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Title: New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Commission, Jamestown Exposition, 1907
Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) New York (State)--Exhibitions
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co.
Contributing Library: Virginia Beach Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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of thebasin within the piers was to be applied to filling in, hence the resultwas inevitable. No one who builds a house can profitably set hislawn in order before the construction of the building is completed,and so the management acting in wisdom received the sharpest sortof criticism. Even the work of forming the basin for the electric fountain, inthe center of the court, and the two large pools at either side, was notcommenced until March 25th, practically the time for opening.Shocking it certainly wras, that throughout May, June and July, theportion of Raleigh Court before the pier was impassable and a bloton the beauty of the grounds. The contractors had signed to have itready for the grand opening; but the plans had not been turned overuntil September of 1906, whereas they should have been delivered inJune. The day of actual completion of the pier and basin was Sep-tember 14th, and then it was everything throughout the grounds wasin active operation with every detail perfected.
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3 ■o co 5- _) 0 _i C U 4) So f a. C 0 E t> <f x iO - a z 10 3 rr a aJ •o a IS _i £ 0 ~ i/) (11 e 0) 0 Jamestown Exposition 163 Interest Manifested For some time previous to the opening there was considerablecuriosity on the part of outsiders, so much so that although ten centswas charged for admission with the principal idea of keeping outtroublesome persons, up to April over 57,000 tickets were sold, andin the next twenty-five days 22,000 paid admission at the advancedrate of twenty-five cents. Altogether, between January 13th andApril 25th, before the gates were officially opened, $11,323.85 waspaid at the gate, and by adding the vehicle tickets, photograph passes,etc., the sale reached $16,000. The receipts on the opening day and for a week afterward, beingmuch below what was anticipated, the Directors met on May -tth and8th to discuss the issuance of bonds to the amount of $400,000, andthe stockholders met and authorized the issuance on June 1st. On June

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