Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-06
10 FLOAT THEIR BONDS.
DIsSatIsned Members Of the Exposition
Society to Meet-NIanageFJ Johnston Does
Not Know Of Any KIclksFs.


Dissatisfied Members Of the ExpoIition
Society to HIeet-NIanageF Johnston Does
Not Know Of Any KIcksFs.
There was published in The DISPATCH
yesterday an advertisement asking all life
members who are dissatisfied with the pres
ent management of the Exposition Society,
to be present at the annual meeting in the
Hamilton building, at 8 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. The call was signed Dissatisfied
Life Members"
A reporter called yesterday upon Mana
ger Johnston, of the Exposition, and asked
him If be knew what the advertisement
meant. He said: '"rhis is the first intima-
ton have had that there was any dissatis-
faction. The nature of the dissatisfaction is
not hinted in the call, and have no
idea what It can be. The management
is in the hands of the directors, and the
meeting of the life members Tuesday after
noon is called for the purpose of electing
new board for the ensuing year. There are
about ZOO life MEMBERS very few of whom
know personally. I have not heard any
expression of dissatisfaction from any one of
them. The payment of 800 constitutes a
man q life member or stockholder. and the
man who pays that amount has the same
voice in the control as the man who pays
$500.
''At the meeting on Tuesday propo-
sition will come up to issue 500, 900 worth
of bonds, in addition to those already out.
The new bonds are to be sold to raise money
to pay off the floating debt. 1t may be that
there is some objection to that proposition,
but am not in a position to say whether
there is or not.
,r{a Iao a. n 1nrn ~
at the meeting. If it does, it will be good
thing. We want all the discussion and
suggestions we can get in regard to the con-
duct of the Exposition. Any practical
criticism will be thankfully received. Those
who have fault to find ought to be ready
with some suggestions for an improvement.
Mere fault finding BY persons who have no
better plan will be Of no account, and
ought not to be listened to. 1 take it for
granted that all the life members have one
common aim in view--to make the Expnsi-
tiOn the best one possible. To that end we
are glad to receive all the ideas possible.
The hall where the meeting will be held
will seat 400 persons. I shall be glad to
see such large attendance that there will
not be seats enough"
Mr.. j. j. O'Reilly, one of the life men,
bers of the Exposition, said in reference to
the floating of the 500, 900 bonds by the Ex-
position Society:
''I will not make kick ifthe Exposition
attempts to float another S100,0O0 worth of
bonds. The society wants money, and they
must have it. The people OF Pittsburg do
not support the Exposition as it deserves,
and the result is the directors are obliged to
raise money by floating bonds, have no
hesitancy in saying that people who invest
their money in Exposition bonds will get
good investment, because the Exposition
will pay. However, think that the Pitts
burg folks are little credulous, and are
not disposed to invest money in any
scheme which does not promise an immedi-
ate profit for the money invested.
1--WE dwell in the slowest city in the world
for catering to the pleasure of the COM
munity. 1t is the science Of making money,
and the lesson how to keep 1t when you have
got it, that monopoliEes the time Of good
many of our best citizens. Whenever a
benefcen; scheme is proposed for the bet
terment of the community it is always
warped by the fact that there is shortage
of money. If the people would come up to
the scratch and support this scheme in good
shape we would not witnessathe society ask
ing the public to invest their money in it by
buying up its bonds. We want q fine
music hall, and we must have it, and the
only way we can do it is by asking the citi-
Gems to buy our bonds.