Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-13
For UnbusineSsIike Manage.
ment of Fair.
TOTAL DEFICIT MOUNTS UP TO
NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
Exhaustive Report Of Investigating
and Auditing Committee Adopted
Unanimously by Executive
Board.

The executive committee of the Ter
ritorial Fair association held meet
ing last night at which the report of
the special auditing and investigating
| committee which was appointed to
| look into the management of this
| years fair was presented. After the
report had been taken up in sections
and carefully considered, 1t was
unanimously adopted as presented
with the exception Of a few minor
changes.
The report. which was a severe ar
raignment of the fair management,
when first read was unanimously
adopted as a whole. The vote was
then reconsidered and the report was
taken up seriatirn, discussed in its de-
tails and adopted, with a few Of It's
more pungent paragraphs toned down
slightly.
Having the situation concisely re-
duced to dollars and cents and the
whole matter clearly summarized, the
next question which arose was as to
what steps to take toward placing the
association on its feet, preparatory to
undertaking a fair next year.
The now famous deficit was dis
cussed from all sides and suggestions
made as to the best plan to pursue
lunder the circumstances with a view
to paying the bills outstanding and
making "A fresh start, No conclusion
was arrived at however, and another
meeting will probably be held today
to consider the matter further
Those present at the meeting were
President w. II. Greer, secretary D.
X. B. Sellers. George Arnot and ]. p,
Herndon, officers and Felix II. Lester,
IP. r. McCanna, w. +. McCreight, ID.
A. Macpherson, George p. Learnori.
Maynard Gunsul, Joe Barnett, FrauN
A. Hubbell, O. N, Marion, M. Nash
and Scott knight.
The report OF the committee as
adopted last night was In full as
Follows
The Committees Report.
ITO the Executive .Cpmrnittee Of the
Twenty-hfth Annual Territorial
i Fair:
Gentlemen.-we, your committee.
chosen for the purpose OF auditing the
| books and accounts and examining
into the management OF the Twenty
fifth Annual Territorial fair, beg leave
to submit the following report:
We have examined all the accounts.
vouchers, checks, books and records
of the said association for the 1905
Itair. and have also taken the testi-
Ony of various witnesses, including the
testimony of the president. w. II.
lGreer, and the secretary. d. X. u.
Sellers, relative TO all matters pertain
ing to the management OF the said fair
and after thorough and complete in
vestigation your committee finds as
follows.
We find that the association for the
year 1904 received for the bar priv-
leges the sum OF SAYS; for the peanut.
popcorn, candy and soft drink prlvi-
flege. the sum of $3.50. and for the
lunch privilege the sum OF $50. max
Ing a total OF $455. We also find
that none of these privileges were sold
this year, and that they should have
netted the association at least an equll
amount, and that the secretary should
be censured for his failure to dispose
Of same. We further find that these
privileges were used this year by the
, Casino Amusement company, which
is owned by Mr. w. II. Greer, without
any intention OF paying the ass6cia-
ton for the use of the same, and we
! recommend that the Casino Amuse-
: ment company be compelled to pay Il
reasonable amount for their use
We find that the managers of pre-
I vlous fairs have been able to secure as
much as six hundred dollars from out
side sources for stake races, and that
the Spring Racing association secured
s1,475 for such races, and we further
: find that the proper effort was not
) made this year to secure such races.
and that the president and secretary
: should be censured for grossly ne
glecting this feature.
e We find that the secretary should
c he censured for contracting and pay
: Ing $40 for two motor cycle races
7 when the sentiment of the executive
committee was clearly and emphat-
E cally expressed against II.
4 We find that Il was the expressed
4 policy of the president and the sec
retary Of the association to make con-
: tracts for various features OF the fair
t without advising or consulting with
e the executive committee regarding the
II same, and we further find that the
: only appropriations authorized by the
Is executive committee were those for
e base ball. bicycle races and fruit ex-
e hblts
Is We find that the president and the
II secretary should have followed the
e policy adopted by the managers of
previous fairs and waited until all bills
against the association had been pro-
sented, barring bills for purses prizs ~
II and labor, so that II could be deter
II mined whether they could be paid In
d full, and we further find that there
Is are at present checks outstanding to
II the amount OF S712.16, issued to par
! ties outside the city. for which there
. are no funds in the bank. and that
/, several OF these checks have been pre-
n sented for payment and payment re-
- fused and the credit Of the association
:. greatly injured thereby.
We find that the secretary OF the
association should not have drawn
$3.50 OF his salary before the far
week. and before It could be deter
L mined whether all bills against ths
e. association could be paid in full
ID We find that the secretary was ex-
m travagant IN ordering goods shipped
Al by express. which should have been
el shipped by freight
le We find that the subscription list
a this year was not as large as It
Iannnln have henn. ana That the nroner