Suits pending against Exposition Company: Exposition Water Company ................................ 63,000.00 Fraternal Identification Company ........................ 50,000.00 Charles Holloway ........................................ 2,000.00 Star Bottling Company ................................... 235,449.79 Do .................................................... 30,600.00 Gardner T. Voorhees ..................................... 25,000.00 Exposition Water Company ................................ 63,000.00 Bessie M. Liggett (two suits), action for rent of New York office .................................... 1,500.00 Willis .................................................. 15,000.00 John Culligan ........................................... 100.00 ------------- $562,849.79
(In addition to the above there
are a number of claims made by
concessionaires, aggregating a large amount, which
have not yet
been put in suit.)
CONTINGENT ASSETS.
There may be an appropriation made at next session
of Congress
to pay amount due Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company on
account of Philippine exhibit, which amounts
to ............ $100,000.00
(This is so uncertain that it can not be counted as a probable asset.)
NOTE.—In the assets is listed trustees’ fund, $182,846.41. This amount is not at present an available asset, for the reason that it is a trust fund placed to secure bondsmen for ground rent and other purposes, and may be partially or totally absorbed for the reimbursement of bondsmen who may be defendants in suits that may be instituted.
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EXHIBITS TO STATEMENTS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, APRIL 30, 1905.
EXHIBIT A.—Admissions collections, April 30, 1905.
Admissions collections: Preexposition ........................................... $175,906.25 Exposition .............................................. 5,704,846.15 Postexposition ......................................... 16,156.50 Chicago day tickets ....................................... 270.00 National Commission season tickets ........................ 28,637.50 November tickets .......................................... 4,870.00 St. Louis day admissions .................................. 39,536.00 Season tickets ............................................ 94,030.00 Single admission tickets .................................. 14,651.00 Special August tickets .................................... 1,410.00 Stockholders’ tickets ..................................... 160,167.50 ------------- Total ................................................. 6,240,480.90
EXHIBIT B.—Concessions collections, April 30, 1905.