Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-03
DEFICIT OF LATE
FAIR GROWING
Presented Last Night
Show That it has Reached
Over $500.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE NAMED

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last night. and. between that time and
the meeting last Friday night, the de-
ficit of the twenty-fifth annual fair had
climbed skyward, and now reaches
the startling figures of over 81 ,S00,
and this added to the deficit of the
1904 fair brings the grand total up to
something oyer $4,000.
Pretty nice figures-a whale of a
big deficit-for the contributors of
these annual gatherings to face, and
that, after Manager ~Chadbourne, of
the Traction company, has officially
announced in cold-blooded figures that
80. 500 people were handled by the
street car company during fair week.
OF course, such a great number of
people did not attend the fair, but it
has been suggested that a mathemat-
ically-inclined student, with a sharp
lead pencil, may closely figure out the
attendance at the late fair.
Going back to the meeting, Just be-
fore the committee was called to or
der. President Greer was reading The
Citizen, and after the following para
graph: 'In view of the various rum
ors about the late fair" asked the
chairman of the executive committee,
w. T. McCreight, to state to the meet
ing what rumors he had heard. The
gentleman took the cue, and, without
any attempt at humiliation, stated
that he was not quite prepared to
make a statement as to the various
unComplimentary rumors. but If he
wished to know some of the reports
all he had to do was to ask the men,
bers present and they would tell him.
During the evening they did tell him,
and Vice President rnot, on several
occasions, said "the officers of the fair
association were now under fire
Mr.. McCreight moved, which motion
was seconded, that an auditing COM
mittee, to act also as an investigating
committee, be named, but this motion
was withdrawn on the suggestion of
p. f. McCanna that the committee
should first hear the reports of the
secretary, and it could then be deter
mined whether such a committee was
necessary.
Further along in the meeting, the
fact developed that such a committee
should he named, and, on again taking
the floor, Mr.. McCanna favored the
idea of an investigating and auditing
committee, w~hereupon the following
gentlemen were named: ID. A. Mac
pherson, chairman; w. T. McCreight,
p. f. McCanna, Felix Lester and b. H.
Briggs.
Vice President Arnot spoke in favor
of an investigating and auditing com
mittee. and made some strong points,
stating that the management of the
fair has been openly accused of mis-
management and running the late fair
solely in the interest of the Traction
company, and he had ever heard a
rumor to the effect that the Traction
company had received $500 for the use
of the grounds. He therefore. desired
to clear away these rumors, and heart
lily endorsed the selection of an inves-
tigating committee and hoped they
would investigate"
But. before the committee (named
above) was appointed the secretary
\ re-read the receipts, expenditures,
concessions, etc, a synopsis of which
appeared in The Citizen of last Satur-
1 day afternoon, and hence no need of
republishing again until an official fin
ancial report is ready for the public.
During the reading of the report,
! however, the secretary was repeatedly
interrupted by members of the com
mittee asking questions about this and
that bills, this and that %appropria-
| tons. and this n that concessions
until the in|terrogatoTies grew not only
interesting but instructive.
After wading through the mass Of
figures, showing the additional deficit
since the meeting of last Friday night
and some additional bills against the
fair association, Secretary Sellers out
lined a scheme by which 5000 tick
cts should be issued to merchants,
each worth one dollar, and that these
tickets be given away with every pur-
chase of sufficient amount. When
$4,000 had been sold, there would be
5 $500 for the deficit. and $500 re-
naming. This $500 would be award
ed to the lucky man in the drawing.
The secretary was informed by
President Greer that his lottery
scheme would be in direct violation of
a United States law prohibiting lot
teries, %raffles, and the like.
During the evening Committeeman
Macpherson, Briggs and Learnard
joined with the others in the discus
siOns, and, while things now look
gloomy. all agree that something
must be done to wipe away the deficit
and that as speedily as possible.
The investigating and auditing com
mittee will no doubt get down to work
in a few days. or at the call of the