The morning call., 1893-08-29
SI1ainWaId to No Longer
Manage Them.
THE GRADING AT THE PARK.
Subscriptions to Be Collected After
Next Thursday-Change in the
Press Agent Probable.


To the Erec,ttire Committee Of the Cdlifor-
mia Ntd1cinteF International E1posSti0n-
GENTLEMEN: On July 20 at your urgent so
lcitaIlOn 1 accented The position of financial
manager OF lhe California Midwinter Interna-
tiona Exposition. Al that time it was repre-.
sented to me, and generally understood, that
the raising of the necessary subscriptions
would be easily and quickly finished, but ii has
since developed that every moment OF my time
for months will be absorbed in this endeavor,
and that probably no one man could accom-
piiSh the task even by deYotipg his entire at
tentlOn TO it.
Under these circumstances, being deeply in
teIeSted in the success of the exposition, |
would earnestly request that the obtaining OF
further subscriptions and the financial man.
agement be relegated back 10 the finance CON-
mittee that originally had charge thereof,
whose greater numbers and earnest work in the
past give promise of fuller and Speedier sue
cess than could be hoped for from the efforts of
With my most earnest wishes for the success
OF the fair. and my sincere thanks for the many
kindneSses shown me by your board, am. very
sincerely yours, HERMANN SHAINWALD.
In reply, Mr.. Shainwald was addressed
as follows:
Your letter OF August 26 has been received
by the executive committee and as much as
we dislike 10 part with you and lose your valu-
able counsel and assistance, we will accede TO
your request 10 no longer keep you from your
business, which you so kindly volunteered to
leave al time when your assistance was
greatly needed.
In accepting your resignation from the posi-
tOn as financial manager which you have so
ably filled, we do so with regret and congratu-
late you upon the great success you have at
tanned In that department through tile thor
Oughlv busness-like methods you have adopted
and the large amount of subscriptions you
have received for the Midwinter Fair Yours
very sincerely, NJ. FL. DE YOUNG, President.
No successor to Mr. Shainwald will be
appointed, at least for the present The
executive committee, adopting his sugges-
ton, will reegate the monetary work to
hors Of hn fIta
on whom it will devolve to fill the ex-
cheQuer on the lines originally planned.
Director General de Young, who went to
Del Monte last week, returned yesterday
morning and resumed the active manage
ment of the MidWinter Fair. In reference
to the workingmen'S resO utiOn asking whv
the executive committee had let the grad
ing contract for S5S75 when two offers had
been received to do the work without cost,
he said:
The offers of free work. to which refer
enee is made came from the same firm,
BucRman, Warren & Malley, to whom the
contract has since been awarded. The
gratuitous labor, which these contractors
were willing 10 perform, applied only TO
portion Of the grading. and that under the
original plans which have since been su-
perseded by the designs under which we
are now working. The offer to do the
work free was in reality proposition to
deduct $500 from the contract price. Other
contracting firms wished TO bid by the
yard. The park authorizes estimated that
the grading would cost over $4,000. The
offer accepted was the best submitted, and
when it was accepted the firm voluntarily
deducted $3.50 from the contract price.
Il am greatly encouraged By the present
outlook" continued the director-general,
in answer to questions. The cash re-
ceiyed today by the finance department
aggregated $4,000, apart from subscrl ptionS.
We have received assurances from the
finance committee that a large increase in
subscriptions will be made this week.
Some wealthy citizens who at first denied
US are now ioosening their pursestriDgs, to
the great advantage of the fair funds.
"In many parts of the interior, too, our
appeal has been met with a gratifying re-
sp0nse. Alameda, Santa Clara, Sacrament
TO and other countries will contribute to
the preliminary expenses of the exposition,
and II is going to be a larger and better ex-
position than has ever been heretofore
anticipated. Its prospects grow brighter
day by day, and good deal of hard work
viii suffice TO make it a brilliant success.
THE Importance of the fair in the eyes
OF Eastern and foreign exhibitors has in
creased wonderfully since the adoption by
Congress of the act making the Mid
winter Fair buildings bonded warehouses
and constituting the fair an International
exposition.
Applications for space and ropositions
for the purchase of privileges have been
pouring in as a result of the Cougressiona al
action, and we are obliged to exercise
great caution not to tie ourselves up with
contracts too early IN the game. We are
prohtlng by the experiences of our Chicago
friends in arranging the exposition, and
our affairs are In very good shape"
The reorganization of the force of en-
plOyes is being continued. and it was in
timated yesterday that the next appoint
ment would be that of competent press
agent. The interior papers are making
daily demands for information, and an eX-
perienced journalist will be able to secure
job The appointment has been dele
ga ed to the drectoT-general by the other
members of the executive committee
Out at the site of the buildings, north
west of the buffalo inclosure in the park,
busy scene was Witnessed Yesterday.
The work OF 100 laborers and 200 teams
was watched by crowd of visitors. Rauid
progress in levelng the sandy mounds was
made, and shrubbery, roots of treeseand d
pieces of rock have been taken away, so
that the spot presents clean ana level
appearance.
yesterday at headquarters, with the follow
Ing present: Argentine Republic, j. L.
Schleiden; Austro- Hungarian Empire,
Francis KOrbel; Belgium, L. &. TaInm ;
Chile, Nephtali Guerrero; China, Ii Yung
9ew; Denmark. j. Simpson; France, L.
Rosenthai; Great Britain, Denis Dono-
hoe; Greece. d. G. Camarinos: HaNai
Islands. c. S. Wilder; Italy, g. Branchi ;
Japan. Sutemi Chinda; Mexico, AIexande er
K. Coney; Peru, j. Emilio Lassns; Portu-
gal, j. de Costa Duarte; Spain, Jorge
Madrilley; Sweden and Norway, Henry
LuDd; Uruguay. Jose Costa; Roumania,
w. T. von Johannsen.
The director-general addressed the Con-
suls, stating that the official notification
direct to their respective Governments not
having yet been received, the meeting
was called in the interest OF the citizens OF
the different countries which they repre-.
sented. He suggested that the Consuls
should call meetings of their countrymen
and form local auxiliary committee of
say nine members to corporate with the
foreigners now organizing in Chicago. The
sdirector-general stated that representa-
tives of Great Britain. Italy, Belgium.
France. Germany, Spain, Austria, Mo-
rocco Switzerland and Russia had already
organized in Chicago.
he then suggested that the object of the
local auxiliary committees of the foreign
ers, residents of San Francisco, should be
10 assist in the following ways: l. By CO.
operating with the foreign commissioners
formed in Ehipapo Rv LOT 1