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FLiHW REIJEr COMMISSUW. 325
lit Si. 600. 0011. alunit all the iikuua at coininaiul, ami insttncti.'il tlir Sccri-tar\-
to ii-\"isc tlu' list ami maki- iia\iiicnt at tliu earliest [rnxsilile ila\'. 'I'his weirk
was puslie.l rapidh ami tlie jM\inents Ueuan eaii\- m ()cti>ber.
Stcadih' tile pa\ineiits went on, the' Se(-re'tar\- aetini; in ciMincctioii with
the liuard of I;ii|air\' on L;eneral rules laid down tor hint li\' tile Conmhssion.
It had lieen intended to di\ ule the riainiants inti 1
classes, '.iixinL; a ti.xid pi-rcenlaye
of their losses to those in each class. Lnt this was tonnd irn practicable,
']'he eircnnistaiices \"aried so :4reati\- th.U it he'e.anie in realit\" an adjustment
of each case, based npcm the data furnished by the .ipplieant on the bl.mks
suppliedi for the purpose and from intormation otherwise recei\'ed. Thus it
happened that persons noniinalh' in the same class receixed proportions of
thiir losses wii.lel\" \ ar\in'.:. 'I'Ik amounts ranL;ed from ^IO to SbO'j, the latter
in ver\' few instances. Out rif si.\t\-one hundred ap[ilications tiled about a
thousand x\ere rejected for dilterent reasons. i>ome were too trillim; tn justif\'
the labor ol an in\"estiL;ation. others were handed in b\' we:dth\' penide who
neither needed nor deserved charit\". and a small number \\"ere fraudident on
their face. L!\" December ist the pa\inents had been \irtiiall\' completed and
the accounts closed. e.\ce[it in cases where grounds were presented suffuient
to warrant l.irther consiijeration. The final account of the Commission will
sliow about as follows ;
KETEIPTS
Monev sent direct to Go\ernf)r Beaver, exclusive of Sroo.ooo turjied
over by the Relief Commit'ee of New York $1,224,885
Friim the t*hiladelphia ICeliet 1 onitnittee 600,000
From the Pittsbiitizh Relief Committee 560,000
From the New York Relief Committee 516, 199
Total $2,901,084
DISBURSEMENTS.
For Supplies. Cost of Distribution and Labt:)r. . . about $105,000
For Buildinys
"
175,000
For Freight on Supplies
'
10,000
For Transportation of Flood Sufterers
"
60,000
For Hospital and Morgue Expenses and Burial of the Dead (some
items \"et unaudited)
"
25,000
For First I'avment to Classes :. 2. 5. 4 and 5
"
420,000
For Fin.il I':nment, .Appropriation of September 15th
"
1,600,000
For In\e>tment to secure -\nnuities for Orphans
'
150,000
Total 2, 545.000
Paid out f.jr Classes 4 and 5, and reserved for applications under consideration,
etc
356. 0S4
Discontent with the a\vanls in man\' cases was emphatic. tindiiiL;' \ent frequentU'
in the most intense- criticisms of tlie methods adopted. Charges of
.gross lavoritism and unjust discrimination in favor of near friends were freeh'