Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-29
PAYING OFT THE Bnss.
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Encampmcnt A9atrx.


Chairman Edsou and Secretary pinrms.
were ssin bu sled today winding mp the bu-ine.~
Affairs Of the late @. A. r. encampment Chair
man Edison said TO srAr reporter that the -x-
penses would all come within the available
funds, but he did not expect tina; there would
be much margin Suggestions have alrcsdy
been made NJ 10 the uses 20 which the surplu
shall be devoted One suggestion made IN .
communication to The sraH 10 that the money
left over be used as a nucleus for . fund 70
build q. A. r. Hall in Washington.
There some doubt today ~ ta vbethrr
there could be any surplus, ss the government
officials having control Of the appropristion
made from District funds are aid 10 be dis
posed TO authorize the expenditure from that
fund only Of 50 much NJ T. necessary 20 meet
The balance due after all the fund r.ired By
prescription and otherwise has been paid cot
In That case there would be no surplus
Tomorrow at II O'Clock Chairman Edison With
an anctioneer viii begin az the White Lot The
sale OF the lumber and material used for tbs
tents and then 60 10 Camp. Alr-r and F.rr.rut
ana sell the lumber in the old barracks The
iumoer IN the kearsarge will not he sold. Tie
spars and some other materials In the imitation
ship belong 20 the government
AIR; Edson thinks that II would be vel 10 iss
the snip stand for some time. go peot,le can
visit II. and today he suggested. IN case the
government officers interested consent that the
vessel be allowed 20 stAnd until March a next
when II would be an object OF interest 20 The
thousands Of visitors who come here 90 attend
the Inauguration ceremonies
WHAT rHr fScANrNrxr nm
Already there is some discussion 10 20 the
Dement'S accruing 20 Washington by having the
encampment here. The banks are bcginuius IN
feel the effects by increased deposits. Ths,
much OF the money coming In was spent here
by visitors Is known from the fact that
the bills instead Of being comparatively
clean and new. such rs washingtonians are .s,-
enstomed to. are old and ragged aud solled, the
KIND OF money that Ia found ut points distant
from Washington. Chairman Edson estimsts.
that the sum IF IS. eOO. 900 was left in Na-hine-
ton. Within short time. he thinks. every
branch OF business will feel the stimulus given
by this large sum of money.
But this u n small view Of the benefits. The
direct benefits of the money spent here" no
marked Mr. Edison today. are 81 infiuitssimsl
Importance compared with the permanent
benefits gained by Washington. IL is estimated
that $40 600 strangers visited the city and al q
THIS number, with rare exceptions. we're plea--i
with the city. They went away filled with an ides
OF the grandeur of the capital Every county In
the United States was rel resented in that gath
erlhg. and Is Is fair TO estimate that those $40
ooO visitors vil interest several millions Of peo-
PIE an the capital. The benefits 20
the city are incalculable. Il was the
experience IN Boston aud Detroit
and San Francisco. though the number Of
visitors to those cities was small coukpared Win
the vast throng that came 60 Washington, that
a permanent benefit followed the encampments,
and Washington ought to benefit even IN stli
greater degree"