Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
OUTLINE OF THE PLAN FoR TER
cE1T-sARY MADE PUBLIC.
THE slTE IS. Pure HAsED.
sum of $4,000 Paid for It-Visib1e
Improvements of q Permanent
Nature to Be Built There.


Improvements Of q Permanent
Nature to Be. Built There.
AS the result of q conference held attic
| Jefferson Hotel Yesterday. between Presi-.
dent Fitzhugh Lee. Director General Low
enberg. and Third Vice President T. J..
Wool. of the Jamestown Exposition Co..
the appended stat ement was prepared and
given to the press yesterday.
General Lee later in the day left the
city for Memphis. Tenn. where he goes
to make an address at the nveiling-e "a.
monumen. Messrs. LoWenberg and Wool
returned to their respective homes, Nor.
folk and Portsmouth, last night
To the People Of Virginia.
In view Of the growing public Interest
! that is being manifested in the Jamestown
Exposition. and in order that our people
may be informed of the plans. purposes,
and scope Of the proposed exposition and
| the great benefits to accrue to the nation,
and more especially to the Commonwealth
of Virginia, from the holding Off great
international exposition on IS Hampton;
Roads to celebrate the birth of Anglo
Saxon influence on American soil, have
concluded to make the following public
statement: .ss355.zE
| No event In the history of America has
| had greater influence upon the world than
| the settlement made attJamestoWn. except
lit be indeed the discovery Of America.
Other settlements had been made In
America. but jamestown was the frst
permanent settlement made by the Eng
| fish speaking people. 1t is impossible to
estimate the loss to the world had *the
settlem ent at Jamestown resulted TN fail
,ure. In the first place It would be i'm
| possible to estimate the deterrent effect
1t might have had on similar and subse-.
quent expeditions. In the second place,
! 1t would certainly have changed the his;
tory Of Virginia. and inasmuch as Vir.
gfnia exercised perhaps the strongest in
fuence during the colonial period, and
while our country was In Its formative
! period much Of that influence would
necessarily have been lost to our country
and to the world. 1t was proper. there
fore. that the Legislature Of Virginia
should determineHthat an event So. inn
portant In the history of Virgin7aS isour.
country. and the world. should be appro-0
priately celebrated. and that the people
of this great and ilustrious country.sto to-
gelher Wit, those Of other lands, should
be given ian opportunity to unite with pa.
triotic impulse in paying tribute2to those
hardy and adventurous spirits Who brav-
ing the perils of an unknown sea and the
dangers and prvations of new country.
inhabited by savage bands. first planted
the standard of freedom on American SOIL.
Whether they were brought hither by a
search for gain or through spirit of
adventure, the world owes to them an OBJ
legation which is past computation It
was the appreciation of these great SER
vices that induced the Legislature of vir-s
ginia. at the extra session Of 1901 to adopt
joint resolution expressing the opinion
THAT suitable provision should be made
for holding. on May 18th, 1907. celebra-
ton worthy of this great nation. which
from small beginnings at jamestown has
within the short period of three centu-
ries advanced to the position of the fore
most governm ent on earth. and spread Its
dominion and power over the continent;
and. further. expressing the opinion
THAT most fitting form for such a ceIe-
bration would be to hold a great exposi-
ton in some one of the cities of. Virginia.
in which all our sister States. and II pos
sible. all English-speaking people Of the
earth, shall be invited to participate
ALL CITIES INVITED.
! This joint resolution further provided
| That all the cities within the borders
Of: Virginia be invited to consider ways
and means, and make such proposition to
{ the General Assembly at it's next session
| as would enable the General Assembly
| to determine that there will be a celebrar
/ ton of the anniversary Of the first set
ftlement at jamestown. the location there
OF. and the proper representation Of: this
commonwealth therein. and at the same
time enable 1t to invite the participa ton
| In such celebration Of such States and
!; peoples as may be determined upon"
and directed the Governor Of this Com.
| monwealth to issue proclamation ex-
tending the invitation to the cities of the
| State
In pursuance of this joint resolution a
proclamation was issued by his Excel
| lency, Governor Tyler, calling upon 1.-The
various cities Of the Commonwealth, to
| make representatio to the Legislature
| with reference to the proposed celebra-
ton.
AS the result Of the Joint resolution Of
the General Assembly and the proclama-
ton Of the Governor, charter was
granted March 10, 1902. to the James
town Exposition Company. the charter
for which authorized ninety-one direct
ors. twelve Of whom are to represent the
States interests. as State commissioners.
with full power OF directors: and forty
| eight OF whom have already been chosen.
| leaving thirty-one to be chosen from
different sections Of the State and Gcoun-
| try. To this company the State delegat-
| ed the right and the duty Of holding n
| appropriate celebration to commemorate
| the first permanent settlement Of Ameri-
ca by the English-speaking people, and
designated a oca ton on.1or near Hamp-
| ton Roads on account of its historic in
terest as the place where the exposition
Should be held.
In order, however to insure that the
! celebrati ton would be in keeping with the
honor and dignity of Virginia. the Legis-
| lature imposed a condition upon the
| Jamestown Exposition Company; that
the charter rights granted hereunder
should be null and void and inoperativ
after January l. 1904. unless there should
| be subscribed In bona fide subscriptions,
| enforceable at la w. on or before that date
the sum OF 81 .0o0O 600.
! Soon after the adjournment OF the
Legislature the incorpora tors were con-
| vened and adopted suitable bylaws.
elected directors. and some OF. the Off
GERS. and arranged for an executive com
mittee into whose hands was committed
the management OF the various AFFAIRS
Itof3 the company for the first year.
MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
It may have appeared to those who
were not Informed as to the amount OF
work that was being done by the new
=orga nization that little was being accom-
i .plished looking to the success OF the ex-
| position. Such. however. was not
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