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At
this
intimation
the
Gun
Club
merely
shrugged
its
shoulders
and
returned
to
its
great
work
.
When
South
America
,
that
is
to
say
,
Peru
,
Chili
,
Brazil
,
the
provinces
of
La
Plata
and
Columbia
,
had
poured
forth
their
quota
into
their
hands
,
the
sum
of
$
300,000
,
it
found
itself
in
possession
of
a
considerable
capital
,
of
which
the
following
is
a
statement
:
United
States
subscriptions
,
.
.
$
4,000,000
Foreign
subscriptions
...
$
1,446,675
Total
,
...
.
$
5,446,675
Such
was
the
sum
which
the
public
poured
into
the
treasury
of
the
Gun
Club
.
Let
no
one
be
surprised
at
the
vastness
of
the
amount
.
The
work
of
casting
,
boring
,
masonry
,
the
transport
of
workmen
,
their
establishment
in
an
almost
uninhabited
country
,
the
construction
of
furnaces
and
workshops
,
the
plant
,
the
powder
,
the
projectile
,
and
incipient
expenses
,
would
,
according
to
the
estimates
,
absorb
nearly
the
whole
.
Certain
cannon-shots
in
the
Federal
war
cost
one
thousand
dollars
apiece
.
This
one
of
President
Barbicane
,
unique
in
the
annals
of
gunnery
,
might
well
cost
five
thousand
times
more
.
On
the
20th
of
October
a
contract
was
entered
into
with
the
manufactory
at
Coldspring
,
near
New
York
,
which
during
the
war
had
furnished
the
largest
Parrott
,
cast-iron
guns
.
It
was
stipulated
between
the
contracting
parties
that
the
manufactory
of
Coldspring
should
engage
to
transport
to
Tampa
Town
,
in
southern
Florida
,
the
necessary
materials
for
casting
the
Columbiad
.
The
work
was
bound
to
be
completed
at
latest
by
the
15th
of
October
following
,
and
the
cannon
delivered
in
good
condition
under
penalty
of
a
forfeit
of
one
hundred
dollars
a
day
to
the
moment
when
the
moon
should
again
present
herself
under
the
same
conditions
--
that
is
to
say
,
in
eighteen
years
and
eleven
days
.
The
engagement
of
the
workmen
,
their
pay
,
and
all
the
necessary
details
of
the
work
,
devolved
upon
the
Coldspring
Company
.
This
contract
,
executed
in
duplicate
,
was
signed
by
Barbicane
,
president
of
the
Gun
Club
,
of
the
one
part
,
and
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