The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-10-18
Relief for ROchester-The Generous
Contributions and How They Have
Been Used.

Relief for Rochester-The Generous
Contributions and How They Have
Been Used.
ROCHESTER,, Special. Oct 1O-The total cash
receipts of he Citizens Relief committee up to-
date are $50. AL 81. Beside this there has
been received in lumber, hardware, furniture.
groceries, provisions, ani orders of various
NOS. st, 925.73, making the to,al donations
S67 ,367 "a The coal dealers of Chicago
have contributed nine car loads of coal, Which
the Chicago g. Northwestern railway has
shipped from Chicago free Of charge. THIS
coal has BEN sold to Messrs. Whitten & Judd.
aud the money. abuut 81 200, has been placed
t' form fuel fund. Large quantities OF wood
have been purchased in Pine Island, which the
railway company agree to deliver here at less
than half rates. The sum of $48, 900 has
been already disbursed, leaving tho cpsh bal.
anc" in the hands of the committee about
So, 500 It is their intention to retain
SO, 900 or So, 600 to relieve the wants of such
Of The sufferers a. are without other resources.
The committee have had gang Of from twen-
~ to seventy men, under the saperintendence
of A. l. Dickerman, at work, erecting dwelling
houses in the devastated district Between
thir aud forty houses, at an average cost of
$3.50, have been built by the committee alone
with this forcs. Que hundred and nineteen
houses. in both city and country, have been
replaced, wi b the assistance of the re ief fund
Iu addition to this, an average amount of $78
has been given to each of 233 families, for
the purchase of furniture and necessaries; but
the aim of the committee has beeu as far as
possible. to expend the funds so generously
cord,ng to the estimate Of " G.
Rice, the treasurer OF the Citizen MS
Relief committee, from $4,000 to Sl5,-
600 worth Of clothing has been distributed
by tue ladies. 253 families having been supplied
with clothing. Those in the county who were
mi hv fret Tn1vy hox al,
beeen supplied with clothing, and are in
cluded in Inc 253 families. Nine new cases of
destitutlen have been relieved since the meet
ing of the ladies' committee on Saturday last
County Commissioner Coe aud Auditor hiled
have made personal canvass Of the county,
and have based their estimates of loss on the
assessors valuation, which is less than one
half the actual value. They report the total
loss at 1872, 600, or an actual amount of
100000 10 $500, 600. An. instance OF the
the following item: Upon the 10000 acres of
grain destroyed the valuation was placed at
81 per acre, or 10000. The average
Of the wheat crop IN the county this year is not
less than eighteen bushels per acre, or q valu-
5atior Of $50 instead OF 81. At present low,
prices. A track one mile wiuo and tLirly miles
long was swept by the storm. Upon thirty
three farms nota building was left Four hun
dred structures were totally wrecked. aud about
the same number more or less damaged. Two
thousand acress Of timber were: destroyed,
which, however, will not be total loss If the
wood is properly taken cars OF The relief SO
generously contributed will make up about 10
per cent Of the actual loss to the county, The
committee wish to state that the aid furnished
Us most noteworthy instance Of open handed
generosity. and. they wish to express, through
the medium Of the newspapers, In behalf Of
the sunerera, sincere thanks for thesympathy
20 practically shown.
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