The times., 1901-03-09
A NEAT SURPLUS REALIZED
The Inauguration Receipts More
Than Meet Expenses.

sir. Edison Takes Few Days OF
WciI-ryarncd RcSt-Thc Awards for
ti,c Illumination Prfzcs-Thc Sub
xcriptIons to the Guaranty Fund.
John JOY Edison, Chairman Of the inau-
-uraI Committee, left the city last night
on the Norfolk steamer for old Point
Comfort. where he goes to enjoy rest.
He was accompanied by A. B. Browne,
Chairman OF the Inaugural Committee on
Legislation They will remain at the
Hotel Chamberlain, at Old Point, return
ing on Sundays steamer. and arriving
in the city on Monday morning The bust
ness Of the Inaugural Committee, which
at present is not excessively pressing, is
left to the charge Of the Secretary, Har-
risou Dingman.
one matter connected with the Inau-
"uration celebration which remains to
be arranged is the award of the prizes for
the best three electric illuminations, pro
duced by private persons along the route
Of the parade during the Inauguration A
meeting Of the Committee on Illumina-
tion has been called by the Chairman,
George Gibson. for Monday night, and
will he held in the rooms Of the Inaugural
Committee. The prizes 10 he awarded are
a first prize of Sl00 a. second prize of
$50, and S25 for the third best illumina-
ton. The subcommittee appointed 10 re-
view the illumination and recommend
their selections for the prizes have al
ready completed their work. but the re-
suits of their deliberations nave not been
made public.
The estimate Of the surplus that the
Inaugural Committee viii realize from
the receipts over all expenses continues to
grow as the returns from the various
sources are figured UP. The subscribers
to the Inaugural guarantee fund can be
already assured that every dollar sub
scribcd will be returned In full
The total expenditures Of the Inaugural
Committee for all expenses attending the
Inaugural festivities is in the neighbor-
hood of SCI. 0j0. This sum does not include
the amount, Slf,G09 expended for the erec-
tion Of the reviewing stands. This item,
however need not be considered as an ex-
pense as a substantial balance on the
profit side is reported by the Chairman of
the Inaugural Committee on Parks and
Reviewing Stands, John b. Larner, to
whom all the credit for this portion of the
Inaugural work is due
To offset the cost of the celebration, the
following tentative figures are at present
available. sufficient to ensure against Il de-
hcit The receipts from the sale Of ball
tickets was somewhat less than S44.O9t
The actual figures are not yet 10 be pro-
cured. From the sale of concert tirkets
the exact sum Of $l4,4S3 was realized From
the sale of privileges 20 erect reviewing
stands, and the profit of controlling the
stands erected and conducted by the In
augural Committee on Parks and Review
ing Stands within the Court of Honor,
the aggregate above all expenses Of erec-
tion and maintenance is about 81. 600. The
sale of the exclusive right 10 publish the
inaugural programme netted the Inau-
gural Committee 81 G25. From the banquet
served at the Inaugural Ball. the receipts
are $500. The amount 5000. guaranteed
10 the caterer has been figured in on the
other side OF the ledger. From the sale
OF medals and souvenir invitations, the
receipts cannot yet be determined but
conservative estimate that may be eX-
ceeded several times. is 81, 900. The aggre-
gate amount of these receipts is over
SCI ol1. or about SG,01 more than the
amount expended by the committee.
While the sale of tickets for the IN
augural Ball was far short of what it
was four years ago, the concerts were
more largely attended. and the sum real
lied from the sale Of tickets s144S3. far
~ excess of the fiEHroS Of 1897. when the
receipts were about 81 zoo. Only $40 com
plimeutary tickets to the concerts were
distributed, and nearly all of this num-
ber were present at the final concert when
nearly l5,ppi persons attended.