The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-04
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
REPORT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE HOME.
Cost Per Capita Has Been Small and
Valuable Improvements Have Been
Made-Financial Statement.

Following is the report Of the board Of
directors Of the widows aud Orphans
home the pride Of every Mason in Texas:
The past year has been in some respects
an expensive one to the home, because
Of the fearful drouth which prevailed in
Texas during the past summer. decreasing
the production Of supplies upon the fam
and Increasing the cost OF such things rs
We had to buy. Still the total expense
per capita Of the home. including per-
manent Improvements aud expense Of
farm, has been only $1is93, while the nc
tual expense Of maintaining the home, not
including permanent improvements, has
been only $l19. 46--a very large reduct on
from last years expenses. II will also be
seen from the report Of the superintendent
that Notwithstanding the drouth. the farm
has more than paid current expenses
The financial statement Of tho suFern-
teudent OF the home shows the auo mt
Of cash expended from the home fund for
an purposes OF home and farm 10 have
been S1l, 5000, divided as follows: Fer
manent improvements, SlAA6s3; current
expenses SSol4so; farm cxpcns s.
Sl362 IA: other items. 1911 ~. ll'nc re-
port Of the superintendent, pr. Frank
Rainey, has heretofore been published in
full in The Post.
The property and lssets Of the home may
be stated as follows:
2l2 $40 acres Of Hnd............ $4,000 90
Executive building ............ 100. % GOO 90
Girls dornltory ............... ll.T35 40
Power house and machinery .... 3.i4S 81
Stables aud barns ........,... 1900 %
Water supply and sewerage. ...., 2.l45 to-
Grading and fencing ,........,.. las 90
Permanent improvements this
Furniture aud bedding in OK
ccutve building ..,,.......... $3.50 o'
not, 60 oco NJ
We also have on hand notes. cash and
lands as shown below. thc. lands being
those purchased in by us mt tho bankrupt
sale Of the sam Allen Lumber company
ln order to protect our loan 10 that com
pany. and the town lots In the city ~
Houston known as the Spencer prope. ".
upon all Of which We expect to realize the
fall value Of our loans We may lcsc
some interest II sale is long deferred
Notes held amounting to....... St3,S46 &c
1919 acres If land ......,...... 10000 20
Spencer property ......,-...--. 500 ~
Cash on hand ...............-.. 81 ,32i -
Add value Of land and per
manent improvements at the
home o.. neutrality-suspicious., I3'O82 %
During the past year We have had M
serious sickness In tho home and no
deaths.
We have now IN the home three widows.
forty-two BOYS, thirtyclgut girls and We
have two applications FOR admission Vii.
have hccn approved and our home VIII
I'm a few days contain eighty five inmates.
We now have a ladv employed To- teach
the girls dressmakine, cutting and sitting
boys and mons clothing, and arc
teaching them 10 cook aud wash and r-
and all the branches Of housekeeping But
We arc sadly I'm ucrd of workshops an
tools to teach thC bows mechanic arts n
would he unjust n them simply 10 keen
them on the farm and teach them farm
work
We hope the Grand Lodge will adopt the
constitutional amendment pending, which
levies tax Of 30 cents per member for
the use Of the home la place Of all allow
anCeS made 10 II now. This would give
us an ample income 10 make all thc i'm
provements We desire and would enable
the Grand Lodge TO devote its prcsent in
come 10 other purposes, or il could re-
duce the amount Of its per capita assess.
ment upon lodge members IN so cents
which would be amply sufdceat to cover
It's necessary current expenses.
We again desire 10 call the attention 81
the Grand Lodge aud Of the Masons "
Texas 10 the fact that the widows and
I orphans In the Masonic home are your
widows and orphans and that they are In
2 special way dependent upon YOU for
their maintenance, support and education.
/ II seems to us that we arc all under
/ obligations TO see that thcv arc fully
/ eoupped to become useful citizens and an
/ honor 10 the craft.
| !. F. Miller
President.
NJ r. Mott
Vice President.
Arson Raney.