lied to fire
apparatus, to electric switch boards, to machinery, to street
sweepers, to watering carts, and to a great variety of things
that were of utility and were loaned by the manufacturers or
dealers, who wished to have them in service for the advertising
to be gained thereby.

The city is claiming, under the ordinance from which I have
quoted in the other letter, the piping on that part of the
ground included in Forest Park, and only to-day wrote asking to
know when this pipe could be taken up by the city.

It will afford me pleasure to answer any inquiry or to forward
to you any document relating to this salvage matter which you
may desire to see.

Can you advise me how long you expect to remain in Washington?

Very truly, yours,
WALTER B. STEVENS,
_Secretary_.

Hon. THOMAS H. CARTER,
_President National Commission,
Louisiana Purchase Exposition_.

Having been elected a Senator of the United States from the State of
Montana, Mr. Thomas H. Carter, president of the Commission, resigned his
office as member of the Commission on March 9, 1905. At a meeting of the
Commission held on March 20, 1905, the following letter was received
from Mr. Carter, and his resignation as president of the Commission was
duly accepted:

WASHINGTON, D.C., _March 9, 1905_.

GENTLEMEN: Finding that my duties as United States Senator,
assumed on the 4th of this month, will so far require my
attention as to render it difficult to longer continue a member
of the Commission, I have determined to hand my resignation to
the president, and preliminary thereto I respectfully resign the
position of president of the Commission.

In tendering my resignation I can not refrain from expressing to
the Commission jointly, and to the members separately, my
grateful appreciation of the unfailing confidence and cordial
support with which I have been favored at all times by the
members of the Commission, without exception.

It is questionable whether any like body of men, selected from
the country at large, has ever acted more harmoniously in the
discharge of any public duty.

With deep regret, and only from a sense of duty, I sever my
relations with the Commission, and in doing so wish each of my
associates on the Commission long life and prosperity.

Respectfully submitted.
THOS. H.