The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-18

near NORTH 0fdNC0, leC0nL!v 0aQ MS arm
ground CT In the cog wheels Of mill.
Relief for Rochcster-The Generous
Contributions and How They Have
Been Used.
ROCHESTER,. Special. Oct 1O-1he total cash
receipts OF The Citizens Relief committee up to
date are $50. 44161 Beside this thore has
been received in lumber, hardware, furniture.
eroceriess, provisions, AMI orders Of various
kinds, So, 926. 20. making tho total dona ions
$O7, 387 "a Tue Coal dealers OF Chicago
have Contributed nine car lo1ds of coal which
the Chicago Il Northwestern railway has
shipped from Chicago free 6f charge. THIS
coal has been t6ld 70 Mfaats, Written Il Judd.
sn4 3o sRs Sn one ;n ABOUT 2o0 has been placed
have been purchased in line Island, which the
railway company agree to deliver here at less
than half rates. The sum. OF $4,000 has
been already disbursed, leaving tho cush bal.
are s1es ~ tue h'nd' OF n? committee about
50, 900 or So, 600 to relieve the wants of such
1t The sufferers a. are without other resources.
The committee have had gang Of from lwen-
~ to seventy men, under tho superintendent
OF A. l. Dickerman, At work, erecting dwelling
houses in the devastated district Between
thir y aud forty houses, at an av-rage cost of
$25u. have been built by tho committee alone
with this force. Que hundred and nineteen
houses. in both city and country, have been
replaced, with the assistance Of the re ief fund.
IL ADDITION to this, an average amount Of $7S
has been given to each of 233 families, for
the purchase Of furniture and necessaries but
the aim of the committee has beeu, IS far us
possible, to eXpenu the fluids So generously
contributed III permanent improvements. Ac-
SS"rd'ng TO the estimate of W: G.
Rslief committee, from, $4,000 to $780,
900 worth OF clothing has been distributed
by tue ladies, 253 families having been Supplied
with cl6lhlng. Those in the county who we're
sufferers by the first cyclone iu July have also
ceesn supplied I d, vi h clothing, and are in,
desututlon have been relieved since the meet
ing OF the ladies' committee on Saturday last
County Commissioner Coo and Auditor hiied
have made personal canvass Of the county,
aud have based their estimates of loss on tlls
assessors valuation, which is less than one-
half the actual value They report the total
loss at 1912, 200, or all actual amount of
$500, 600 to $SOO,OOS An instance of this
tue conservatism Of this estimate is shown in
tho following item: Upon the Is, 600 acres of
" per acre, or $4,000! The average
OF the wheat CROP Ill the county this year is not
less than eighteen bushels per acre, or a yalu-
at!or of $50 Instead of $4 at present low
prices. A tack one mile wide and thirty miles
long! long was swsps by The storm. Upon thirty
'.'o IA "'o "oC ou!AuAns was Iclt -Four hum
dred structures were totally wrecked aud about
the same number more or less damaged. Two
thousand acres Of timber were DESTROYED.
which, however, will not be total loss If tue
wood ID properly taken care Of 1 he relief SO
sener 'usly contributed will make up about IL
per cent OF tho actual loss to the county. The
commit ee wish to state that the aid furnished
Is mos, noteworthy instance Of open handed
generosity, and they wish to express, through
the medium of the newspapers, in behalf of
the sufferers, sincere thanks for the sympathy
so practically shown.