Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-20
Mr.. COTTRELL STILL
SERVES The EXPOSITION
Former Governor Of Works Will
Give His Ass|slanaRce In AdVls,
Dry Capacity.
why He RENDERED RESIGNATION
With Exposition Practically complet-
ed and Underway, and Director
General as the Real Head of Az
Departments, His office Was Not
EssentlaI-Prcsldcrt Tucker Talks.

nc no"s '''"' wv
w. IL. Cottrell hau rendered ms resis-
nation to the jamestown Exposition
Comnanv cnmo IN surprisc To tho
,.. rou,
peop'e vi ''''' w. 20 - 49,
known mat Mr. Cot'rcli hau every
reason to be proud of what he had
ACCOMPLISHED for the company under
oxtrnard,n,,l,v FRYING cond,i,ona
'N,,'o' u'''"' us"h my So ra' ,.,a,,
PROMINENT persons WHO nave Vis'r
ed the Exposition and who were In II
positlon TO know what thoy were talk.
,ny ,hout h,vo noid I'm, II was n
ih"rVei mat 'he governor Vi w''""
had been able To keep force OF
men Mt work and bring tho fair to Il
.tapo ao ncnr comnlction cons,der.
.
i"s 'nc 'acl ''''' nv nau poe" ep
greatly handicapped by lack or mon
ey and uniavorablc weather condi-
tons
On the grounds, however. IL Ia
said that Mr.. Cottrcll took the only
proper course when he resigned and
insisted that his resignation be ac-
ccpted Mt once. The company has
entered upon policy of rctrcnch.
ment and, with Director General Jam
es NJ. Barr as the real head of every
department, and the Exposition prac.
tically completed and underway, n
salaried governor of the department
OF works Is no longer essential.
MIR. CottrelFs Letter.
Following Is the letter which Mr..
Cottrell addressed to the board of
directors:
Juno 10, 1907.
TO the President aud Directors
jamestown Exposition Company.
Gentlemen:-
Since under tho new arrangement
tho practical effect will be to make
AIR Sames Nj. Barr tho executive
head OF all departments. my position
ns Governor OF Works, In my Judge
ment, becomes unncccssarv. Thcre
lore, 1t Follows that the logical and
consistent course for mo s To resign
us executive head of my division. but
L VIII serve In an advisory and leg
capacity, III desired as n mem
Ter OF the Board of Governors.
rms course would save the com
pany expense and cut out needless
routine, ana ccntralizc authority, max.
ing the whole organization simpler
incidentally would state that
,hese views are In line with those
presented ny MI. Buchanan when
ne was mere.
lee' confident That the operations
OF my DIVISION as organized, VIII so
iolma,u succcSstu'ly ana unintor-
p'en, lmp lenarlnent OF hiectrl'
city III wen orsnnzed under very
c"panle ch'ol, me snperintenden's
~ ~. s'eo,s, p"lhs ana sarpaso nave
eue,i mulh wei, III manu- also thc
sape' ' ~, =, w"'e,' sewer nnu
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"",e clles
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lion md roo,,o,, MI n,.' .'', "e,
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7 desire 20 ,d, IA, ;, ,,,,ii H., ,,.
Oh to co.ono.a,o o,d ,a,I a, 1T,
ancp con In ,ba ,ron,a,in 80 ~
Exnosition ,ro. ro'''o' ~ '"o
your, ,o,.,, ,,,,,
wv n roTrpEt1
4; coyarnr 80 v,,'ri,,.
p.r,,i,, ,Aj,,t,
Although HE res;gnatior No, hoor
accented AR CottrelJ VIII GIN ha
clos elv assoc,ated ,,,,,, ~ S.,,oo,
tior COMPANY ,end,nr HE adj, To- aud
services whenever thcv may he neaJ
Cd AZ be statos T., ,,s III, ~ -,
the various divisions NJ his dcnart'
ment ARC l., oxoni,on. ,S upi"..'
dor ana tbere n. no ra ' ,.,,- Az
Barr should have ,,ront Ia, ~ =,
trouble l., Lecn,,n th,,,r ~,
smoothIv ''' '"s
Mr. rucker., s+,,o,,a,t
President Harry ST. George Tuck.
official statement eynIaininp tho 40