The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-12
WORK OF COMMITTEE DONE
What Ogden and Weber County Did
for San Francisco
Sufferers.

The final meeting of the Ogden-San
Francisco relief committee was held here
yesterday forenoon, when the committee
completed it's labors by making its re-
port to the mayor According to the re-
port. the total subscriptions received were
81, 16, Of which amount $1,000 was
subscribed by Ogden City and $1,000 by
Weber county. These amounts the com
mittee did not find it necessary to draw
upon, and the warrants have been re-
turned, leaving a balance Of s,21116
available. The balance in cash on hand
when the report was completed was ST.
O31.O5, which has been forwarded to San
Francisco as a cash subscription. The
report to the mayor was as follows:
''The committee on relief for the bene-
fit of the sufferers of the late disaster
at San Francisco, appointed by you on
the morning of April 90 1906 wish to
report follows:
Enclosed find attached a list of cash
contributions to the amount of Sll,2ll-lb
Appended find vouchers for expenditures
TO the amount of $1L2116-
"A complete list of cash collections and
expenditures viii also be found in the
local daily papers.
I'm addition we have received listed
contributions to the value of several
thousand dollars in merchandise. Other
contributions in merchandise. of which
the committee has listed record, have
been forwarded to the mayor of San
Francisco. An estimate of the value OF
the total subscribed in cash and mer-
chandise would be about $4,000.
Roughly speaking, not counting the
car sent by the school children of Og-
den. this committee has been partially.
If not wholly, instrumental in forward
ing about eight full cars of food. and
clothing to the sufferers at San Fran
cisco.
In addition TO the above, we have
fed and clothed from 12,000 to 15.G00 refu-
gees at our quarters at the Ogden Union
depot, and rendered medical and surgi-
cal assistance to at least 500
the warrants on the treasurer of the
City Of Ogden and the treasurer Of We
Der county. Utah, to the amount of $4,0OO,
which il is our desire to return with our
sincere thanks, and stating that this
committee has not found it necessary
to draw on the above sources.
1--WE also hand you a complete set of
original minutes, kept at our meetings;
all accounts of every description handled
by us including all duplicate bills, com
munications and record books.
we wish to thank the good people of
Ogden CITY and Weber county. and the
ladies especially. for their good will and
untiring support and ask you, in their
behalf, to appoint an auditing commit
tee, and upon their favorable report to
est convenience"
The auditing committees report. veri-
flying the figures, was also enclosed.
Upon receiving the report Mayor Con-
roy addressed the following communi-
cation to the people of Ogden:
In closing the work Of relief for the
unfortunate people of San Francisco it
is fitting at this time for me to eX-
press my appreciation of your magnlt1-
cent work in the above cause.
TO you one and ALL men, women and
children. I desire, as your chief mag1-
strate. to express my sincere thanks.
want to convey TO the local representa-
tives of the great railway system cen
tering in Ogden, E G Manson, w H
Chevers and o. b ellison. in particular,
Jas well as to their superior officer, my
apDreciatiOn for their most generous as
sistance in this trying period.
ITO the Tabernacle choir, its cOnduc-
tor Joseph Ballantyne, and to its man
ager. Charles J. Ross, we are also deep
y indebted.
ITO the various fraternaI organiza-
tons. relief bodies and al the churches
of the city. to the Ogden Standard and
the Utah State Journal, the local de-
partments of the Salt Lake Tribune. Salt
Lake Herald. Inter-Mountain Republican
and Deseret News, 1 desire TO extend
sincere thanks.
ITO William Allison. superintendent of
the Ogden public schools, to the teach
ers and to all the children, to Superin
tendent David O. Mckay. Of the Weber
Stake academy and the students of his
school 10 the Sisters Of the Holy Cross
and their pupils, we are under great
obligations
And especially TO the general relief
committee. through whose untiring and
businessike efforts this relief work has
been conducted to a favorable termlna-
ton. I am under lasting obligation.
lastly. I feel proud to be the eXecu-
tive head of city whose people can
arise TO the occasion as nobly as you
have done