Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-15
HAS A GREAT BIG JOB
MANAGER LOOMAS. OF CONVENTION
HALL, IS BUSY.
He Begins Arrangement of the Prize
Tickets Preparatory to the
Drawing January .-Orders
Are Still Coming In.

About the biggest job J. P. Loomas. the
manager of Convention hall. ever tackled
was the one which confronted him yester-
day morning when he began to make an
inventory and get into shape for the grand
drawing on January . of the thousands of
donations TO the Convention hail concert
prize fund. The gifts have been of all
sorts. kinds and conditions, and have come
tumbling in upon a very busy committee
and its assistants in such irregular ways
that the records are somewhat chaotic.
Some of the gifts have not been delivered.
only the offer mad and accepted; others.
like professional services. are of such a
nature that they cannot be delivered. But
all must be listed and arranged and Il ticket
made for each gift before the drawing
takes place.
Just how the gifts will be distributed has
not Vet been decided positively. The pre-
V;tilinS idea seems to be that it will be
best TO have two wheels. In one of these
duplicates for the 10000 tickets which have
been sold will be placed. In the other
there will be a ticket for each of the gifts,
and the estimate as to their number runs
all the way from loco to 25.00o. The gift
wheel will be revolved and Il ticket with
the name of some gift will be drawn out.
Then the ticket wheel will be revolved, and
whatever ticket is drawn out will take
the gift which has just been Drawn from
the gift wheel. and the result will be an
nounced to the. audience. All of this part
OF the work will be in the hands of prom
inent and entirely disinterested citizens.
and all the preliminary details will be
carefully arranged SO that there can be no
annoying blunders of any kind and the
entire drawing will be perfectly fair TO
everybody. Manipulated in this way, it
will take a long time to get through with
the tremendous list of gifts. Estimates
place the time at from two days TO a week.
and It seems very probable that the COM
mittee of citizens conducting the drawing
will be oblised to work in relays.
II Is going TO crowd everybody to get
The heating apparatus and seats are eX-
pected TO be in by that time and must be if
me concerts can take place with any COM
fort to the people. The contractors say
that they will be ready and the work is
proceeding night and day to that end, (but
there is much to do vet 10 the big build
is not expected TO have it thoroughly COM
pleted in detail for the gift concert. though
everything is promised entirely complete
for the formal dedication with Sousa'S
band on February -.
The people of Kansas City and vicinity
seem loath to quit buying the gift concert
tickets. Several thousand orders have been
received for tickets since the entire lou. 600
had been closed out. The committee is be-
ing besiesed on all hand to issue and sell
mere tickets. but its members declare they
will keep faith with the public and live up
TO their promise to sell hut the LOO. 900.
They say they have all the money they
need. anyway. for entirely completing the
building and do not need more.
Very many applications for the Use of
Convention hall have been received. but
Manager Loomas will not take up this part
of the work until after he gets the gift
| matter Well under way.
Kansas City still continues the envied of
all cities on account of her phenomenal
success in building the great auditorium.
| indianapolis and Des Moines are very anX-
ious to attempt something similar and are
continually writing for pointers as to
how it was done Many other cities eX-
hibit similar interest and all agree that
| Kansas City is n wonderful place and thai
her people are wonderful people.