The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-12
Company Share Was a Trifie
Over So, 800.
ATTENDANCE LARGE.
Nearly Fifteen Thousand Paid
Admissions Received.
An Attachment Suit Filed and
Settled Saturday.

Though a few small bills are still out
standing. an informal auditing of the
accounts this morning by the entertain
ment committee shows that the Topeka
Commercial club viii have a net profit
of about 1915 in its treasury after all
the bills Of the Home Week Festival are
paid.
Altogether S4.717.5O was received at
the gate and at the side attractions at
the Gaskill Carnival Show. According
to the contract the division gave the
Commercial club s1,179.50 Of this
amount. while the Gasdu treasury was
enriched to the extent of s3,556.5O- OF
the concessions both parties received
an equal share, $3.50 each.
The expenses were somewhat heavier
fban thev were expected to run. Partlc-
MAR among these items objected 10 IS
the one for 1853. 81 for bill posting to
Crawford & Kane. This amount rep
7esenfs solely the local work in that line,
that in the small towns ABOUT LopeAa
having been done in other ways Ireas-
lIrer Penwel refused to pay this Dill
along with several others before he leLt
for the north on Sunday saying lhdl
he first wishes to be more intimately
informed with reference to VINO ordered
it done, and whether it is all right Con
sidering the fact that beside Mr.. Pen
well. Chairman z. H. Crosby OF the en-
tertainment committee was also absent,
and in view of the fact that a rev DllS
are still outstanding, the committee
thought it best this morning 10 delay
auditing and final action on the &C
counts.
The GasIdu company, though it had a
little trouble gPtting out OF toWn' was
well pleased with the patronage received
here. Altogether 1881 people PAID ad-
mission through its main entrance dur
ing last week. Every day was talr anu
no rain fell and the show was not nan
dicapped as was the Parker IalI Iasl
summer. ". w. Gaskill, the owner was
inclined to criticize the size OF tae
crowds somewhat, but the men under
him. and who served with his rather,
v7re7a more than delighted with the
Datronage. This was the first town IN
which the company has made money
this year. ,.-,-i14
some trouble before leaving. The 30
H7enian Glass Blowers wagon was
wrecked at Atchison on last Suhddy y
Saturday night, the owner OF the pro-
Terfv of the wrecked sideshoW, SUDDEN
" announced to Treasurer Shields OF
the concern that settlement Wo1ld
have TO he made to him covering MS
loss or he would attach the elecsIlC
light plant, which he DID. AIDeI
about an hour of Earring, jangling ana
passing Of diplomatic notes, the owner
of the Glass House was paclneQ anu
went on with the show with the IN
Outstanding that his loss was to be re
placed. ., -,
one Of the men who left the show
here on Saturday night, resignlng ms
place. said that it has had hard imam
cfal shedding this year, up to the time
of reaching Topeka, and that the re
CENTS here would aid materially in put
ting it on its feet. On the other hand
w. w Gaskill. the owner, in his claim
against the Santa Fe railroad Tor the
damages ne suffered at Atchison sun
dav. June 4, told the railway officials
that he was not in a hurry, ana tna'
he did not need the money at this time
In speaking of the Commercial club
side of the venture, Secretary Anderson
said this morning: q hope we wont
have another show here very soon con-
sfdering the amount Of sleep 1 have lost
and the worry which I have felt over
this one I am satisfied with the man
ciaI results. We ought to be glad thai
we came out to the good and are en-
abled to nay all our expenses. Y GU car
never count on weather conditions anC
other things which may interfere. an
very we'll satisfied"
The only bills authorized paid TINS
morning were those Of the newspapers
for advertising and the pay roll, The
latter includes principally the ticket
takers. guards and men who worked
about the grounds getting them IN read
mess.