The San Francisco call., 1906-07-12


exclusively for homes for the homeless.
This is the decision of the finance COM
mittee of the relief funds at its meet
| ing yesterday afternoon. How to
place the money to provide these
dwellings 80 that they will prove
benencial to the residents and the
prosperity of the city at the same time
is the one stumbling block which de-
| lays the immediate action of rebuild
Ing shelters from the winter rains.
| To remove this hitch the united eff
forts of all the prominent citizens have
been enlisted. Mayor Eugene e.
Schmitz. every member of the finance
committee. the rehabilitation commit
! tee, the relief commission and capable
individuals are all putting their brains
to work upon the weighty problem.
| All have agreed that speed and per-
manency shall be the foundation prin-
ciples and to further these ends all
efforts are directed. The relief COM
mission and the rehabilitation COM
mittee are, the two prime movers in the
project and their joint report pre-
sented yesterday touched on every
suggestion introduced.
/ This report, prepared at the request
of the relief fnanciers, was referred
| for consideration until Friday after
noon. when definite action will be
taken and the funds on hand put to
the uses originally intended.
WOULD FORM A CORPORATION.
To meet the situation all PROPOSE
tions have ultimately resulted in the
conclusion to form corporation. This
corporation, whether private or com
posed of relief workers, IS to be backed
by the finance committees S3,o00.000.
These propositions with their respec-
| tive founders again stand as one on
the classification of the needy and as
to what the demands will be.
Mayor Schmitz suggests three classes
of society The divisions are due en-
tfrely to the financial status of the
individuals. First there are the abb
solutely destitute individuals or fam
lilies. They have no means of provid
| ing for homes and own no property.
Without assistance from the general
fund they will remain dependents. They
must be given immediate attention.
Secondly the property-owners who
have lost their dwellings and means
of replacing them. Unfortunately
there are too few of the refugees in
this division. These people should be
allowed enough money, either by gift
or loan. to rehabilitate. 8
Thirdly the large and desirable ele-
ment of wage earners and renters of
property is to be considered. These
workingmen with their families are
capable of buying homes on the in
stallment basis or paying reasonable
rents and are anxious to do so.
! The relief commission and rehabili-
tation committee have constructed
their document along these lines At
/ the meeting of che finance committee
General Greedy added another and un-
provided for class to the list. He takes
up the single and aged people who
lived in lodging houses and hotels.
ALI, SUGGESTIONS INCIuDED.
The report of the joint commissions
| took under consideration the sugges-
tions of NJ. H. de Young, the Parkside
Realty Syndicate and a scheme of Re-
lief Commissioners Pippy. In addition
to the plans submitted at the last
meeting the realty company had sew
eral phases of the project upon which
improvements have been made.
They now offer to have 1000 houses
ready by November Is at total cost
of s4,51S,0 900, or an Individual tax of
s1506 per cottage. To relieve the
finance committee of providing for the
collection of the payment of this prop
erty they agree to gather the install
ments from the holders, a monthly rate
of $12.55, at a cost Of $4,000 a year
At this figure all the money invested
in the houses would have returned to
the finance committee or its success
sors at a total expense of 100000 the
1
| This contract was regarded as a detail
| in connection with the gigantic project
and VIII doubtless receive more atten-
tion when the process of handling the
money has been firmly fixed.
DIR. Washington Dodge. president of
the Continental Building and Loan So
ciety. offered the use Of the machinery
] of his concern in rebuilding. In his
opinion the homes should be located
on their former sites 1t was his idea
and the opinion of other members of
the finance committee that the city
might as well oe rebuilt on the sub
| urbs of San Mateo as be located by the
ocean.
TO BUILD HOME FOR INFIRM.
The project as outlined In tie joint
document of the relief commission and
rehabilitation committee falls into two
main divisions. as follows
First-The erection on city property
| of an attractive permanent building or
buildings the cottage pavilion plan
for the care of aged and infirm patients
These buildings should be large enough