The San Francisco call., 1906-09-01
Relief Corporation Provides
Sl62,363 to Carry On the
Work for Next Month.

Tile executive committee of the Re-
lief Corporation approved yesterday
budgets agg-egatips s1sas5303 for
the operation of camps. sanitation OF
tho city and the administration of the
several departments for September.
With the exception OF that of the de-
partment OF rehabilitation and relief.
where there is an increase of about
$4,000 the budgets show a marked de-
crease ever the running expenses for
August
the department of camps During
August about siss,o00 was required for
this department. The budget approved
YESTERDAY provides fer an expenditure
Of s93,6Ge7S. This includes an expen-
diture Of ssS.SS4.30 for soup kitchens,
where. under the new administration,
about $1,000 a day is being saved.
Into the department of camps falls
properly the allowance made for the
Beard of Health. The budget for tbs
board approved yesterday, provides
for an expenditure OF s1s.910. de-
crease of about $4,000 from the August
budset, The budget for last month,
IS finally corrected. was s25.son. This
months budget provides $3.50 for
tion corps and $1,000 ft-, purchases.
AoS1 OG iloNs
The sanitary corps consist Of ten
physicians at 500 . month each; two
dental surgeons at si00 month each,
ten disinfeeting teams at 81 per day
each. TWEEN y lasorers at SIS a month
each. two delivery teams at $3.50 a
month eae... garbage hauling $4,000, in-
cineration of garbage (estimated)
| s300,
Originally the board asked for six
/ 49, ;a:a L.
| these 1t cut down to ten and twenty
/ respectively, About $1,000 worth OF
the goods which coma under the item
/ OF purchases are In stock. which viii
cut this item to $500 and the expendf-
lures under the budget to si1elo.
For the department OF rehabilitation
ss4,5s5 was allowed yesterday, but as
the $4,000 agreed upon for the sewin {
ceaters was omitted through the over
sight of a clerk, this must be added
which will swell the budget te
sss,s3s. During August $4,000 was
expended in carrying en this depart
ment But as new bureaus have heer
added recently fair comparison OF
figures is not easily made. The items
of the budget are: Bureau of hospitals
s1e,335, bureau Of special relief $4,000
administration of the work of rehab-
| ilitation $4,000, sewing centers $4,000
in addition to this 100000 was SCI
aside for the work of rehabilitation.
1 The budget of the department OF
! finance provides for an expenditure OF
sS34i.25, saving of about sl4o0 over
| the expenses of last month, which
| were ss75e. The work of this depart.
ment 10 purely administrative and tn.
saving comes from the cutting off o.
help, which 1t is thought can be dont
away with.
For the administration of the de,
1 nartment- of building 1880 was al
lowed and for the department oi
claims and demands $500.
CONTRACT FOR HOUSES.
The executive committee authorized
the letting Of contract for the build
ing of 1000 houses, in addition to TIL,
2ooo contracted for at the last meeting
.of the committee. OF the houses or
dered yesterday 1890 are i4x1s feet il
size, each divided into three rooms, t.
cost s1s5 each. They will be built b9
the Building Gopstructian COMPANY
and are to be conpleted within seven
| ty-fye days from September 4. Fo
every day less than the seventy-d dv,
the contractor Is to be allowed {
| benus of 5000; for every day that h,
runs beyond the time of his contrac
he must pay a penalty of 500.
The second contract is to be let tt
L. Swensen. He is to build 500 two