Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

JANUARY.

John R. Parson, two United States flags, flag pole …….. 26.00
Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ………………… 50.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 125.00
Claude Hough, traveling expenses to New York and Washington 124.25
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 4.57
——————- 519.82

FEBRUARY.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ………………… 6.80
Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ………………… 50.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 125.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 45.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 1.08
——————- 417.88

MARCH.

Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ………………… 50.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 125.00
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Enterprise Cleaning Company, cleaning office ………….. 20.00
Simmons Hardware Company, ice-water cooler ……………. 7.50
Bell Telephone Company, rent one quarter and long distance 33.20
Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller …………………. 25.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 3.59
——————- 454.29

APRIL.

Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads ………… 90.00
Sexton-Stubinger Range Company, water-cooler stand …….. 3.25
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 125.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ………………… 50.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ………………… 19.75
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 4.27
——————- 482.27

MAY.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… $125.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
Lambert-Deacon & Hull, stationery ……………………. 25.15
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
Oliver J. Grace, 10 keys for office ………………….. 2.40
Wm. E. Barclay Printing Company, printing order books ….. 54.60
Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, two desks ………… 45.00
Keyes & Marshall Brothers Livery Company, conveyance one
month …………………………………………… 140.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, paper and envelopes ….. 94.50
J.S. Durham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Laurence H. Grahame, salary, assistant secretary, nine days 72.58
——————- $799.33

JUNE.

Kennard & Sons Carpet Company, screens and sofa cover ….. 15.50
Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ………………… 12.20
Wm. Prufrock Furniture Company, one sofa ……………… 27.00
Black-Starr & Frost, ten official badges for Commissioners 300.00
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 125.00
Wm. E. Barclay Printing Company, printing orders ………. 22.50
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary …………………….. 40.00
J.S. Durham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Ringen Stove Company, ice chest and glasses …………… 12.40
Howard E. Riggs, clerk, fifteen days …………………. 37.50
Will Hillmer, placing locks on ice chest ……………… 2.75
S.G. Adams Stamp Company, automatic pad and stamp ……… 2.00
Laurence H. Grahame, expenses trip to New York ………… 87.50
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads and
envelopes ……………………………………….. 305.00
Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 1,250.00
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, printing cards ……. 90.00
Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller …………………. 25.00
Mound City Coupe Company, conveyance, fifteen days …….. 155.00
Bell Telephone Company, rent for quarter ……………… 31.20
Kinlock Telephone Company, rent telephone, twenty-eight
days ……………………………………………. 7.10
Keyes & Marshall Brothers, conveyance, seven days ……… 68.00
James Hardy, to team and vehicle one day ……………… 7.00
Laurence H. Grahame, salary as assistant secretary …….. 250.00
Howard E. Riggs, salary, messenger, two days ………….. 4.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Laurence H. Grahame, per diem expenses allowed ………… 25.00
Southern Hotel Company, telephone charges, April, May,
June ……………………………………………. 1.80
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 6.84
Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 1,000.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 2.80
——————- 4,133.09
——————-
Grand total fiscal year ending June 30, 1904 9,918.89

Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905, inclusive.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

National Railway Company, railway guide, one year ……… $8.00
Howard E. Riggs, messenger, salary, fourteen days ……… 28.00
Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ………………… 4.90
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
Samuel S. Bennett, messenger, salary …………………. 32.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 150.00
Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, one bookcase ……… 26.50
General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28
John R. Parson, two United States flags ………………. 26.25
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, stamping 100 cards …… 9.50
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 12.79
——————- $728.22

AUGUST.

Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 150.00
Samuel S. Bennett, messenger, salary …………………. 60.00
Chas. A. Bradley, relief stenographer, eighteen days …… 90.00
Jones, Caesar & Co., audit Exposition Company's books ….. 250.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Raymond E. Brock, subscription daily papers …………… 2.70
General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Mermod & Jaccard Company, stationery, note heads, and
supplies ………………………………………… 510.00
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 6.90
—————— 1,499.88

SEPTEMBER.

Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Kinlock Telephone Company, rent telephone one quarter ….. 25.00
Frank N. Hodgins, messenger, salary ………………….. 60.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 150.00
General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 222.86
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller, three months …….. 25.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 9.61
Edmund C. Giltner, clerk Geo. W. McBride ……………… 14.00
Bell Telephone Company, rent one quarter and long-distance
charges …………………………………………. 38.35
——————- 744.82

OCTOBER.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ………………… 14.60
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary …………………… 150.00
Wilson Coker, messenger, salary ……………………… 60.00
Miss J. Floy Penney, copyist ………………………… 42.00
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ……………….. 50.00
Geo. M. Brand, one No. 4 Densmore typewriter ………….. 90.00
Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ……………….. $50.00
General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28
Edmund C. Giltner, clerk Geo. W. McBride ……………… 14.00
Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller …………………. 12.50
W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ………………….. 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service ……………… 1.74
J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ……………………….. 50.00
—————— $815.12