The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1894-01-06
Report of Worlds Fair Conn
missfomers.

What purporte to be the final
report OF the Arizona Worlds Fair
Commissioners is published in the
Arizona Enterprise of Dec. oath.
We use the phrase "what purports
to be" advisedly, as the only finan-
cial statement made in the Enter
prise is that covering the receipts
and disbursements on account of
the mineral exhibit, comprising
less than one-half of the total ex-
penditures from Arizona's Worlds
Fair fund However; we find the
omitted data published in the
Arizona Republican and Phoenix
Herald of Dec. Esd. Why the
Enterprise withheld it is unex-
planned, unless it be that the
figures too plainly show the mis-
appropriation of the funds.
The statement of the disburse-
ments for the mineral exhibit is
amply sufficient, however, to prove
that q large part of the appropria-
ton was frittered away. The cost of
collecting the mineral exhibits was
$4,211.O3; freight on came, ST.
284.88-total, $5,495.91. Cost of
Installation, salary and transpor-
tation of agent and commissioner,
$6.647.8I; w. K. Meade, travelling
expenses on shipment of ores,
$500; w. G. Barnes, ditto, $3O4-
which show that the expenditures
on account of the mineral exhibits,
aside from the cost of collection
and freight to Chicago reached the
extravagant sum of $7,2!2.41,
making the total disbursements
for minerals $12,758.32,
It should be remembered that
almost all the ores and minerals
displayed were gratuitous dona-
tions, and in addition the Copper
Queen Company generously paid
half the salary of an assistant at
the mineral exhibit during the en-
tire six months of the exposition.
We CLEAN from Ethe statement
published in the Republican and
Herald that the Fair Commits |
sioners drew mileage and per diem
aggregating $7,102.44. Among
the benefciaries of this money is
W. c. Barnes, who served only a
portion of the time, and succeeded |
W. o. O'Neill, 81, ,3O263 (O'Neill
received s5O7.3O); S. P. Behan {who
served only portion of the time,
succeeding w. J. Brannen) $1,-I
272.7O (Brannen received $711.7D; |
R. C. Brown, $874.15; w. K.
Meade, $675; Geo. +. Coates, 5000;
The Arizona Gazette was paid
$1,000 for 10000 copies of it's
Worlds Fair edition, while 67,-
600 copies of the creditable publ
cation, "Arizona," by T. K. Sorin,
cost only $3O1.O9.
The cost of the Arizona building
is stated at $3,249. SO; furniture /
and fixtures Give chairs, a desk,
table, rug and register, and rented |
piano, chairs and lounge) $36O.5l;
maintenance of building 1857.
Wool cost 4230-the commits
sioners should have bought more,
as there was not enough
to pull over the eyes of Arizona
people.
N. 5. Berrey, ella county's COM
missioner, expended of the ap-
preparation $218.65, the commits
sioner of Cochise county, S349.9O,
and of Graham county, $340.l4.
The display of ores from these
three counties were the best IN
exhibit. h
There was originally appro-
priated for Maricopa county 81 ,O4O,
all of which was expended and not
a cabbage stalk or kernel Of grain
to show for it. A special allowance
of $343. 50 was subsequently made
to Maricopa.
The furniture in the Arizona
building, which is alleged to have
cost $360,51, at the close of the
Exposition, was sold for $21! and as
nothing is said about the building,
we presume that was thrown in.