Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-28
MONEY STILL POURING IN


8 The chamber of commerce re- @
@ ports that the total contributions @
q to the relief fund up to the pres g
o ent time amount, to S17s,6956S. g
g Up to yesterday the amount was @
g $177, 7,296.1O. Yesterday S2299.4O 9
g was sent in. g
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of the following members: R. w.
Burnham, chairman; G. A. Smith and
c. d. Willard. 1t has the care of all
the cash that has been given to the
relief work and also decides how the
money is to be disbursed. The ex-
ecutive committee, of which Charles
E. Silent is chairman, and of which
]. o. Koepfli and Joseph Scott are
members consults with Mr. Vail in re-
gard to any decisive step that may be
taken. Mr. Vail has also taken charge
of the supplies of clothing, food and
money which have been sent in from
the villages of Southern California to
Los Angeles.
Commlssary Running Smoothly
The supply and requisition committee
also has to direct the commissary de-
partment, of which G. D. Kenyon is the
head. In the Baker, block supplies Of
clothing are received and given out,
in the Canfield warehouse supplies of
food are taken care of and issued to
the organizations who are relieving
the refugees. The work is fully in
hand now and every department is run
ming smoothly.
The following is part of the report Of
F, Q. Story to the relief committees:
April 81, 1906.
To the gentlemen of the Los Angeles
Citizens Relief COMMITTEES:
Under your directions left this city
Wednesday evening about p. m. and
arrived at San Jose about 8 o'clock
the next morning. One of the moving
spirits Of the San Jose relief commit
tee informed me that they had in the
neighborhood of 10000 to 10000 of the
San Francisco refugees whom they
were caring for. He stated that their
citizens would be able to take care Of
their own sufferers and quite probably
OF those that came to them from San
Francisco. He desired me to thank
this committee for the two cars Of
supplies we had sent them and stated
that as their people felt they did not
need them they had sent the two cars
on to San Francisco to the relief COM
mittee there. I assured him this action
on their part would be appreciated and
told him IL they needed any additional
help from the outside Los Angeles
would be glad to do all we could to
aid them. 1 should say that the dam
estimated, as comparatively few of
their buildings were injured by the
earthquake.
Places Stearns In Charge
Arrived at Oakland about 1880 a.
m. and proceeded at once to the cham
Der Of commerce and the board Of
trade rooms where I met Edward
Stearns, the secretary, and our agent,
j. j. Fogarty, who is cooperating with
Mr. Stearns.
After careful inquiry and under your
authority, 1 placed Mr.. Stearns in
charge Of Los Angeles supply dis
bursement, giving him complete con-
troll of all our work in Oakland and
San Francisco. The Oakland chamber
of commerce rooms will be the head
quarters for registering all persons and
inquirers from Los Angeles, and where
they should receive all mail and send
out the same that is entrusted to their
care. j. J. Fogarty of Los Angeles
will be Mr.. Stearns' assistant.
Governor Thanks Los Angeles
Governor Pardee has repeatedly
poured his blessings on Los Angeles
for all they had done, and especially
commended the work that was being
done by the Desmond outfit, which
from five different camps in the vari-
Gus parks were supplying in all more
than 10000 to 5000 hot meals daily.
James D. Phelan, chairman of the cit
izens' relief committee, and also of
the finance committee, intimated that
San Francisco's greatest need at pres
ent is funds. He also reported that he
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Los Angeles has sent from the Farm
ers and Merchants bank and ]. A
Graves, through Wells Fargo.
| DIR. James w. Ward. the head of the
board of health commission, positively
assured me that they do not have or
their records to exceed forty-two pa
tients that are affected with contagious
or infectious diseases. He states that
by exercising proper care and precau.
tions here no fear need be felt ovei
the influx of refugees from San Fran
cisco.
Mayor Schmitz has commended agar
and again the work that was being
done through Mr.. Desmond. He re
duested that this work be continued
as he thought that funds could b'
used to no better purpose. He wished
to express San Franciscos thanks fo
all that had been done for them by thu
citizens of Los Angeles.
All the city officials with whom
consulted approved of the action o
Los Angeles in desiring to entertain
the National Educational association
and thought it was for the best inter
ests of the state in general that w
should not only do this but should
carry out our plans for entertaining th'
Shriners and having the Fiesta.
Half Million in Supplies
Southern California has sent to th'
relief of San Francisco in cash anC
supplies of various kinds not far from
half million dollars through thei
various relief committees and the nu
merous fraternal societies. 1t was thu
general expression that no further sup
| plies should be sent forward at present
but that all staple supplies that will
keep should be held ready to forward
when needed. F. @. STORY.