Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-08
GLOWING PROSPECTS.
The Exposition Society InduIges in
Rightful Mutual Admiration.
PRESIDENT s. s.MARYIN'S REPORT.
Treasurer Heating and Manager Johnston
Heard From in Detail.
MR.. MARVIN BOOMs A MUSIC HALL

| The Exposition Society convened yester-
| day in Hamilton art chamber for the annual
meeting, with the directors and about 80
stockholders or liie-members present. The
malcontents did not mRterialize, and the
meeting was most harmonious one, even
developing real enthusiasm. Applause was
given the reports of President Marvin,
Treasurer Heating and Manager Johnston.
President Marvin's report was an able and
terse presentation of the growth of the So
ciety, its present scope, and its future pos
sibilities. He made strong plea for
music hall, and assuming that the music
hall was very greatly needed, said that the
Exposition Society was the agent which should
properly carry out the idea. His report in full
was as follows:
An exposition is just much Of business
operation, and has to be carried out with as much
business tact as any other undertaking. To build
an exposition ours was built without capital
stock, is something SO different from what has
been attempted in any other community, that It
requires little explanation.
Our Exposition has been built with money sub
scribed by the life managers, or loaned, without
interest by our public spirited citizens, thus
making the enterprise one carried out by the peo-
pie for the people. The ,profts, If any after the
debts are paid; are to be devoted to one purPose'
The interest that has been manifested by clti-
zens from the inception of the enterprise to the
people all over this land and in some European
countries are waking up to the importance Of this
appreciated. There is no other place where the
artist and the artisan, no natter who he may be.
skin to so many people in given time. People
attend expositions for the purpose of being first
find more instruction and amusement so pleasant
ly combined, than at any hrst-class Exposition?
rectors have carried out the plans you gave them,
can only say that we point with pride to the
buildings as they stand.
A MUSIC HALL WANTED.
They are the most elaborate, beautiful and sub
stantial Exposition buildin rs in this country.
Strangers from a distance have come TO our city
for no other purpose than to see these buildings.
In addition to the buildings we now have there is
greatly needed music hall. do not know city
where hall calculated to accommodate exhi6-
times to be devoted to musical purposes, is more
needed than here in Pntsburg: And ours is the
society that should carry out the ideasand at an
Many remember with pleasure the delightful
musical festival we had here last May 1t Is not
our intention to complain to you to-day Of the |
hard work and unceasing thought that have been
you that such favorable results have been accom-
plished.
position last fall thought 1t wise to begin to pre-
pare for the ensuing season, and In order to do so
Paris y ri Mr.. r' Johnston, tie general manager who
viewed with critics eye the great International
portant IDEAS all Of which he is prepared 10 re-
port upon to-day, IL you so desire. What he saw |
intelligent man who carefully reads his report. to
be better exposition manager than he otherwise
would be.
As TO the needs of the coming Exposition Mr. I
Johnston is prepared to lay before you in his re-
port some ideas which hope you will authorize
to be carried out.
position, 1 point with undisguised feelings Of
pride to our Treasurer's report Mr.. Heating
Exposition are very far in excess Of the first
seasons profits Of any other State or Interstate
Exposition.
A TROUBLESOME INCUBUS.
Just here want to call your special attention to
our large and rather embarrassing floating debt.
This should be provided for at once by your buy
Ing the per cent ten-year. first mortgage bonds
ofthe society. Your board prepared to issue ZOO.
DO0 of these bonds but our first Exposition turned
SSoSs ID 600 Of these bonds we win get on quite
nicefy. We have sold about 80, 600, and only pro-
pose 10 sell 100 900 more leaving 80 600 unsOld and
Our Exposition Society has more warm friends
dons snsn for Mace in which TO entertaiu th
PAN American Congress If It had not been for the
Exposition buildiDgs9
upon the subject OF expOsitions, and who are not
In the habit OF being interested in such local
IDEAS within the past few months. They see an
opportunity. Of displaying their manufactured
articles to better advantage than they supposed
they could. They find that our Exposition is at
tracting not only the people Of the immediate
,racting buyers from the surrounding States.
1ne gentleman told me last rail- that he had sold
several bills of his manufactured articles one as
lar est as California, TO people who would never
rave seen his goods unless he had been able to
risit them at their own places OF business.
TREASURER KEATING's REPORT.
A. F. Heating, the treasurer of the society,
submitted the following report OF the first