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Date	Wednesday, December 18, 1889
Text	[reporting on the PL meeting 12/16-12/17/1889] One of the most amusing incidents of the day was the reading of a tabulated statement of the New York Club’s business during last season. The statement shows that the Club made just $30,300. While the traveling expenses were included in the expenditures, not a cent was allowed for the Club’s share of the gate receipts while playing abroad, and in Boston alone it played before more than 70,000 people. The table follows: INCOME 250,000 admissions, at 50 cents ................................... $125,000 100,000 admissions to grand stand, at 25 cents.............$ 25,000 Total receipts..................................................... $150,000 EXPENDITURES LAST SEASON Salaries............................................................. $ 50,000 Traveling expenses........................................... $ 15,000 Ground rent...................................................... $ 5,000 Help at the grounds........................................... $ 4,000 Advertisements in daily papers, 70 days, at $60 per day$ 4,200 For supplies, such as uniforms and necessaries at the grounds ........................................ $ 4,000 Percentages paid to visiting clubs on 250,000 admissions, at 15 cents.............................. $ 37,500 Total output.............................................. $119,700 RECAPITULATIONS 250,000 admissions at 50 cents.............................. $125,000 Grand stand admissions at 25 cents........................ $ 25,000 Total receipts............................................ $150,000 Expenses................................................................... $119,700 Balance in favor of club............................. $ 30,300 The Philadelphia Item December 18, 1889 [N.B. These numbers clearly are approximate guesses. Baseball-almanac gives attendance at 201,989.]
Source	Philadelphia Item
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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