Report by treasurer and disbursing . n places of the city and many of the Pythian Order,finding it impossible to do otherwise, were compelled tolive in this primitive way and submit to the inconveniencesand discomforts necessarily attendant upon life in a unfavorable conditions attracted the attention ofMajor-General Stobbart, and he suggested the feasibilityof gathering together the tent dwellers, of our Order, whowere scattered throughout the city in the various publicsquares and other open places, and place them in morecomfortable and homelike quarters, anl where less d
Report by treasurer and disbursing . n places of the city and many of the Pythian Order,finding it impossible to do otherwise, were compelled tolive in this primitive way and submit to the inconveniencesand discomforts necessarily attendant upon life in a unfavorable conditions attracted the attention ofMajor-General Stobbart, and he suggested the feasibilityof gathering together the tent dwellers, of our Order, whowere scattered throughout the city in the various publicsquares and other open places, and place them in morecomfortable and homelike quarters, anl where less dis-comforts would be suffered by climatic changes and condi-tions. Very shortly after the disaster the municipality of SanFrancisco erected buildings, under army supervision, cov-ering a stretch of something over one-half mile on bothsides of what is known as Speedway in Golden GatePark. Other buildings of the same character had beensimilarly erected in other parts of the same park. Eachbuilding contained sixteen apartments of two rooms .;,-! 1 ?-P <D Ulft ?rH -|-3 , o CD PU ^ a bJD O C<1 C\| CALIFORNIA PYTHIAN RELIEF FUND. 99 They had been completed so as to be habitable, but re-quired many improvements to make them comfortable. Major General Stobbart suggested that application bemade to the proper authorities to have a sufficient numberof those buildings set apart for the sole use of our Order. Acting upon that suggestion, Capt. J. K. Ritter, one ofthe members of the Committee on Permanent Relief, wasdetailed to secure the allotment of buildings for that pur-pos. After some active rustling and elaborate explanationsof the plans and purposes, there was secured for the ex-clusive use of the Pythian Order one of the 200 by 25 feetBarracks, and one-half of another, on the Speedway inGolden Gate Park. The buildings so assigned, althoughcompleted so as to be habitable, required much to be doneto render them comfortable. Ceilings were to be put in,the sides battened, th
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