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Show By a vote of 16 to 1, with half the voting population at the o Is July 1, 1 S .n Diego passed a bond issue of nearly near-ly a million dollars for con pletion of the San Diego Panama-California Expo- sition on the lines made necessary by j the govei nment requirements and the needs of the states ami countries that have decided to participate therein. The original fund was a stock sub-s.riptionof sub-s.riptionof $1,000,000. Then came a bond issue of $1,000,000. Both these fun Is are about half expended; $300,000 01 the bond issue remaining in ,the t easury. The work of organization developed de-veloped early that the funds were not sufficient if all the stales and countries that notified the Exposition of their coming really came. The capital stock wa increased by 52,500,000, making the to. a! c .pi'.alization $3,500,0u0, with 31,1115,000 iully subscribed, On top 01 this it was decided to make anolh'. r bond issue of $S50,000 and this bond I issue has just been made. S..11 Diego, I therefore, has all the money she. r.eids Uwlh whicli to finish her exposition. J Governments and states will, of course, spend tiitir own funds, j W ork on the pusual completion of the project has inver flagged. Theie are now iour rnam LuiiUings almost : 1.0.11; let.d, a fifth under way and pb & reauy and coiiiracU let for lour mom. Tile Cahiorriia Stale Buil dag will be started in a few v,'it,.s, toe contract navmg been signed at $212,000 by the staie commission. Money makes t e mare go bat k takts organization to spend the iiione;. without, wasting it. San Dugo has mo e .ur her money than any similai e .ti prise ever suirte i in this cou.itrj and is s far ahead ot any exp lain n 1 . Hie same comparative ti ne that it s 1.1 lie to say thai il will be ready on tone. It could be rca.iy in September, 1.1 1, i. i ny thing sheuij make il d -sii-ab.e or expedient lo oen at that lime. |