The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-23
THE FUND DIVIDED.
Relief Money Donated to Chart
table Institutions.
ALL M.cooMss DID NOT TAKE.
Orphans Home. woman's Home Day
Nursery and Ladies' Relief Society
Each Get share.


s,n ono bestowed on the FIRE sufferers
nearly a wear ago was finally disposed o.
Yesterday by the general relief committee
At meeting held in the Chamber Of Com
merce il was decided to give 81, 900 to the
Orphans Home, 5000 to the Womans
Home. s.. 500 to the Childrens' Home and
Day Nursery. and the remainder, after al
debts are paid, to the Ladies' Relief So
ciety OF Seattle.
There are now abou: $4,000 remaining
in the treasury, and out OF this there are
several small debts TO be paid, which viii
probably bring the amount down TO little
over se0,ooO. This will give the Ladies
Relief Society about 5000 to expend in
general charity, other than through the
Orphans Home. which is under its con-
troll.
At the meeting of the relief commit
tee there were present Chairman Judge
Lewis. John Leary and G. H. Heilbron
members, and Mayor Moran, Mrs. J. c.
Haines. on behalf of the Ladies Relief So
ciety; Mrs. G. kellogg, for the Woman's
Home, and Mrs. William Butler. for the
chiidren's home or Day Nursery" as it is
known. appeared before the meeting and
asked for aid for their respective institu-
tons. Mrs. Handsaker also made plea
for the White Shield Home for fallen
women at Tacoma. Several other written
requests were also made for financial aid,
among which as one from the Tabernacle
or City Mission. located on Jackson and
South Second streets.
The Ladies' Relief Society which receive
the bulk of the remainder of the relief
fund, has been organized five years. and its
work is well known in the city. Its princi-
pal charge. the orphans home, is situated
in North Seattle. and it has always been
sustained by voluntary contributions. For
long time the management has been con-
templating the erection of . larger build
ing in more secluded place. and the IS 600
which will be given it today will very ma
terially aid this movement. A tract OF
land at Green Lake has been offered to the
society for site for new home, and the
ladies will hold a meeting within
a day or two to determine whether
or not they shall Immediately
commence the erection Of q commodious
and stately home for their orphans. The
property belonging to the present home
would sell for enough to warrant the build
ing of $4,000 or $50. 900 edifice at Green
Lake.
The Womans Home, which receives
$500 of the money, is comparatively a
new institution. The society which has ii
in charge was organized two years ago
with the following list of officers
President, Mrs. Martha s. Bush
vice president. Mrs. Sarah b. Kel-
logg; secretary. Mrs. Mary Handsakcr
treasurer. Mrs. Elizabeth Mcintosh.
Very little has been done since
the organization. Mrs. d. T. Denny, how
ever, some time ago, gave the society q lot
in Queen Anne town. and the society also
owns lot in Ballard. The prime object
for which it was organized Is to furnish
homes, at q minimum cost. to girls and
women. Similar institutions in other cities
have proved very successful. and the ladies
who have this in charge are confident that
il will do great amount of good. Mr..
John Lea-y has started private contribu-
tons by giving the home $500, and the
ladies propose to at once take steps toward
securing one or two additional lots and
erecting home to accommodate at least
seventy-five women, and to cost at least
$4,000. After it is once built the home
will be self-sustaining.
The management OF the Childrens'
Home, now located in q small house on
the corner of Third and Marion streets.
will, with the 81 500 given to IL. proceed TO
rent larger quarters in the center Of the
city and 70 increase its help. From seven
to twelve babies are now cared for daily.
but with larger rooms it is expected that
this number will be largely increased.
Judge Lewis, Mayor Moran and John
Leary were selected as . committee to pre-
sent the different societies with the money
given to them and to confer with them as
to the disposition of the funds. Chairman
Lewis was instructed to draw orders on
the treasury for the several amounts as
soon as he found that the societies were
properly organized ana Incorporated.