Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-14
WORLDS FAIR MEETING.
Full Attendance and Much Business
Transacted.
Col. T. B. Mills Appointed Superin-
tendent and Executive
Officer.

Pursuant to call the territorial board
of Worlds fair commissioners met at the
Palace hotel, Monday afternoon, February
ID, 1898. Present: Judge W. 7. Thorn
ton, Santa Fe, president; W. Fl. II. Level
Ign, Las Cruces, secretary; E. V. Chavez,
Socorro, treasurer; Mrs. J. g. Albright, of
the board Of Lady Managers, and her alter
nate, Miss Lucia Perea, of Albuquerque;
Col. 7. B. Mills, superintendent of the
New Mexico exhibit; ]. G. Albright,
Of Albuquerque; Prof. A. E. Blount, of
the Agricultural College at Las Cruces;
also W. B. Sloan, of Santa Fe, and A. L.
Van Antwerp, of Albuquerque.
A great deal of routine business was
transacted and correspondence disposed
of. It was resolved that Col. Z. B.
Mills, of Las Vegas, be appoint
ed superintendent of the collection
and arrangement of the New Mexico ex
hibit at Chicago with salary of $3.50
per month and necessary travelling ex-
perses; he to present an itemized account
of expenses when away from home, and
that the superintendent be and hereby is
authorized to proceed to Chicago and
procure and present plans for occupying
the space allotted to New Mexico, in the
different departments, excepting the
women's department, and SO soon as ap-
proved, to enter into contract with the
Beattie Manufacturing company, of St.
Louis, for furnishing said space at cost
not to exceed $4,000 and provided that
they will do the work as cheaply as any
one else; and further that he be given
copy of this resolution, which will be his
authority to represent this board at Chi
cago, and that he also be furnished with a
certified copy of the recent act of the
legislative assembly of New Mexico au-
thorizing this board to take charge of
and control New Mexicos exhibit at
the Worlds fair; and that he be further
authorized, so soon as the plans of furn-
ishing space shall be agreed upon, to re-
turn Immediately to New Mexico and
proceed to the collection of the exhibit of
every county in the territory, perform
ing the work by correspondence where
there is no necessity for visiting the
counties, and that he report bi-monthly
his progress to this board, and that he be
authorized to employ not more than two
men to aid him in preparing and arrang-
ing the exhibit. This resolution re-
peals and revokes all former resolutions
in conflict Herewith.
A resolution was then passed authoriZ-
ing Major Llewellyn to rent a warehouse
in Albuquerque for receiving and storing
the exhibits.
It was resolved that the resolution
heretofore adopted allowing $75 for an
assistant secretary be withdrawn, and
that Major LlewelIyn be allowed $25 per
month for this purpose. It was resolved
that the fruit jars now at Wagon Mound
be shipped to Albuquerque and stored
there.
A number of letters from the manage
ment at Chicago and from number of
persons in the territory concerning ex-
hibits were turned over to Supt. Mills,
with instructions to act thereon. letter
was read from Mrs. Z. f. S. Paulin, of
Bloomfield, San Juan county, concerning
the Indian industrial exhibit, which has
been collected by the women of San Juan
county, and approved, and the collection
accepted with thanks.
In accordance with resolution pre-
viously adopted, draft was drawn for
$1,127.5O in favor of Henry Bennett, of
Chicago, for one half of New Mexico's
proportion for the construction of the
joint territorial building, less 10 per cent
withheld.
1t was further resolved that draft be
drawn in favor of Prof. j. G. Carrera, for
5000 on account of this boards contract
with him for relief model of the terri
tory.
1t was further resolved, that draft be
given to Prof. A. E. Blount, in payment
of expenses incurred in coming from Las
Cruces to Santa Fe, to attend the meeting
of this board.
By resolution Mrs. Franc Luse Al
bright is authorized to collect and de-
liver to Supt. T. B. Mills at Albuquerque
such articles as come from the woman's
department and to take his receipt there
for.
It is further ordered that the superin-
tendent be required to give $4,000 bond
for the safe return of all articles re-
ceived from private parties, the bond to
be executed by some guarantee or insur-
ance company, satisfactory to this
board, the premium to be paid by this
board.
By resolution Mrs. Albright is author
zed to collect exhibits connected with
the womans' department from the coun-
ties of Colfax, San Miguel, Santa Fe,
Bernalillo, Valencia, Socorro, Sierra,
Grant and Dona Ana, and this board will
pay the travelling expenses actually in
Cured in making such trip.
At 5:30it was moved and seconded to
adjourn till Tuesday morning at $3.50.
The board resumed its session at 10 a.
m. to-day. Present, all members of the
board except Major Miguel Salazar. The
morning was consumed in auditing &C.
counts and settling bills. Col. T B.
Mills, the newly appointed perintendent,
left this morning for Chicago.
The board is considering the PROPOSE
ton to have cast a solid silver statue
representing prospector and miner,
large loans of silver having been offered
the board for that purpose.
The board will adjourn this afternoon.
The first payment of SLIPS on the New
Mexico building in accordance with the
architects estimates was paid to day.
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