The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-09

Mr. Edison Takes Few Days OF
WeiI-EarncG Rc<t-Thc Awards for
the illumination Prizcs-Thc Sub
scriptions to the Guaranty Fund.
John JOY Edison, Chairman of the Inau-
gural Committee, left the city last night
on the Norfolk steamer for Old Point
Comfort, where ne 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-
rison Dingman.
One matter connected with the Inau-
duration celebration which remains to
be arranged is the award of the prizes for
| the best three electric Nominations pro
! duced by private persons along the route
| of the parade during the Inauguration. A
meeting of the Committee on lllumina-
| tion has been called by the Chairman,
George Gibson. for Monday night, and
| will be held in the rooms Of the inaugural
Committee. The prizes to be awarded are
| $50, and SIS for the third best illumina-
ton. The subcommittee appointed to 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 will 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
scribed 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 $4,000. This sum does not include
the amount. $4,000, expended for the cree
ton 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 h. 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, SulnCleft to ensure against a de-
ticit The receipts from the sale of ball
tickets was somewhat less than $44.O0J
The actual figures are not yet to be pro-
cured. From the sale of concert tickets
the exact sum of $14.4s3 was realized From
the sale of privileges to 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 cree
ton and maintenance is about $4,000 The
sale OF the exclusive right to publish the
inaugural programme Melted the Inau-
gural Committee 81 OBS. From the banquet
served at the Inaugural Ball, the receipts
are 500 The amount. 5000. guaranteed
TO 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 8, 900. The aggre-
gate amount of these receipts is over
$4,000 or about 5000 more than the
amount expended by the committee
While the sale of tickets for the IN
augural Ball was far short Of what IL
was four Years ago. the concerts were
more largely attended. and the sum real
lzed from the sale Of tickets Sl44S3 far
IN excess of the figures Of 1897 when the
receipts were about 81 100 only 80 COM
plimentary tickets to the concerts were
distributed. and nearly al of this num-
Der were present At the final concert when
nearly l5,w persons attended.