The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-08
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DABNEY's REPORT ON THE Gov
ERNMENT's SHOW AT ATLANTA.

Tgle Regulations Governing the
$2OO,OO0 Appropriation Complied
with and SI2,OOO of the Amount
Remained 10 BE Turned Back 10
the GOvernment-Eight Executive
Departments Represented i'm the
ENhibIt-HOw the Floor Space Was
Divided.
Washington, Feb. 7.-Assistant Secre-
tary Dabney of the department of agrl-
culture has completed his report to the
President as chairman of the board OF
managers of the United States exhibit at
the Cotton States and International expo
sition at Atlanta, held in 1895.
In the letter OF transmittal accompany
ing the report Mr.. Dabney recites, that
under the sundry civil act, approved Aug.
is, 1884, the government authorized an ex-
hibt by the government Of the United
States Of "such articles and materials as
illustrate the function and administrative
faculty OF the government" and approprl-
ated for the expense of such exhibit 'S200
COO of which $4,000 was for building and
of the $l50OOO remaining not more than
$4,000 was to be expended for clerical SER
vices, How carefully this fund was dis
bursed is hown by the fact that the build
AAAo tboA Ft9I wv anu lIc EAAllDll DlOpCL PAooS-
2Si.S0, of which $4,ss401 only was for cleri-
cal services. Thus. after carrying out
fully and creditably the purposes of the
appropriation. over $4,000 remained to be
turned back into the United States treas
ury
The exhibit represented the functions
of the eight executive departments, tho
Smithsonian and National Museum and
fish commission each OF which contrbut-
cd one report to the board of management.
The ten members designated were as fol-
lows: Edward /. Renick, chief clerk, d..
| partment Of state Charles Il. Kemper
chief executive officer, supervising archi-
| tects Office. treasury department.; Capt.
| Thomas II. Barry, u. S. A.. war depart
ment; Commander Charles ]. Train, u.
S. NJ, navy department; Kerr Craig, third
assistant postmaster general, postoffice
department. r. w. Clark, chief chemist,
geological survey, department of the in
terror; Frank Strong, general agent, de-
partment of JUSTICE Charles w. Dabney,
Jr., assistant secretary. department Of ag-
rieulture; q. Brown Goode, assistant Sec
retary Smithsonian Institution, in charge
OF national museum; Tarleton II. Bean,
| assistant IN charge of division of fish cul-
| ture, commission of fish and fisheries.
| Mr.. Dabney became chairman of the
board by appointment of the President.
! The only change In the personnel Of the
board as above was the substitution on
May !, 1895. of DIR. w De c. RaVenel for
service.
w. ]. Adams was elected secretary and
disbursing officer and was appoints custo-
dian of the building and property.
The building comprised total floor area
of $500 feet of which 10000 feet were oc-
cupied by the main aisles, leaving 5000
for strictly exhibition purposes, an aver
| age of 1890 feet for each institution repre-
. | Sente0. To only three denaftmontg- how
| ever, the treasury, war and navy was this
amount Of space allotted. The departments
of justice and state had 800 feet each and
/ the postofiice department 2156 feet. The in
| terror took 500, the Smithsonian 7.444
| while TO the department Of agriculture and
fish commission 5000 feet each was allott-
| ed
OF the amounts actually expended the
aste spgs y Sst Nstt Of he the @
| 476.32, and then the state department, g.,
W.99. The share Of the treasury was
| nearly $4,000, ard that of the war and
navy over $4,000, over two-thirds Of this
4 sum, however, being expended by the lat
ter The largest expenditure was by the
| Smithsonian Institute, $24,2i6.73. The in
| terror department expended $22O22.33, FISH
| commission $2O,6S9.S0. and fourth in order
was the department Of agriculture with ex-
| pendltures slightly exceeding $4,000. The
general expenses amounted 20 $lS,3 SO.
BY permission Of the Secretary Of War,
OF aI the s01 shippng p % and receiving g. % of freight
| pertaining to the exhibit, ex-commissary
Sergeant John Shelton being assigned 20
assist him as transportation clerk. The
| goods received aggregated 81 car loads
| comprising 1908 packages Of which not a
| single one was lost or misaid, nor was
/ anything broken which could be attribut-
| ed to the neglect of those In charge or
this vast amount of material much could
| not for lack of accom- mmodation, be stored
In the government buildings at Washing
ton. A considerable number of the exhib-
it's, therefore, were temporarily loaned on
receipts given to the different depart
| ments to museums, and educational insti-
tutions In the south to be returned when
ever called for.
with a brief but earnest tribute to DR..
George Il. Goode and A. Il. EARL and X.
| s. Matthews, who were associated with
/ DR. Goode in the installation and care or
the exhibit, all Of whom have died in the
progress of the work.
lowed by a list of the awards OF the board
Of awards to the United states govern
ment departments, bureaus and 1ndlVid-
uals, whose services were deemed worthy
| of recognition In the preparation and ar
rangement OF the government exhibits.
representatives of the various DEPART
ments the Smithsonian Institution, ma
| tional museum and the fisn commission.
The report has not been published ana
exists only in the form OF typewriter cop
les Of which four are In existence suitably
hound for preservation. While no doubt
these copies wiz be so disposed OF as 70
be available for the Information or those
who NAV be charged with similar duties
IN the future, the typewriter form ts
hardly suitable for permanent book of
reference Each one OF the four copies In
existence Is emheilished with several Illus
trations In photo-engraving, blue PRINT
and photographs.