New-York tribune., 1881-09-11
Il PARK OBSERVATIONS.
TIE MICHIGAN SUFFERERS.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR REL IEF
~ ISIERDAY s.

Yesterday WORK OF THE MICHIGAN FIRE RELIEF
COMMISSION.
meeting of the Michigan Fire Relief Commits
sion was Md yesterday afternoon at the office of the
PRESIDENT Charles p. Crosby, No. 12O Broadway,
Tor the purpose of completing the organization be-
gun at the meeting held the day before. to appoint
something committees and to ign them different
dls' rcts OF the city to canvass The following tele
grams were read by the secretary:
j. s. MCDONALD NJ, 900 nroag ponJ mUnoy ~ MMch Sept o.
contributions should be sent TO the Hon f. c. Garlic
iyor OF Port Huron and chairman Relief
aIon, ina, i'odles @ OF more than 900 persons have
been burned ont of everything This ia IN only twenv
townships In Huron and Sanilac Counties We send 70
tne @ Associated Press statements of the situation which
you probably gee. The suffering and calamity are un
par"lclea' We invoke the aid of all our people
me secretary also read telegram from T. IT
hlnchman, of Detroit giving the following names
as committee appointed by the Merchants and
manufacturers Exchange of that city for receiving
anu disbursng contributions: Waldo NJ johnson
ii. ). Newland, General G. S. Wormser James Burt
enshaw, and James Standard
Inc oiier OF the Erie Railway to transport contri-
buttons free of charge to all towns in the burnt dis
trict was accepted with the thanks of the commits
SION. w. f. Langley said he was sure that
the New-fork Central would make the same
oher. communication was also read from the
western Union Telegraph Company offering TO
transmit free of charge all messages relating to the
work oi the commission. The commission requested
tha al money contributions should he sent to Will
Idih .DoWu, treasurer of the Michigan Relief Com
mission, No ~ Wall-st and stated that all persons
aanlhorzed to receive supplies and the like would be
Turn shed with certificate of authorization which
should read as follows:
mcssrs are hereby authorized to solicit subscrip
ons and donations in aid OF the sufferers by the Meh
s"h hIcs' {. L. CROSBY. President.
j. $. MCDONALD Secretary.
An executive committee was appointed, under the
oversight of which the future work OF the commits
son VIII be done Its members are Charles F.
crosby chairman. Jacob Houghton, Colonel Ed
nnGd nmGd NJ wi J. s. McDonald Horace Wiuans, David
Bresler; and 1t will be subject to the call of the
chairman. Several soliciting committees were ap-
pointed and instructed to canvass different parts of
the city for money and supplies. The committee for
the hrst division consists of James Riiney Carter
Ilawley " Co, Colonel l.. l.. Mcknight r. Henry
Mason, Jacob lloughton and B. f. Farringion
These men will call upon the Stock Exchange
Chamber of Commerce, Corn Exchange, Mining
i'oIrus boards OF Trade generally, bankers and
brokers of Broadway Wall and New-sts and ON
hrms and persons in hat part of the city The
broadway, and on the west side of Broa iway from
TRINITY Lhurch to Chanhcrs-st., along the south
Canal, and from there 10 the North River. The
COMMITTEE for this district is Colonel Edward Hill
i. Is Thurber, L. d.. Wilson and A. J. ID. Widemey-
err The third is the drygoods district, and the com
mlttee Ia canvass IL is w. &. Dewey, w T. Langley
G. I. BreSler. Henry lrc~ler. Mr. Branch and Mr.
Criticnden. This district is bounded nv
the north side of ChamperS-st, east side of West
Hroadway, and Souh-tifth-ave. to Fourth-st and
the East River. The Rev. Ii. l.. Morehouse and
Horace mans were appointed To VISIT the churches
the Young Mems Christian Association aud other
religious organizations. G.. Z. Crosby requested
To call on the Federal and state Dcparmcnts public
officials and members of the bar. The thanks of the
comm sson extended 10 the city newspapers for
there aid III bringing the work of the commission be-
fore the public, and the different daily papers were
requested to start subscription lists TO acknowl-
edge the receipt of subscriptions, and TO pub-
lish the commissions reports of receipts
and Disbursements. w. f.. Langley was
having made any offers to free trausporta ion
and to large public hall in which TO hold a
mass meeting next Tuesday night to awaken public
sympathy for the sufferers.
The subscriptions ceived up to p. IN. yesterday
were a. follows: