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Wood County Reporter Domestic News July 25, 1889
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
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The Flood Relief Commission reported expenditures of about $1.7 million for Johnstown flood relief, outlined distribution principles, and sent Hon. Hugh H. Cummin to Johnstown as resident executive officer.
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How Funds Have Been Distributed.
At a regular meeting of the Flood Relief Commission, held at Harrisburg Penn., July 9, a committee of three members was appointed to prepare for the information of contributors to the fund of the Johnstown sufferers a statement of the general relief work performed. The committee made a report, the following being the same in substance:
In round figures the expenditures to date for relief in the Conemaugh valley, Johnstown and vicinity, aggregate one million seven hundred thousand dollars.
Various committees in the west have been working through the Pittsburg and Johnstown committees, and in the east through the Philadelphia committee and the governor of the state. The flood commission has been formed to create a unit of administration. In that commission, of which the governor of Pennsylvania is the chairman, the committees of Pittsburg and Philadelphia and the state at large have representation. All the funds placed under control of the executive have been transferred to the commission, and an implied understanding exists that the committees of Pittsburg and Philadelphia will do the same. It is also desirable that all moneys now in the hands of other committees for this purpose be placed under the jurisdiction of the governor and the commission.
The problem confronting the commission in the Conemaugh valley is of great magnitude, demanding the utmost celerity and the wisest and most delicate discrimination.
The number of persons to be fed has varied from a maximum of 31,950 to a present commissary roll of 7,000.
The number of distinct claims to be passed upon, many of them involving the interests of families or dependent relatives, aggregate nearly 4,000.
The Commission has sought to find the will of the donors of the great sums contributed for the relief of the sufferers, and believing that the following declaration of principles met the conditions, it was adopted and promulgated at a meeting held in Harrisburg on June 27:
"To the public.—That the donors of the funds in the hands of the Flood Relief commission may know how their generous gifts are to be disposed of, and that the expectant recipients of the same may not form erroneous views of and foster improper expectations for the same, it is now officially declared and announced that the following principles shall govern the distribution of relief:
"1. That the said fund is in the nature of a charity to the needy, and not as a general indemnity for losses sustained.
"2. That a distribution per capita would be manifestly unjust, as it would go alike to the rich and poor and alike to all sufferers, no matter what their needs or extent of their sufferings.
"3. That a distribution by percentage on the amount of losses would be manifestly unjust, as it would result in giving the largest sum to the person having lost the most, without regard to the value of the remaining estate of such persons.
"4. That this fund cannot be used for the benefit of any private or public corporation.
"5. That the fund must go only to the most needy sufferers from the flood in accordance with and in the spirit of the trust impressed upon it by the donors.
"At the unanimous request of the commission, Hon. Hugh H. Cummin was requested to proceed to Johnstown and remain there as the resident representative and executive officer of this commission in the Conemaugh valley."
At a regular meeting of the Flood Relief Commission, held at Harrisburg Penn., July 9, a committee of three members was appointed to prepare for the information of contributors to the fund of the Johnstown sufferers a statement of the general relief work performed. The committee made a report, the following being the same in substance:
In round figures the expenditures to date for relief in the Conemaugh valley, Johnstown and vicinity, aggregate one million seven hundred thousand dollars.
Various committees in the west have been working through the Pittsburg and Johnstown committees, and in the east through the Philadelphia committee and the governor of the state. The flood commission has been formed to create a unit of administration. In that commission, of which the governor of Pennsylvania is the chairman, the committees of Pittsburg and Philadelphia and the state at large have representation. All the funds placed under control of the executive have been transferred to the commission, and an implied understanding exists that the committees of Pittsburg and Philadelphia will do the same. It is also desirable that all moneys now in the hands of other committees for this purpose be placed under the jurisdiction of the governor and the commission.
The problem confronting the commission in the Conemaugh valley is of great magnitude, demanding the utmost celerity and the wisest and most delicate discrimination.
The number of persons to be fed has varied from a maximum of 31,950 to a present commissary roll of 7,000.
The number of distinct claims to be passed upon, many of them involving the interests of families or dependent relatives, aggregate nearly 4,000.
The Commission has sought to find the will of the donors of the great sums contributed for the relief of the sufferers, and believing that the following declaration of principles met the conditions, it was adopted and promulgated at a meeting held in Harrisburg on June 27:
"To the public.—That the donors of the funds in the hands of the Flood Relief commission may know how their generous gifts are to be disposed of, and that the expectant recipients of the same may not form erroneous views of and foster improper expectations for the same, it is now officially declared and announced that the following principles shall govern the distribution of relief:
"1. That the said fund is in the nature of a charity to the needy, and not as a general indemnity for losses sustained.
"2. That a distribution per capita would be manifestly unjust, as it would go alike to the rich and poor and alike to all sufferers, no matter what their needs or extent of their sufferings.
"3. That a distribution by percentage on the amount of losses would be manifestly unjust, as it would result in giving the largest sum to the person having lost the most, without regard to the value of the remaining estate of such persons.
"4. That this fund cannot be used for the benefit of any private or public corporation.
"5. That the fund must go only to the most needy sufferers from the flood in accordance with and in the spirit of the trust impressed upon it by the donors.
"At the unanimous request of the commission, Hon. Hugh H. Cummin was requested to proceed to Johnstown and remain there as the resident representative and executive officer of this commission in the Conemaugh valley."
What sub-type of article is it?
Charity Or Relief
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Johnstown Flood Relief
Flood Relief Commission
Relief Fund Distribution
What entities or persons were involved?
Hugh H. Cummin
Where did it happen?
Harrisburg, Penn. / Johnstown
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Harrisburg, Penn. / Johnstown
Event Date
July 9
Key Persons
Hugh H. Cummin
Outcome
relief expenditures about $1,700,000; feeding roll reduced from 31,950 to 7,000; nearly 4,000 claims.