Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-17
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Exposition Directory on Sale Of Plant to the
IS Her Syndicate
BID ACCEPTED WITH SOME CONDITIONS
Price OHered Exceeds that from Any
of the WreckinE COntractors-
History Injunction PrOvOkes
. Lively Discussion.

= Lively Discussion.
Nothing Is lacking but the acceptance Of
some minor notifications Of the proposition /,
made by p. E. Iler and others to purchase
the exposition property for s17.50o, to insure
the closing OF the deal. At the special
meeting OF the Board OF Directors which
was called yesterday to pass on this and
other proposals the Iler bid was accepted
on condition that its promoters would agree
to take the property by November Il and
consent to such additions to the contract as
were considered advisable to fully protect
the Exposition association.
This action was recommended by unan-
imous report OF the executive committee
which accompanied the bids. The highest
bid for the purchase and removal Of the
buildings was $15,519, offered by the Chicago
Wrecking company. composite tabula-
tion of the highest bids on each particular
building amounted to an aggregate Of $16,-
515, which represented twenty-nine bidders.
After stating these facts the committee
recommended that the 1ler bid be accepted
as the quickest and most satisfactory way
Of disposing of the property. 1t was on con-
dition, however, that the sale should be con-
summated, the entire amount paid and pos
that releases should be procured from the
principal property owners and a satisfactory
bond be given to insure the restoration OF
the grounds. 1t was provided that In case
the promoters should not accede to these
conditions the executive committee should
have authority to dispose Of the property
to the other bidders. s .....
Manager Kirkendall submitted bid OF
$4,000 for the power house and three West
inghouse engines that had been made since
the other bids we're received, burt this was
not considered at this time.
The motion to adopt the committee report
was discussed at some length and the senti-
! ment Of the directory seemed very equally
divided. 1t was shown that while the ae-
ceptance of the bids on the buildings and
plumbing alone would leave the exposition
an amount of chattel property that ought
| to be worth from $4,000 to $4,000 addi-
tional, this was more than Offset by the
| saving OF the cost Of restoring the grounds
| that would be accomplished by accepting
| the ner bid
| Better for the stockholders.
| Manager Rosewater explained that in rec
| ommending the acceptance of this bid the
executive committee had acted solely with
a view to getting the most money out OF
| 1t for the stockholders and Of getting rid
Of the property at once. He said that it was
costing the association about $500 day to
protect the property and consequently every
days delay meant just so much actual loss
All things considered, it had been decided
that the Iler bid was the most desirable
leaving all question of what was to be done
| with the property out Of consideration.
Several directors opposed the report or
thn hat cad tn NH he
property with view to an exposition next
year. Others contended that the directory
had no business to speculate on what the
purchaser intended to do with the property
but was legally bound to dispose Of it tt
| the best bidder. After some further debate
the report was adopted as follows:
Ayes-Babcock, Brandeis. Brown, Hussie
| Fitzpatrick, Kirkendall, Lindsey, Markell
Murphy. Rosewater, Saunders Dudley Smith
Wattles. Wilhelm, Yost, Youngs-16.
Noes-carpenter. Evans. johnson. Kim
ball, Lee, Henderson. Metz, Montgomery
Payne, Price, A. G.. Smith, Wilcox-12.
This was the only business to be trans
acted but General Henderson claimed tn,
floor for the purpose Of introducing a reso
luton. This referred to his previous effor
to absorb $10 900 of the funds of the exposi
tion for the purpose Of compiling an "ofh
cial history" Of the exposition under the di
recton Of a committee Of which he was him
self chairman. and the consequent restrain
ing order which was issued by the distric
court to prevent this illegal disposition o
the stockholders money. The resolution
cited the history Of the deal at length, de
| clared that it had been passed by a nearl
unanimous vote Of the directory and tina
, every other exposition had made a simira
expenditure. In this connection he took oc
casion to insert few sarcastic reflection
/ on Manager Rosewater for his opposition I
the scheme and concluded by authorizing tn
executive committee to take measures to re
sist the injunction proceedings.
Something About Histories.
: The resolution was met by vigorous op
position by Manager Rosewater. He de
clared that the fact was that the resolutio
g to which General Henderson referred ha
s never been legally passed by the board {
] directors. 1t had been brought in and pushe
through at the close of meeting after sew
eral members had gone away and when II
| quorum was present. He also corrected tn
h | statement that other eXpositions had mad
k such an expenditure. The history Of tn
: Chicago exposition had been published
o Appleton G. Co. at their own expense.
u similar course had been followed at Atlant
| and in every case the material had been ful
nished by the Department Of Publicity.
During Mr.. Rosewater's remarks NJ
i Henderson interrupted him frequently wit
u satirical comments and finally Mr.. Rost
water turned to him and declared that l
had stood his insults long enough. 81 ma
= have never presided over the United stat'
senate" he answered, "but am an Amel
lean citizen and in every respect your peer
:, He pontedly remarked that he had NJ
80 thrown cold water on the exposition ente
=, prise in Its incipiency and concluded by sta
- ing that he had applied for the injunction
= the solicitation Of numerous stockholde
: who were indignant at the attempt
squander their money in such fashion.
II General Henderson made a long speech
10 support OF his resolution. He admitted tn
10 he had not been believer in the exposltic
! at the start, but declared that after 1t W,
under way and he was made member
the board Of directors he had never public
belittled II. After some further discuss {
g the Objectionable preamble was eliminate
from the resolution and II was then adopte