Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-02
ESPECIAL rrLEeRAM TO THE D1srAroH.,

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lJoHNsTowN, August 1.-To-morrow
forming Treasurer Thompson and Secretary
Kremer will have a conference with the
Board of Inquiry and some plan of con-
certed action will be decided on to effect a
more speedy distribution of the relief fund.
Treasurer Thompson proposes to push the
work and he will urge the Board of Inquiry
to make arrangements to distribute the or
ders more rapidly.
This the members of the board say they
are prepared to do and when arrangements
are completed in a few days as much or
more money will be paid out in one day
than has previously been paid out in a
week. The effect of Mr.. Thompson's busi-
ness methods were plainly visible to-day
Business was done twice as rapidly as before
and not half the force of clerks was en-
ployed. By cashing the orders direct, the
people were waited on in less than half the
time they were formerly required to wait,
and consequently it was much less tiresome.
MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
After this week it is Mr.. Thompson's pur-
pose to keep the Office open from A. M. to
SP. NJ, and tents will be erected for him
self and force of clerks, where they will
that the people will get their money before
the summer is spent is very cheering, and is
having good effect.
That the commission has done wisely in
deciding to have the money paid out at
once all admit. 1t is largely due to the
remarks of Hon. John NJ. Rose that the
Governor was convinced that speedy action
was now necessary. There is a good deal of
indignation expressed bv prominent citizens
of the town over the facts divulged yester-
day that the local finance committee here
was largely responsible for the delay in the
payment of money to the sufferers.
The efforts of the commission to now
make it appear that the public was cor
daily invited to appear before the COM
mission ale branded as insincere, as promi-
nent people say they had no knowledge
that the public would be welcome but
rather were told that they could not meet
with the commission. W.. Horace Rose,
ESQ.,, published a statement that neither
himself nor any of his friends had any
knowledge of the meeting and denied that
the public had any knowledge that they
would be welcome to be heard.
ALL THAT Is LEFT.
One pair of street car trucks were dug out
of the sand to-day, which is all that has yet
been found of tine equipment consisting of
dOOuI oO nOrSeS anu 10 cars. Bills are
posted by the Board of Inquiry in the de-
vastated district of Woodvale announcing
that sufferers from that district will get their
orders on a certain day. The fact that there
is not single house left in the whole
borough, is a fearful commentary on the
force of the food, and the bills posted
around Oh the roots and logs are woeful
reminders of the happy homes that once oc-
cupied these sites.
1t is becoming apparent that something
must be done soon toward building perma-
nent bridges, as the present structures are
already breaking down, and none of them
will Withstand the high waters that are sure
to come. The contract for taking old iron
out of the river beds and recovering it from
the sand has been given to Mr. William
Litz, and it is thought great deal of valu-
able material will be found. His workmen
to-day unearthed safe that was deeply i'm
bedded in the sand.