New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-25
PART II.
OCT. Is, 1889.
A FORTUNE BY TELEPHONE,
SUBSCRIBING QUARTER OF MILLION.
Mr.. DEPEw's PLEASANT MESSAGE TO TIM
WORLDS FAIR OVER THE wIRE-THE

BOOKS ARE READY.


As rapidly as the books prepared for recording ne
subscriptions TO the Worlds Fair guarantee fund Of
$o,0OO0o0 received yesterday from the printer,
secretary Wilson, of the Finance Committee. sent them
out oy messengers TO Offices where IL was believed
that they would be first needed. During tbs sfter-
noon twenty OF the ledger.sze. and fifty Of tbs
pccketsize books received and distributed. OF
the larger books. one furnished to J. Edward
Simmons president Of the Bourth National Bank who
is treasurer OF the Finance Committee one to Mayor
Grant, one each 10 tho banking houses OF Drexei.
Morgan d Co., August Belmont & Co.. j. a. W..
Selgman q Co., and Eugene Kelly q Co.. and one
to each Of the morning and afternoon newspapers Of
New-York City and Brooklyn. Two or three days
may elapse before all the books will be delivered
and attributed, but there will be no delay in sending
them out. Each member Of the General COMMITTEES
will receive copy Of the smaller book and others
will be furnished TO trustworthy citizens who may DO
induced by public spirit to work for subscriptions.
Books Will also be supplied 10 representative business
houses for circulation in their particular lines %
trade.
The subscription book received by Tho Tribune
has been sent to The Tribune counting room, and will
be put on the counter in convenient place for sub
scribeS.
1t was not expected that any large subscriptions
would be received yesterday, especially as the booRs
were not sent out until well along I'm the afternoon
and tho time of the secretary fully occupied In
Drexel Morgan e Co., however honoced with
the first regular subscription 10 the fund.- which Is
also the largest individual subscription proposed 50
far
A little after O'Clock the bell Of Drexel, Morgan
G. Co.'s general telephone rang, and member OF ths
firm was called to the instrument. The following
telephone conversation might have been heard In the
counting room had not the glass door Of the COM
partment been closed:
Yes we have received our Worlds Fair sub
scrlption book
Did you say to put Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt
down for S100,000l'
All right Mr. Vanderbilt 100000, New-Yorh
Central 100000, Wagner Palace Car Company $780,
600. All right Who is 1t talkngl'
Mr.. Depew All, glad to hear from you, Mr.
Depew. Good day.
These subscriptions were duly entered and the
fund begins therefore with S25oooo from the Grand
Central station
Tho following checks have been received at tho
Mayors office from members of the General Commit
tee as their contributions toward the fund for pre-
iminary expenses: Henry L. Hoguet. 800; James
simpson flor simpson. Crawford simpson,. 1897 "a
stern for stern brothers, $537 SO Jabez A. Bost-
wick, 300; Charles p DAILY, 800 - -,
Under the resolution passed by the General Som'
mttee and the resolution passed by the Finance Conf
mittee, the General Committee Is TO rasee SlOo0ooi
far only $4,000 of this money has been recover
and paid in. A notice sent to every member OF
the committee that the amount would be an average
Joseph ]. Little, representative committeeman or
the printers and bOOkbinder, has issued circular 10
the houses In his industry, urging that SUBSCRIPTIONS
be made through him. J. j. Little d Co. subscribe
So 600 to the Guarantee Fund.
Tho first subscription entered In the book received
al the Mayors office that of Joseph Pulitzer. for
$4,000. -, - "a.
A. none of the other places where books were lefo
were any subscriptions received, owing 10 tho lato
hour of the arrival Of the books II Is believed THAI
today however, large sums will be subscribed at mo
banking houses and exchanges and by transportation
companies. - 80, - -, -. --o
Of the smaller In distribution 1t Is Thought thae
only short time will be required in which 10 raiso
the full amount Of the fund. There Is possDiity,
however that some OF the large subscribers will hold
hack little while to what all the big ranSporta-
ton companies intend TO do -.
C. J. Whellams. Of Rapid City, Manitoba called
al the headquarters OF the Committee on Site and
Buildings YESTERDAY lie officially connected with
the AngloD Danish Exposition of 1888 in London, and
has Just returned from Europe lie explained mat ho
had been brought into personal contact with largo
number Of the exhibitors at the Anglo-Dansh and
Paris eXpostOns and felt qualified to say that Euro
pean exhibitors would be eager to send their EXHIBITS
| 10 this country In Europe, he said the feeling was
unanimous among exhibitors in favor Of New-fork-
| There will be a meeting Of the General Executive
Committee at the City Hall this afternoon at clock
and a meeting OF the full Committee on Site and
! Buildings will be held next Tuesday at p. m.