Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-04
jamestown Exposition Movement
Given Widespread Support.
CHAIRMAN j DIVISIONS REPORT
Sewerage System on tho Grounds Has
Been Completed and Actual Work
on Buildings Begins in Near Fu-
ture-1ureaus Created.

Brooks Johnston at the last meeting
Of the board OF governors of the
jamestown Exposition. The report
covered so completely what has been
accomplished by the governors, that
a resolution was passed providin.
that it be published.
Following is the report in abridged
form:
TO the Board of Directors jamestown
Exposition Company:
Gentlemen.-ForS several months be-
fore General Lees death. his duties
kept him away from Norfolk and the
preparation of the report on the work
accomplished by the company devolv.
ed on the chairman of the beard of
governors. and this duty has been his
since. In future Mr.. Tucker, who will
attend the meetings of the directors,
will present the reports.
Al first there was dissatisfaction
among our subscribers ut the slow
progress made b. the company under
the old system. but the radical modi-
ilcations which were effected has dis
pcrsed all such feeling.
Another difficulty arose from IA mis-
understanding relating to the sub
scriptions of the joint Transportation
interests. This trouble was settled in
August. and since then tho transpor.
tation companies have paid their sub
scriptions up to July L. 1906.
LATELY wc have deemed it only just
to those subscribers who have paid
that those subscribers 1ho have not
paid should be made 10 do so by
law.
\ Virginia firm, A. Hoen & Co., Sc
cured the contract for engraving the
stock certificates and are now at work
on them.
The first actual work on the grounds
was the collection under the guidance
CT practical engineer and botanist
of several hundred thousand plants
and shrubs for the decoration of the
grounds. These plants will be set out
next spring
The work of draining the grounds
was pushed TO completion. Over one
hundred acres of fresh water pools
and lakes have been drained.
Tho fence around tltc grounds was
furnished free of charge by the Amer-
can Steel and Wire Company, who
for this gift, were given permission
to place cards of advertisement on the
grounds.
Climbing roses have been planted
along the fence and by the time the
exposition opens it will be completely
covered with them. One of the houses
on the ISLAND will be fitted up as a
model day nursery
The sewerage system is now com.
plete and is ready to be connected
with the supply system. Fifteen huu
dred large trees will have to be moved
ana rcDlanted in order to carry ont
the plan of avenues and boulevards.
So far this work has been most salts
flying
The work OH The buildings will be-
gin soon, the plans for these build.
ings will be ready in the near future.
No effort was made to obtain aid
from the American commemorative
until the Federal government had az
proved the tercentennial This limit
ed cur time for legislation. but during
the few months left we secured the
cooperation of sixteen States and the
appropriations given by them agere-
gate $G5O,0OO.
Another important work connect
with the advertising has been the in.
terest OF national bodies in our move
ment. The Daughters of the Ameri.
can Revolution have appointed a
Jamestown committee, whose object
VIII he to arrange for celebration
at the exposition. The Sons of the
Revolution propose TO do the same.
The United Daughters of the Con.
fcderacy will hold It's convention
there.
The Travellers Protective Associa.
ton and Christian Temperance Union
have both agreed to meet at the ex-
position. The Woman's Press and
Dental
Authors club. of Tennessee; the
American Pathological Society, the
National Dental Association, the Vir-
glnia Medical Association, the League
CT American Municipalities and The
Railway Trainmen of America will
hold conventions there.
The mgtter Of concessions has come