The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-28
DR.. GORDON'S WORK.
He VIII Disburse the Remaining Funds
of the Johnstown Relief Committee.

nc VIII DIoDOLoC thO
of the Johnstown Relief COMMITTEES.
The Johnstown Relief Committee Of
this city met in the Mayors office last
night, to listen to the report of DIR. Cor
don and Mr.. Thomas Potter, a sub-com.
mittee appointed to visit JohnstoWn ano
ascertain proper methods as to the best
disposition of the funds so contributed by
the liberal hearted citizens of Jersey City.
Ex-Mayor Clark, Mr.. George Watson,
Finance Commissioner Hilliar, Mr.: Will
liam Muirhead, Mr.. George Young
and Mr.. F. P. Budden, OF
the committee, were present. Mr.. SteV-
ems was absent.
The committee inspected a number OF
large photographs which DIR. Gordon
brought home with him, giving a COM
plete idea of the ruin and suffering
wrought by the deluge, and listened to
graphic bits of descriptions.
Among the u~naccountable freaks OF the
| flood DIR. Gordon described a piece of rail
road track whose ties for miles had been
turned up on ends and banked in the
| sand, forming a complete fence-lke
| structure which the hands of man could
| scarcely have constructed.
Mr.. Potter told how q tremendous tree,
torn from it's roots, was damned length
wise through an L-shaped house, with the
roots and top ~protruding. As another
curious instance he mentioned thai for
several blocks on one side of a street
every house was torn from its foundation
and swept away, while on the opposite
side of the street stood alonea white
house, with a white stoop, totally I'M
harmed.
Doctor Gordon said he saw a piece of
metal that weighed twenty pounds which
had been swept several miles down the
stream. A fire engine was carried two
miles by the torrent, but he presumed
that trees had formed a sort of raft and
assisted in floating it.
Mr.. Potter was called to the chair. DIR.
| Gordon reported that, as treasurer of the
fund, he had received S14, ZIG. 25,
after deducting the expenses of
recent entertainments and other obliga-
lions, amounting to 1896. He had also e.
pended upon the families whose names
are given below, in procuring some of
them passage home and providing Others
$500. $1,000 had been forwarded to Gov
ernor Beaver. He had on hand 81, 216.25
and wanted to know what to do with it.
The chairman said that the doctor had
taken great pains to see that the sufferers
from Jersey City had not been neglected.
He suggested that DR.. Gordon be Ell
trusted with the funds, to make such dis
position as in his judgment was best.
DIR. Gordon referred to the appeal from
| Johnstown, issued yesterday, wherein it
| was stated that not enough money to re-
| lieye the necessities of the people was
available in spite of the large sum con-
tributed by the country. He said that he
! could not understand 1t, and believed that
| there must be a mistake. He suggested
| that perhaps the conflict of authorities
| might have prevented the money from
being Immediately used for the best pur-
| poses. He was anxious to see that the
| Jersey City money found its way to the
proper places. There were forty families
-1G0 people-of Jersey City among the
| sufferers.
me chairman spoke of the noble con
duct of DIR. Sheridan, of Johnstown, who
lost everything in the flood and had since
devoted himself night and day to the re-
lief of the suffering. In addition to
establishing a hospital he had taken care
of his brothers widow, a Jersey City
woman. In recognition of Dr.. Sheridan's
donation of $500 be given him.
After some discussion this matter and
the future disposition of the funds was
left to DIR. Gordon by a unanimous vote.
The committee reported as to its work in
assisting Jersey City families. Among
following, located for the immediate
future at the addresses GWEN
The Eberly family of eight Zone
lost. at No. 81 Newark avenue; the Miller
family (mother, adult brother and sister
lost, with four children of a relation
named Burkhart, to arrive from Elizabeth
! Saturday nighttime in all-at No. las
First street; Finley family of three with
Lawlor family, mother and four chill
dren, who will arrive Saturday., at No. 31(
First street.
Robert Miller, of the family already
mentioned, Will remain at JohnStown il
the employ Of the Cambria company.