The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-10

HOW the tsnStt was iss3ttnau,
The work of securing the subsidy vas
completed yesterday with "A finai rush
which carried the gross total beyond the
finishing point OF $4,000. About y. m.
when the committee stili needed over
5000. solicitors went out Ia Inherent d.
recffOns with the determination of secur-
Ing the balance before evening. The re-
Spouse 10 this last effort WAS cordial and
generous AS the solicitors returned TO
the office OF the committee between and
o'clock each was surprised At the sue
cess OF the others. One thousand dollars
had come In from the Police Relief Asso-
cfation; then ts09p came In from tho
trnion Electric Company and 1000 from
the Seattle Gas and Electric Light Com
many Following these land subsidy
came IN from tae Kirkland Land and I'm
provemept Company valued at 81. go. and
other smaller sums. III the total had
reached Sdas sl5, tie total subscriptions
for the dag being $3.50.
Every one about the committee office
was highly pleased a. the splendid result
and with the enthusiastic spirit IN which
fha anal mark had been reached and
passed
4 Review of the subsidy.
In Speaking OF the work which has thus
been brought 10 a happy conclusion. Mr..
WOOD said TO "A Post-intellisencer re-
..whle the "a ,or - gathering ir. the
subsidy has been an aTsiuouF task for a
large number Of persons, and has con-
suneea more time than the committee had
a. nrst expected. The subsidy campaign
= ,,starfheless a pleasant experience 10
80, tark 20 The corps of once assist
an.s have given their help entirely with
1,,t cornpensatton. and no sci of salarief
,er a. fhe city have been more punctnaf
or faithful than the volunteers In the
s,,hslsy Office during the six weeks OK
-
..-rse fris.,fs OF the canal project hava
-, =, nuraerous. industrious and en-
.h,ast,.atl. that Il was Impossible for the
sgor, - fail II has been essentially q
movement Of the r%op3e Tns bst OF
r.,,,. goo subscribers represents all
- ard huSsness interest OF fhe SOrn-
r.nt,v II Is kr fact really cosmopolitan.
s-...r containing ffss names of many Chi
-. and Jagsanp@a business men % fns
~s.v To see Row fully and generally fhe
r,s-,pla OF small means nave done their
dggtv II ~ only necessary 70 note tHe
a,-arzee size ot the s'ItsscripTsons, a'hich
= fo,tnd by dlyidsng the total ErOss sub
.~rfptsc,r, OF So. go BY the namber -
sr,f,serit-erA, which Is about 3.og9. giving
uSg as me average size OF All Of The sub
scrGptlons.
.-T,,,s subscriptions ranged IN aaloInt
fron $500 TO 81.
The committees cannot nov give fhs
4nb@~ ot Ffsdkss OF tf~ 3ifI Isfefis
a,,,o,,uss bur & - estimated thar ffsre
49, pex.rgy 100 subscriptions for 800
each.
.fTne small percentage OF 1iNNs fns
r,as@ on ehe esgttfs' flHt by the appraiRe-
rn.ut committee has b@en matter 81
s,f~.,eisa t. rary. bat when Inc At
r-.sgs srsrzt committees examined the In
for-urtfon vn2eb had been carefully So
cured from Subscribers. X was found that
nearly ala o. the Subscribers. even fhe
araafbqs ssFs % ueFS ot real estate IN
the city. mars - them owning 80 fnue n
"A C make faFIg saoseriFstorss gseFn sr-
.fresy too small TIE su6ss1y ~ -
rhersfors rot only good. hfgt Is vsrv
| good, being backed up BY she energy.