. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . ith these resolutions. After the meeting severalthousand dollars were subscribed by members of thecommittee who were present. On account of many objections to the site de-termined upon by the committee, it was found difficultto obtain subscriptions with the help of trade or otherorganizations, and the fund was begun, and mainlycompleted, by the individual efforts of a few membersof the committee, who sought large subscriptions bypersonal visits and letters.
. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . ith these resolutions. After the meeting severalthousand dollars were subscribed by members of thecommittee who were present. On account of many objections to the site de-termined upon by the committee, it was found difficultto obtain subscriptions with the help of trade or otherorganizations, and the fund was begun, and mainlycompleted, by the individual efforts of a few membersof the committee, who sought large subscriptions bypersonal visits and letters. The fund reached $10,000on the 10th of May, 1889, $20,000 on the 14th, $30,000on the 21st, and $40,000 on the 31st. The terriblecalamity at Johnstown, in the Conemaugh Valley, bywhich several hundred people lost their lives byfloods, occurred on the 31st of May, and the appealfor the relief of the survivors was recognized by theArch Committee as paramount to its own this date until September active work was thusnecessarily suspended, and the occurrence of the ca-lamity at this time prevented the speedy completion of 16. the fund. The people of New York City during thisperiod contributed a vast sum for the relief of thesufferers by the floods. With September a strong effort was made by theTreasurer to revive interest in the Arch Fund, and onthe 5th of that month it reached $50,000. At a meetingof the committee, November 1st, 1889, the Treasurerstated that he would be obliged to go abroad for restat an early day, to be absent for several months, andthat he felt it his duty to tender his resignation, whichthe committee very generously laid upon the his absence the active work of raising the fundwas continued from his office, and on the 20th of No-vember it amounted to $60,000. By the payment of twenty-five subscriptions, amount-ing in all to $1,010, obtained through the public-spiritedeffort of Mr. Clarence W. Bowen, not then but sub-sequently a member o
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