Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-14
100 HOMES READY.BUILT,
Such is the Shipment Chicago Proposes to
Get or to Johnstown.

such IL the Shipment Chicago Proposes to
GET or to Johnstown.
In Wednesdays Chicago Herald there was
published In detail the report Of the Relief
Committee Of that city, who had Just returned
from Johnstown and Pittsburg after look.
ing over the grounds and aseertaining
what In their Judgment, would yet be needed
TO aid the people Of the devastated district.
Among the most novel propositions brought
out at the meeting were those embodied In the
appended paragraphs:
Mr.. Onahan said IL had been suggested that
ready-made houses could be shipped from here
and put on the ears at once in shape so that they
could be erected Immediately upon arrival. He
thought 1t an excellent suggestion, and would
an1ns o 30 OF y m 9 them a. the be-
The Mayor said T. W. Harvey could put q lot of
Inose houses Uses on the cars At once. He had tele-
tee but had received no answer. He didn't know
why they should not buy 100 Of those houses and
SEND them down there, even Ii they had not been
Colonel W, T. Read said the people of the
and that all they wanted was to be given start.
They were cleaned out Of everything and had to
have not only houses, but furniture and bedding,
as well as food and clothing, and he did not think
the relief work should stop yet. He thought it an
excellent idea to send the houses, but would first
houses we're needed learn where they should be
put and the actual need ofsuch houses. For him
sel! ne tnOuRlg bney were just Wnat was Wanted.
Mr.. Alexander thought that any kind of houses
would be very acceptable. 1t was decided that the
question of sending the houses be left to the com
mittee of four, of which the mayor is chairman.
With regard to the character of the commit
tees report concerning what Pittsburg had
done and was doing, the following paragraphs,
also from Wednesdays Herald, will be warmly
appreciated here. though it wasn't for praise or
renown that Pfttsburg's contributors and
committeeman worked:
'Of course the suffering was terrible, - said
Colonel Rend, ''but that has been described again
ana again. There's one set of fellows, though, to
whom enough credit cannot be given-the Pitts
Durg Keller Committee. II is composed of the best
men OF P1ttsburg and Western Pennsylvania, and
they were hrst on the ground and have ever since
done splendid service. They are working in
systematic way, too, and doing an incalculaole
amount OF good. / don't think we can, or we
should, stop In our relief work YETI
I'm the first place, - said Mr.. Charles l.. Ray
mono. every credit should be given the Pitts
nurg Relief COMMITTEES. That body is composed of
before anyone else Just what ought to be done,
ana tnen they didit and did 1t we'll In the Sec
Ona place the calamity has been grossly oyeresti-
mated. VI course, the loss of even one life Is ter
rlDie but the statement that 15 persons ormore
had perished is out of reason.,'
what would you estimate the loss of life?'' he
was asked.
"WeIl, from the most careful inquiry among
men well informed on the subject should say not
over zoo And the loss Of property is equally ex-
aggerated. The Cambria Iron Works Is already at
work putting their plant In running order, and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company1s is also COM
ing out much better than the printed reports
would indicate 1t could. The town, of course, is
devastated, but some good buildings still remain"