The Portland daily press., 1893-02-02
THE STATE BUILDING.
Maine Worlds Fair Managers Don't Like
the Action of the Portland Board of

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the Action of the Portland Board of
Trade.
The following letter has been sent by
the executive committee of the Board of
Worlds Fair managers.
BANGOR, Me-, Jan. 80, 1898.
M. N. Rich, Secretary Portland Board
of Trade, Portland, Me-:
DEAR SIR:
Yours OF 9th at hand and contents
noted. l have the resolutions of your
Board of Trade before me. | was sur
prised that your Board took position
against refunding the mo ey paid by the
citizens on account of the S ate of Maine
Worlds Fir building fund. Your
Board, as body, did not subscribe the
money; the subscriptions came from
citizens individually. 1t was tactitly I'M
derstood among great many who are
now members of the Legislature that they
would favor reimbursement of this guar
antee fund, the only thing which made
it possible for the Board of Worlds Fair
Managers to construct building repre-
senting the building materials Of Maine.
do consider it praiseworthy for any
individual whose patriotism and liberal
ity causes him to say he does not want
his money back but 1 do not think right
for parties to interfere with the rights OF
theirs who subscribed with the belief
that the legislature would make an APP
preparation for the purpose of reminding
this money.
The efforts made against this refund
ing in Portland have done an injustice to
many individual subscribers. The judi
ciary committee have recommended an
appropriation of $13, $50, but making no
provision for the refunding of the guar
antee building fund.
In order to accommodate those liberal
minded gentlemen who have jbeen SO
anxious to have all other persons whether
they desire to or not, come under the
same category, we had provided in our
bill that all persons not making applica-
ton within thirty days for the refund OF
their subscriptions, should have no fur
they claim upon tie State. This would
have given all chance to have been
more than liberal with their own money
without preventing others from having
their money paid back.
The subscription papers contained this
clause.
"The amounts paid under this agree
ment to be refunded in whole OF in part
in case the legislature of Maine shall in
demnifv the subscribers hereto in whole
u - L poi - dr;sod ~, s,,ob ,ron,i-
nase uoo1 is ada,'e p,,+ ~ and Hon
wv ,l1o ~ .,.' x,o,,,r o+hors If vonr
a " -. 49, thas, tho,,aht T. r;ght and inst
eiIy Sn@. lily Snou F. af e. The ,,orsv
aol .ne tes isi az ,;u w a;+;zons Chief
1 gs ~ ~ H. o;t;zens Of Ran
ouslloG 4i "n.. oo1 ,,d He
IT,, ,oa;uad bv mo from ali narts
ii s W, Deen io0oi'oo ~ NO A-o - ~
u M MelI In,;,1,; ,+o;,,s about e1o ooo
&c h,s;1 D .ta,;aI suob az Granite
~ Du ato eontr;bntad hv the manufae,
4, l, o Of Maine The location of the
i'au:1l: ~ 80 +ha ve,.u hec+ In tbe
Duilulng 10 oale =, .no seny nG1S for the
6AposlIieo4 s Fly TS;,, osars h., the
c e =, noi; Sh; a., .,A'' ~
oons " In' ana - a,no-a o,,r Roard wonld
las Mo h you ." ab1;%ed n abandon tbis LOT
1900; paen Taila NT;cb;@an and nearly
- H., anan,,a frnr, tho main art
i hUiI %so ond Iave talan rear lot nro-
,,;dnd rs ,va,.a Iir,,i,ed to +ha s1O OOo an
, 800, made hv the IeGislature in
1pooI
io p.ot cotton had ~ .ba taken in or
at az s;t n" es +ba Sons Of Maine
h hod -, n,nrnisad - tho E~nos;t;on Comnanv
t nau p cox o 600 hn;Id;nn should he erecrea
&c a ass;e %o,I4 w Waina 0nr Roard at the
+ - soolS tha ~ ,,,aat;n% If Iba State Roard
o I'M Toaao =, P;Jdaford bad haen fem
Jarod h,,;ldino ,oaterials to the value of
10 oH e1n coo hnt We had found that in
49,. " sna;l o,,rsoives If tba benefit Of
49, W +ho S1o 900 nrovid II
IlosI Sta+ a,'iS ~ he r;ent for
~ ~ .m $1,000 ota o Mo +ha hr;iding and that
e ~ $1,000 additional wonId he re-
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