The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
HOW FUND WAS SPENT
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
 AT GALVESTON.
The Discussion in the Recently Ad- journed Texas Legislature Brings Forth e Reply by The Gal
 weston News.

Galveston. May 15.-Owing to the discussion in the House of Represen-
 tatives of the Texas Legislature in re- gard to the Galveston relief fund, the following statement has been prepared
 by The Galveston News:
 The total cash receipts from all
 sources at Galveston were $1,243. .495;
 disbursements, $1,234,63s, leaving a
 balance of $8,S56. Some claims are out
 standing against the fund and several
 suits are pending for adjudication.
 which will about offset the balance.
 Chairman McVitie of the relief com
 mittee, reports the expenditure of
 $132, 2,133. Of this amount $77, ,783 was for
 supplies purchased by the committee.
 The valuation of contributions of
 groceries, provisions, etc, sent to the
 committee was placed at $250,000. The
 relief committee sold $5S.124 worth of supplies consisting of perishable goods and disinfectants. The relief commit tee which was a subcommittee of the central committee had charge of the distribution of provisions and clothing and was in charge of the commtssaries. All funds received by this committee were turned over to Chairman John Sealy of the Finance Committee and treasurer of the Central Committee. The State Legislature sent a special joint committee to the storm district in March to report on conditions of the people in the district and to investigate the method and manner of distribution of relief funds received by various com mittees in said section. The figures presented above were prepared official ly for this legislative committee. Shortly before adjournment of the leg islature the report of the joint com mittee was made public. Referring to Galveston and the work of the build ing committee, the report says: It seems that a great number of relief houses were placed upon the land of well to do people, who were to receive rents from the people occupying them. The committee also incorporated In It's report the statement that from S4o'OOo to $20, ,000 was appropriated by the le- lief committee to fill up certain places and districts with sand and that such filling was made to benefit the proper ty of various members of said com mittee.
 The statement further says: Tt is a well known fact to the Governor of the State of Texas end to all parties who have given Galveston relief work any consideration, that the distribu- tion of the fund sent to Galveston was in the hands of as strong and reliable a set of men as could be mustered any where in the State of Texas.
 The building committe was sub- committee from the central committee. The central committee appropriated from the general fund $450,0O0 for build ing homes for deserving poor. who lost their homes by the storm, and also for repairing dwellings damaged by the storm. The building committee began to close up its work Cn May 1st, and its report is now in course of prepara- tion. Houses to the number of 572 have been constructed, ranging in value from $3O5 to $359 apiece.
 The facts in regard to the legisla- tive committees report are these: In D few cases property owners not only