Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-04
DAYLIGHT IN Sight.
TIE PoMPEIIAN FErs is PRETTY CERTAINLY
A $50"
A Meeting Last Night at Which Matters Came
10 a Focus-A Number Of Gentleman Guar
an!ss the Affair, on the Basis Of Sub
scriptious Made, if the OhambsrOf
Commerce. Will Endorse 1t

That Wheeling will have the proposed
representation Ct the Last Days OF
Pompeil," is about as certain as auy-
thing to transpire in the future can be-
Something over four thousand dollars
in subscriptions have been made, and
with what is still in sight, a number OF
gentlemen have decided TO assume the
risk Of the affair, only STIMULATING that
the Chamber OF Commerce shall meet
tomorrow evening and endorse the
project.
They do not ask that there shall be
any subscriptions Of money at this
meeting for tomorrow, but they wish
it Understood that the doors are open
for any and all gentlemen who wish to
range themselves alongside OF those as
suming the risk, and will be glad to
~half-a-dozen or a dozen more gentlemen
come In with them. This Is not indis-
pensible, however, and If the Chamber
will but meet tomorrow evening, with
a good representation, and pass a SIM
pie resolution of approval and support,
the promoters Of the biggest spectacu-
lar performance Wheeling has ever had
will be content to go ahead.
The way these gentlemen figure 1t Is
about this:-Over four thousand dollars
have already been subscribed for boxes,
or is as good as subscribed, and some
more of the same sort Of thing is in
sight. Mr.. Pain has stated that he feels
sure that he can produce q man who
will pay two Thousand dollars for the
privileges Of the affair, such as selling
opera glasses, supplying soft drinks,
cushions, selling candy, etc, and run
the Pompeiidn Herald. The receipts OF
! Saturday, July 1st, and of July 4th, are
figured at eight to ten thousand dollars
in the aggregate, and there is left but
five or six thousand dollars to be made
up on the other eight performances.
| Gentlemen did q great deal Of figuring
and calculating, yesterday, and last
evening they were prepared to make,
and did make, through Mr.. George
House, a proposition TO assume the risks
Of the Fete II the Chamber Of Commerce
would lend its hearty support in the
manner indicated above.
At last evenings meeting Mr.. House
presided temporarily, Ia the absence OF
Mr.. Quarter, and was later relieved
by Mr.. Henry Baer. A number OF
prominent and public-spirited gentle
men were present, and the matter was
discussed for a long time with MI.
Skif, the representative Of Mr.. Pain.
Mr.. Skiff pressed the gentlemen for a
definite answer at once, as he said the
time was getting very short for q pre-
s~entation OF the first performance on
the first day OF July, but after a great
deal OF discussion 1t was agreed by him
that perhaps the proper amount OF ad-
yertising could be done il he had a
definite answer by telegraph Monday
night, and on this understanding the
meeting of the Chamber to endorse and
not subscribe will be held tomorrow
evening. After the Chamber acts in
the manner indicated, Mr.. Skiff will be
wired, and he will at once telegraph
orders to get the plant in readiness
to be shipped to Wheeling, and or
der the printing OF two thousand
Autographs, the necessary posters, etc.
The formal contract will be signed up
with the promoters Of the enterprise
later. Mr.. Skiff expects to get his
plant here about the sixteenth or seven
teenth of the present month, and two
weeks will be required TO set 1t up, as
there is an immense amour OF work to
be done, the value Of the plant to come
to Wheeling being fifty thousand dol
lars. 1t was agreed last night that the
ground where the exhibition is to be
given should be known as Island Park,
and it will so go down upon the bills.
The lake to be prepared will be sew
enty-fve feet wide by two hundred and
fifty to three hundred feet long, and
about three feet deep, and will contain
abo ut eighteen inches of water. This
lake will lie between the audience and
the spectacle proper. The grand stand
will be made TO seat ten thousand peo-
pie, and will be about fifty feet wide by
three hundred feet long. Mr.. Skiff last
evening went over a vast amount Of
details with the gentlemen present,
saving, among other things, that he
would advise the printing Of an edition
OF two hundred thousand copies Of the
Pompetidn Herald, by the privilege
man, for distribution, and gave minute
instructions about the advertising of
the affair, through the posters, litho-
graphs, ETC., to- be furnished by the
Pain Company.
The railroads have already guaran-
teed a rate Of one fare for the round
trip to all points within a hundred
miles or so Of this city, good through
the entire stretch of ten performances,
and an immense attendance OF out-of-
town people is confidently expected.
Subscriptions for whole aud fractional
| boxes have been coming In reasonably
well, and a member Of the Committee
/ on Subscription said last evening he
thought seventy boxes would be Sc
cured, the way things were now going.
More than four thousand dollars of this
Is already assured, and work is still TO
60 on.
AS has been stated, things are now in
lust such shape that a meeting Of the
| Chamber Of Commerce tomorrow even-
ing to endorse the project Is all that Is
REQUIRED to ensure success, and there
should be q rousing attendance Of bust
ness men to do this. The gentlemen
assuming the risk OF bringing this
! grand spectacle to Wheeling only want
to be assured that the business end OF
the community is interested, as they are
convinced the people at large are with
them enthusiastically.
Before breakfast Bromo-Seltzer
Acts as a bracer-triai bottle 10 cts.