Show Merchants Me a Are A re liable ha le For Fo Street Fair Deficit Who ofU meet the tile nile of unpaid 1 paid bills which from the dust of the kite hite merchants street fair and car carnival carnival carnival It has a been en Popularly supposed that the liability would rest on the tive and auditing committee consisting eon l of George Mullett A C Smith and J A Graham but it may not There is a possibility po that every man who sub scribed to the fund by which the car scheme was launched most of whom are ue merchants of this city will be called upon to make good od a portion of the deficit which is I above 2000 2600 The committee sought out the ser ncr services vices of a legal firm last t Monday even ing and laid before the attorneys a statement of the street fair case and their connection with it it from begin beginning beginning ning fling to end encL What comfort they found the members s of the committee at this time refuse to divulge but hut it is as u asserted arted that th t the opinion pillion O rendered was to the effect that t every person who sub subscribed subscribed scribed to the fund thereby became a I member of Ue tie e street treet fair tab association and as such all aU are equally liable for tor the debts contracted I Meanwhile there is a 8 good goad deal of disgust st in the committee Mul Mu lett Iett and Smith hag hav ha practically turned everything over to Mr Graham and authorized authorised him to take the shortest and least expensive path out of the dilemma dilemma ma maSaid Said Mr fro Graham yesterday It II is true that we have consulted an alter attorney ney on the question of the deficit and street fair indebtedness and we have havea a plan for paying it off o but I cannot divulge the nature of it at this time Ume The rhe he shortage will wUl be over 2010 but not as high hi 1 as 8 2500 OO I believe The largest bills outstanding are those tho e of Asper Noall Neal Co who put up the grandstand and the Salt Lake Livery Transfer Tran fer company who furnished carriages and teams in the parades There are many smaller accounts and some BOrne of them which were not author authorised med by the committee and we cannot be held accountable for Who no will pay these I 1 do not know The bill amounts to about M being for the use of the lumber in the grandstand and throne According to Mr Graham Manager Lary had an agreement wh with the com corn committee committee to put up the grandstand pay ing for it himself He was to take this matter out of the committees hands I entirely and in return was to be man manager I Iager j ager agel and get a lions share abare of what I money was Wall left over after expenses were paid A few days before the opening of the carnival the contract contractors t tors ors who then had the work nearly I completed called on the committee with a 8 bill for The re the firm to Manager Lary and was waa somewhat taken back to hear tear that the t latter had no money The Asper NoaH people demanded their pay and after some parley MeArs Mullett and Smith guaranteed the bill bUl Having ad advanced advanced advanced something like 1800 already these members considered cO themselves too far in to pull out although Bit Nt Graham declined to add his hi signature to the guarantee referred to Manager Lary Mr Graham states represented to the committee that he had money when he be undertook to contract for the grandstand but after the fair had fiz liz fizzled fizzled sled out professed ed himself to be with without without without out funds flUids The Salt Lake Livery Transfer bill is 2190 Another claim against the committee for aM is held by J T J Hefferman Befferman for canvassing tot foi to subscriptions sub It is said there are other creditors for 1 r smaller amounts The committee called on Director General Stoll of the Elks street fair yesterday and offered for sale hele the Main street str t electrical display and floats floa and other oth r fixtures bought for the carnival |