The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09

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thoroughly by the commission appointed
by you, and they are being aided by the
leading citizens of hesplace. The COM
mission has difficult task before them,
but they have taken hold of it in so thor
ough manner as to inspire confidence
in both the contributors and the recipients
of the aid. On Wednesday, July 5, the
commission made their first award.
Prior TO this they had secured a com
piete report of all The losses suffered in
the storm, both in New Richmond and
In the track of 4fe- cyclone forty miles
northward They oShave, therefore, in
compact FORM, [fuIL4report of each in
dividual loss, the condition of the losers
prior to the Storm and their condition
at the present time. These complete re-
ports have simplffiedP the work of the
commission, but, as already stated, they
have a very difftcui tttask before them.
They have made far their own conVen-
fence a sort of classification Of those who
suffered loss, and the awards made on
July 5 were to assist the most destitute
class of losers to rebuild their homes.
--"Of course the work of providing food,
clothing and shelter for those.e,who are
destitute of these has been carried on
from the start, and no individual or fam
lily is suffering from either of these in
New Richmond 81 at the present time,
thanks to the very Thorough manner in
which the commission and the local COM
mittees are doing their work. The most
destitute class comprise those who have
lost their homes and household goods and
have no means, at the persent time, of
securing sliving, leither because of the
death Of the breadWinners of the family,
or because the storm destroyed the posi-
bility, of employment, In the awards
made on Wednesday from $500 to $500
apiece was awarded families of this kind,
to enable them to build homes for them
selves, where they own lots Where suf-
ferers from the icyclone were renters
and owned no property of their own, of
course the help will he on a little differ
ent basis
THE first work, after relieving the i'm
mediate destitutior,a which the commits
sion undertook was to rebuild the. city
hall and the water tower, in order to
maintain the city water supply, and for
sanitary reasons to clean up the debris
and thus remove the danger of sickness
They have put UP some cheap frame
buildings for some of the merchants, in
order that the latter may have protection
for their goods, where any were saved,
or where they have purchased some in
order to begin business again.
''In consultation with the commission
we found that they are preparing a re-
port to submit to you of the posses, and
an estimate Of what will be required in
addition to what has already been re-
ceived in order that restitution may be
relieved. This estimate of the additional
amount of money that will be required
the commission now believe will not ex-
coed $4,000, which would make a total
with that already contributed of about
$3.50, 900, in cash, beside from $4,000 to
$4,000 in the wayIof supplies which have
been received. -.
''It should not be understood that $780,,
600 represents the entire loss in New
Richmond from the cyclone. 1t repre-
sents simply what is necessary to take
care Of the people who are absolutely
destitute, and to place working people
themselves