. Jackson, H. K. Porter,
c. F. MeKenna, W. c. Moreland, W. A. Stone,
P. F. Smith, R. H. Boggs, E. Frauenheim, p
H. Hacke, Alexander Bradley, c. W. Batche-
lor, Frank Hopper, Albert j. Barr, Morrison
Foster, H. H. Byram, Eugene NJ ONeill, John
n. Neeb, Thomas NJ. Watt, Colonel E. j. Allen,
s. Hamilton and W. d. Wood.
They were unanimously elected.
Lively applause then greeted the an
nouncement of the first speaker, George H.
Anderson. Mr.. Anderson set to work TO
talk to the audience in a quiet, convincing
way, and every word was listened to with
an interest that showed the subject was of
more than ordinary interest, not only to
everyone present, but to everybody.
MAILING A MISTAKE.
He said that some persons thought that
three or four dozen wealthy men should
come forward and build it. That was
mistake. Pittsburg was accused of being
slow; she was slow, but she was sure. The
wealthy men who held back were wise in
their generation. They say they don't pro-
pose to put up the S500,000 or 100000
needed, because every citizen should have a
share in it; let the people at large contribute
according to their prosperity, then these
wealthy men will come in and finish the
work. At the right time Mr.. Anderson was
sure they would come forward.
He talked of how badly the city needs an
Exposition, the advantages that would come
from turning the wharf into park, and the
many ways in which the city's prosperity
would be increased. He was a born Pitts
burger, and he had faith in the city and a
belief that she would build the Exposition.
When their names were announced as
speakers letters of regret we read from Hon.
Thomas NJ. Bavne and Hon. John Dalzell,
in which both gentlemen expressed them
selves as in hearty sympathy with the meet
ing and in hearty sympathy with the object
OF the meeting, and spoke most encourag-
ingly of the near termination of the great
work.
Mr.. Peter Dick was called upon, and as
that representative of a well-known house
arose, be was almost cheered by those pres
ent who were quite prepared for the bright,
chatty talk that followed. He first intro
duced himself by telling a story of team
of oxen which were
GUARANTEED TO AGREE
perfectly in their work. Upon their first
trial in the field new owner was amazed
to see that one OK pulled most cheerfully
while the other stood around looking at it.
He then applieditto the Exposition and said
that the two agreed perfectly in their work,
because one was willing to do all the work
and the other quite willing he should,
He said further that he was not like Mr..
Anderson, born in Pittsburg, but he was
Pittsburger for all that. He was proud to
say that the old city from which he came
(Glasgow) had just closed a successful ex-
position, and he was proud to believe that
Pittsburg would have a better one. He
said:
We all agree that we should have an exposi-
ton. Why, the other day at the Union depot
a man asked me if that wasn't Mr.. Marvin
standing across the way. said it was, and he
asked me: How is he getting along with his
eKpositionT' / answered didn't know it was
Marvins exposition; thought it belonged to
the people. Another man said to me: Il see
they have your name on the Exposition board
now, Dick: how are you getting along with your
exposition told him don't say yours" say
''ours." want 1t to be "ours," and believe
yet popular subscription will finish the build
ing.
The old Exposition in Allegheny was not
much OF an institution, but ] don't believe
. NTG1a rrrrlna
say it didn't help him. i know il helped us.
We made money out of it. and we expect to
make more out of this one. And we don't
send the money to Ireland, we spend it at home.
After hearing Dr. Allison last week / believe
Pittsburg is the great city of the country. New
York, 1t is true, is bigger. but an elephant
while bigger. is not as useful as a horse. We
must have that Exposition. Ican't make much