The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-05
CITY NEAR FOOD DANGER LINE
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sgrrrta and The erection ~ nrw buildings
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IN q Gaghtfui condition THIS I know ftDU
tefssnal ohanrvttiur Othcfs hive been
laying IN supplies and storing up iood IN
afrpt quantities
Many havs diverted supplies 10 thslr
own u,e ths, should have gone to tho desti.
tHe Va ought ~ contHrve funds aud bc
pFrrsrpd tn nvepi tho food sitiiatlon twO
months from now
4 am NJ, esasgeratins IN" situation bu,
expressing INV lest opinion, bssed upon eS.
peficnco IN ALASKA and other points. Tho
army IL not ~ ha lookssl to Tor food supplies.
Tho army cannot furnish food. II can Only
ass that supplies ere honestly distributed
" y ilerrin asked II dan. Grcely could
inform tho committees what lines Of sup
plies were most generally needed Gen.
Greedy nid he could not give information
at that time Nc had issued orders for care
fui counting of Those 30 whom supplies were
given. II had been reported to him last Sat
urIay that SO OnO persons we're being fed.
Cen. Greedy doubted this. but IL was true
that In many instances four fations OF cof-
fee, two %ratious - sugar and excess RI.
tions Of other supplies had been distributed.
Ho had caused to be sent 10 each distribut-
ing station sample army rations Tor tho
guidance Of those in charge.
Gen. Greedy informed the committee that
he had forwarded a telegram to Secretary
Taft informing him that there would prob
ably have to be another call on the public.
The position he took was that the supplies
would give out in ten days and there you'd
be no money to purchase more,
Collector Of the Port Stratton reported
the receipt of a telegram from Honolulu,
che tolls on which was sl31. asking what
was needed here in the way Of supplies.
Chairman Phelan stated that a Mr.. Morgan
Of Honolulu had arrived here with So. 600
relief money. OF this he turned $4,000
over to the committee, gave $500 to the
japanese and retained the balance OF
$500 to be used for the relief OF Honolulu
people in the city.
There Is wide disparity bet the re-
lief fund promised and the money actually
In hand and subject to h order OF the
finance committee. The total Of promised
subscriptions is about s 1000, 600. the total
Of funds deposited in the Mint and avail.
able for relief purposes is $500 900. From
the financial statement prepared by the
finance committee has been eliminated
the $4,000 % appropriated by Congress.
which heretofore has swollen the grand
total. The report follows:
Relief Fund Observation-Disclosures on
morning OF May 8, 1903; Previous total,
ss,es7, 9si IS; May .. sl02 500. 4s; total, 50. 70o,-
6Os.3s; total actually promised, 50 500, eos ,SS;
verbal promises ~unconhrmed. 1924 $50:
grand total, 81 1915 ,25s.S SO.
Among the recent contributions are the
following:
American Hawaiian Steamship Company,
60, 900; Gordon Banding, $4,000; James
J. Flood, IS 200; Trenton, n. j., SIS 900;
Citizens of New Britain. $4,000; Teller
county, Col. $4,000; Philadelphia cherry
sale. S?,452; st. Pau cherry sale, $500:
Chicago cherry sale, 5000.
This IL the largest rescue work ever
attempted by an army said Gen. Funston
yesterday. And with $4,000 houseless peo-
pie tenting In Preside alone there Is ample
foundation for belief that never before were
90 many refugees housed and fed.
sWe hardly realized the magnitude Of the
work at first the General said as he stopped
In the inspection. Of u new camp which is
being laid out in regular streets and canvas
roofs for 200 families on the slope Of Ten
nessee Hollow, at the Preside.
"In the East they speak of the fire as the
greatest catastrophe of the age, but those
who have engaged in the work of relief here
on tho ground do not yet realize that zoe. 900
people were made homeless and penniless
In one day and have been fed and sheltered
for two weeks, and no man. oAa or
child has gone hungry, The relief oom-
mittee wrought wonders, but in the end it
must be admitted that without the army
IL would have been impossible. Every quar-
termaster's s~torehouse in the West was
emptied into express rains in a day"
Down at the Presidio dock where steamers
are discharging loads Of boxes and bales
and army wagons are raising clouds OF
white dust, one gets an idea Of what Is being
done. But il is only q glimpse. Only the
sea gull and the hawk can see that the en-
ergy Of the nation has been turned to the
task OF feeding 200, 600 hungry campers,
The camper themselves don't see anything
epic In the accomplishment. Only in the
distant East are they using adjectives OF
the first order in describing the city that
went camping in a day.
Golden Gate Park, Point lnbos and First
avenues, Fort Mason, Seventh and Har.
rison streets, Seventeenth and Mission
streets and at Jefferson, Hamilton, Lafayette
and Columbia squares work OF relief Is going
a In fine style, and at each OF these camps
large numbers of citizens are being cared
for,
AT Golden Gate Park It Is stated that
1, a94 persons are being cared for in wooden
barracks and go more in 2S6 tents. The
other camps are caring for people almost
o their full capacity, In many of the
squares every foot OF ground that can be
occupied without absolutely violating the
rules OF sanitation II covered with wooden
shelters or tents.
A new supply Of about 500 tents has been
received at Golden Gate Park and they are
being erected as rapidly as board flo ors
can be built for them In addition there
are sixteen wooden barracks in course Of
erection. 1t is hoped TO have before long
every one Of the park refugees under wooden
roof, without exception the hea lth of
the camps is good. Physicians and health
inspectors are everywhere, and where
civilians are in charge as well as where
Regulars have command, camps are
thoroughly inspected several times daily.
The ground Is kept clean and free from
all that might tend to make conditions un-
sanitary.
j. Downey Harvey has a letter from j.
a. Hague. representative of the Chamber