The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-15
wANTED-ovER $1,7OO.
Semi Centennial Shortage Is at Last
Figured Up.

From the report of the auditing
committee of the Semi-Centennial as
ISOLATION, which completed its work
Tuesday afternoon, it is shown that
the expenditures for the festivities
were $1,762-O3 in excess of the re-
ceipts. The total cost of the celebra-
ton was $5,239.2S, while the sums
realized from the Parker shows, the
concessions and the concert aggre-
gated $3,477.25. All of the bills have
been presented and passed upon ana
the above figures are official.
The merchants of the city sub
scribed $4,000 to run the celebration.
OF that amount $500 was collected
and the remainder pledged to be used
If necessary. Consequently there Is
$1,7eO still outstanding and this if
paid will just about liquidate the
shortage. Difficulty is being expert
enced, however, according to Major
Anderson, in collecting some of this
money, three or four of the mer-
chants having already refused point
blank to pay their subscriptions. !
do not know what the reason is" said
the major, flor 1 was not with the
committee which went out to do the
collecting"
If the pledges do not make up the
deficit then it is up to the committee
to institute some method of getting
money. 1t was suggested to have
Willie Sells circus upon its return
from the summer season give three or
four shows in Topeka and use all the
proceeds outside Of what it cost to
give the performance. But this
scheme is not feasible for the simple
reason that this solution of the prob
lem has too big a time element in it.
The bills of course should be paid
now, and that is what the committee
intends to do.
Major Anderson was unable to say
what the association would do in the
matter, further than that a meeting
would be held shortly at which time
the matter would be taken care of.
There are several reasons why a new
subscription list about the city would
not be the wisest course to pursue,
and one among these is the fact that
just now the Topeka Young Mems
Christian association is right in the
midst of a campaign to raise $4,000
for its new home, and this will make
big demands of the people of the city.
Il have not the most remote idea"
said Major Anderson this morning,
''as to what plan will be invoked to
make up the difference If one still
occurs after all the pledge money is
collected. That is up to the commit
tee
It was thought by the semi-Centen-
NAL association when the festivities
were planned that even the one
fourth of the subscriptions which
were collected could be paid hack
from the receipts of the week. This
would probably have been the case
had the weather been at all favora BILE
The fact OF the matter was that only
about two entire days were favora bIe
and even they presented cloudy skies
part of the time. There would have
been a surplus in the treasury of the
association even after all subscrip-
tons had been paid back if the
weather had been fair throughout the
six days. The good afternoons and
evenings at the Parker shows proved
this fact conclusively- Further than
that Mr. Parker was so well satisfied
even with what he did receive that
he made an attempt to cancel his EN-
poria engagement and stay in TopeJxa
another week According to the con-
tract the association received 20 nar
cent. of the gate receipts, Is per cent
of the sideshow receipts, and so Der
cent of the concessions Mr.. PARKER
TOOK over $4,000 away as his share.
and this was practically made in two
days and one night.