Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-20
MORE MONEY FOR
/. FAIR IS NEEDED,
( SAYS GOVERNOR
Chief Executive Sends Special
Message to the Legislature
Asking Additional Approprl-
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Santa Re, Feb. 19.-That there /.
urgent need for an additional appro
priation for the states exhibit al Saf
Diego, and that an appropriation &c
cover this need should be made with.
out delay Is the glst OF special mes
sage transmitted by Governor MELON.
aid to the legislature today
The message, so far as Ii relates to
the necessity for additional money fol
the state exhibit, Is as follows:
THE original appropriation made
by the legislature was $4,000, one
half to be available i'm 1914 and one.
half in 1915. In addition to this, as
shown by statements, the various
counties have appropriated $4,000
OF this amount S11,S00 has alread,
been paid In. From private and cor
porate contributions $3,S53.42 has
also been secured by the board.
Therefore the total appropriations for
use of the board of managers amount
10 S49.S5S.42, OF which S,076.27 has
not been available for use.
The cost of the state building, in
Guiding furniture and fixtures. com
plete, Is $19,447S7. The exhibits
Which are permanent in character are
10 be returned to New Mexico and
were obtained at an expense of ST.
S42.02. You will Sc from the state
ment and the report that the board
has anticipated appropriations and
has up to date expended nearly the
total amount that will ever be oh
tanned from the appropriations all
ready made. My understanding Is
that IL is very important that the
hoard of managers. he enabled to real
ize the full sum appropriated as soon
as possible rs the money borrowed Is
drawing interest at per cent. In or
der to. enable them to obtain this fund
Immediately a special act OF the leg
islature will be necessary.
Nearly $4,000 has already been
expended in providing a building at
San Diego and in preparing and plac-
ing exhibits. All of the appropria-
tons available are practically ex-
hausted. The question now is, what
shall be done in order to maintain
our exhibit that we may be able to
obtain the greatest benefit possible
from the funds already expended by
the state and the various counties
The president of the board states
that unless an appropriation shall be
made soon the doors of our building
will have to be closed and our exhibits
sealed up and any possible advantage
that we may have been likely to gain
will be lost.
1T is rot a QUESTION now as to
whether the appropriation ever
should have been made and an exhibit
attempted. The important thing is
that large sums have already been ex-
pended and to realize upon the in
vestment we are necessarily obliged
to furnish more funds or lose all that
we have already invested. 1t seems
to me that not much argument is
necessary to convince any good bust
ness man that further appropriation
is imperatively needed to make our
exhibit a success in order to accom-
phsh what we started out to obtain,
namely, the right sort of publicity"
The message was accompanied by a
report that goes into every detail of
the business transacted by the board,
and enumerating every voucher. to
whom paid and for what expended.