New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . present the various cities, and these met four dayslater to elect a president. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was chosen, andAlvah H. Martin elected first vice-president. Immediately after-ward, twenty-four committees were constituted, as bureaus, and thechiefs of these divisions were named. The departments were exceedingly hampered in prosecutingtheir work with the least degree of success by the fact that no com-mittee was permitted to enter into the smallest sort of a contract orincur any debt without authority from t
New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . present the various cities, and these met four dayslater to elect a president. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was chosen, andAlvah H. Martin elected first vice-president. Immediately after-ward, twenty-four committees were constituted, as bureaus, and thechiefs of these divisions were named. The departments were exceedingly hampered in prosecutingtheir work with the least degree of success by the fact that no com-mittee was permitted to enter into the smallest sort of a contract orincur any debt without authority from the board of directors. Worsethan this, was the tortuous method of actual procedure, for by thetime a matter had been discussed by the sub-committee, turnedover to the executive committee, which met very infrequently, and inturn referred to the finance committee, which was unlikely to know ± r= S**0**^ *••..: Mill IIIIIK I Ml li ft *MH$ mm ?Hi I 1 i i niimm«mttti !l P flMimiUMMUlU . HHUUIUMlf H(H ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGExhibiting the beautiful effect of night Illumination. Jamestown Exposition 127 much about the original intent or necessity, not only was the interestlost by the original movers; but often the opportunity passed, or theitem reduced, with the result that the official action rendered theplan of those who had given thought to a matter entirely began to look as though progress was at a standstill, so a changewas wrought by the creation of a board of governors. Government Appropriations The management now turned its attention to securing a con-gressional appropriation, and a small though important committee,which included Hugh Gordon Miller, of New York State, as well asa former resident of Virginia, visited Washington on February 8,1904, to this end. It was soon to learn that many of the representa-tives had never heard of Jamestown, and knew absolutely nothingabout the nature of the event to be commemorated. They had tobe instructed before be
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