The San Francisco call., 1906-09-19
RELIEF F|NANC|ERS
STILL DIVIDED.
Executive Committee Takes
No Action as to Sending
an Agent to Washington
VOORsANGER RESIGNS

The Executive Committee of the Re-
lief Corporation carefully avoided at
their meeting yesterday all reference
to the plan to send a representative to
Washington and New York to look
after the corporations financial inter-
that Rudolph Spreckels sides with Mr..
Phelan in the opinion that no one
should be sent.
Mr. Spreckless position is that the
custodians of the fund have no good
reason TO lack confidence in the ability
of the local corporation to properly
disburse the money, for that reason
thinks that matters should be permitted
to take their course
Dohrmann still holds to the neces-
sity of having the corporation properly
represented in a matter so important.
The subject continues to be discussed
at the informal meetings, which the
members OF the committee hold pri-
vately during the lunch hour but has
not yet reached the stage where it can
be discussed In public.
But the committee did take steps to
have the corporations employees paid
regularly. Mr.. Spreckels stated that
the corporation was experiencing the
greatest difficulty in getting the men
paid, and touched upon the disturb
ances created last week by working
men grown weary of waiting for their
pay. 1t was finally decided that here
after the men shall not be required to
call at relief headquarters for their
money, but that a. paymaster shall visit
the camps and there settle with the
men
The attempt to insure the 100000
worth of relief supplies stored in the
warehouse back of the ST.. Francis
school building has ended in failure.
Mr.. Spreckels reported that the insur-
ance companies do not care to take any
more risks, even at three per cent, in
the vicinity, and the stores will go
uninsured He was authorized to place
$4,000 insurance on the clothing stored
in the warehouse at Golden Gate Park.
The committee decided that the cot
tages being erected in sthe public
squares shall be under the supervision
Of the department of camps. The bills
for rent will be made out by the audit
or's department, and turned over to
the department of camps for collection.
The rentals will be about $4,000 a
month. The renting OF the cottages
and the adjustment of questions grow
ing out of the rentals, have been dele
gated to the camp commanders.
The department of camps was au-
thorized to purchase a team of horses
for hauling supplies from the relief
warehouse to Ingleside, the cost not
to exceed $500
Rudolph Spreckles was authorized to
purchase underclothing for the aged
refugees at the speedway. Magee re-
ported that he has found it impossible
to get contractors to build the house
to be erected on the Aims House tract
for aged refugees. He was authorized
to have the work done by day labor,
the cost not to exceed $125,000. The
sum of 100000 has already been set
aside for this purpose.
Jacob Voorsanger, who is about to
leave San Francisco TO visit Europe and
the Orient, sent in his resignation as
member of the rehabilitation commit
tee, to take effect October 1st The
committee gave him a vote of thanks
On Dohrmann's motion, 100000 was
set aside for use of the rehabilitation
committee.
Bills and vouchers to the amount Of
S37,216 were ordered paid.
The several departments we>N direct
ed to have their October budgets ready
by September 2Sth.