The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-07
LIBRARY EXHIBIT
!. FORMALLY OPENED
TIMBER, MINERAL AND HIsToRI-
CAL DIsrLAY Is TURNED OVER
TO THE STATE.
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EXERCISES WILL CONCLUDE Tues
DAY NIGHT WITH BAN
eUET At JEFFERSON
HOTEL.
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the Library building was formally
turned over to the State Tuesday
The exercises were of a very inter est
ing character and were/attended by
large number OF members OF the
legislature. railroad officials and other
distinguished people The visitors
were invited to visit the library build
ing and inspect the exhibit which is
one OF the finest of the kind In the
United States. and took nearly a year
to Install. After viewing and admir-
ping the beautiful display of Virginia
resources, the party adjourned to the
hail of the House of Delegates, where
the formal exercises took place.
Captain w. w. Baker. chairman of
the committee who had in charge the
removal of tine jamestown exhibit to
permanent quarters in the library
building presided
In calling the meeting to order.
Captain Baker said:
suppoac there were two reasons
which actuated Governor Mann In
selecting me to preside onFthis ocea-
sion My knowledge of the history
of the work in collecting the exhibit
and my inability to be anything else
than brief in its recital.
AS a member of the st. Louis com
mission it was made my especial
work to collect with the assistance
of number Of efficient aids. the
very creditable display of minerals
shown at the st. Louis Exposition.
At the ciose of this exposition the
collection was forwarded to and pre-
served under the care of the Depart
men; of Agriculture in this city.
/ When the jamestown commission
was appointed / was again assigned
/ to the particular work of charging
and making more effective the min
eral exhibit.
After a conference with Governor
swanson AID the commission. it was
found that the appropriation that had
been made for the States agricultural
and mineral exhibits were totally In
adequate To make an exhibit of both
that would reflect credit upon the
State in which the exposition was to
be held: therefore, II was suggested
by Governor Swanson that he call "a
meeting * the representatives of the
mining interests of the State and set
before them the needs of the com
mission, and ask their advice. In
pursuance of this decision Governor
Swanson called meeting Of the rep
resentati2es of the mining interests
in the city of Bristol. and presented
to them the facts and his aspirations
as to the ktrd of an exhibit we should
aim TO have. After a full discussion
of the situation, the representative
present, in a spirit of patriotic lib.
terality. offered to contribute al
amount sufficient to secure n cretiita
BILE display of our mineral and tim
Der resources. Subsequently a meet
ing was ned in the city of Roanoke
and the representatives of the rail.
road interests were invited to be pres
ent. At that meeting the railroads
and IL representatives. of the min
eral and mber interests all joined
: hands AMI voluntarily contributed &
. fund sufficiently large, not only t
p make an exhaustive exhibit of oul
mineral and timber resources, bu
= also to construct a separate Virgins
mineral and timber building, II
s. which the Virginia exhibit wasf to b,
r shown.
This was done at an expenditur
G Of over one hundred thousand dollars
l which amount was voluntarily con
5 trihuted by the different railroads an
the many mining and timber interest
! of the whole State, with the result
= that our Virginia mineral and timbe
/. exhibit at the jamestown Exposltio
received. as 1t justly merited. tn
. highest praise Of ali VINO We're en-
abled to visit the exposition.
u w 'AttC TIC puptit UdS suPpOSGu tid
this exhibit was made by the Stat,
as 1t was credited to Virginia, the ex
A hibit OF timber and minerals at tn
jamestown Exposition was mad
9 wholly by the Virginia Mineral an
a Timber Exhibit Association of VII
+ ginia.' duly Incorporated by the Stat
s Corporation Commission. and com
r posed of the representatives of tn
i ratiread and mining and timber In
= terests of the State. After the clos
of the exposition a meeting was hel
8 by this body, and the exhibit an
= building at jamestown was tendert4
5 to and accepted by Governor Swanso
as permanent mineral and timbe
exhibit of Virginia. and at once
e bill was passed making an appropri
alton for the construction of build
Y ing for Its permanent installation h
, the jamestown commission.
q When Governor Mann becam
chairman of the commission by rea
y son of being governor. 1t was foun
that only small balance remained i
. the hands of the treasurer of tn
. commission with which to install tn
, exhibit lie at once corresponds
, with the various roads leading int
z the exposition grounds. with the re
, suit that the Nirginian, the NAsorfaI
and Western and the Atlantic Coas
e Line volunteered and transported tn
r whole exhibit to Richmond free @
, charge 10 the State.
II After the exhibit had been remove
to Richmond, Governor Mann realize
, that the amount of funds in the hand
. Of the jamestown commission wa
wholly insufficient to properly an
creditably install the same. Upon ad
vice. he correspondent with Mr. John
son. of the Norfolk and Western rail
way. who generously and prompt
rendered the services OF DIR. L. A
Schubert. an expert in exposition In
stallation, and to-day as an evidenc
of DIR. Schubert's taste and skill, W
are enabled to open to the public al
exhibit OF Virginia mineral timbe
and historical resources, that / an
sure will make every citizens OF tn
|, Commonwealth feel Justly proud
II now devofves upon me to introduc
to you DIR. Schubert. who will afte
giving you a brief history of his wor}
turn over the key of this magnificen
: building to DIR. Thos. L.. Watson, tn
State Geologist. and the future cuseo
dian OF this building and Its contents
The visitors, including Representa-
i. tives OF the railroads In the Stat
rand members OF the Legislature. WI
,, be the guests OF the Chamber OF Com
, meree at u reception In the audito
rum Of the Jefferson Hotel at 5 o'clocl
Tonight. IL is expected that there WI
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