The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-05
THE OUTDOOR POOR

PrOviaions for the Ensuing Winter E.tIruntcd
Amounts 10 he Expended la Their Beb.l, b,
she Charity Commissioners, Nc.
Now that the forcrinnor Of the chilling bla-,s n
winter has already made itself felt 10 tho s0apo of
equlnoctia rain storms by day and blualering see,
winds By night everybody who IL pre uptnoua snonph
aspire to dignity Of wearing oyereoa, al the
OF = small sized fortune everybody vno hasn't
Tho presumption because money is no, In pocket pcs,.
session purchase The object Of The presumpt1u--S
looking about for the comforts needral to The
outer and inner during the ensuing winter wh.5h
promises To be Of iitto severity Paterfsmiras
who, though he has three thousand year, nnaa
1t somewhat difficult 10 make ends NEE, with h.s
rapidly growing children 10 feed and clo.he, ~ a.
his wits ends % asccrtaIn where tho bost things
bs mad at the lowest price, while those Who have
TIE three thorsand but have children Ia numhen som
cent to do away with twice that money
ng about for helping hand among those who better
provided in the fashionable goods OF this world. Tho
oly frendess poor airing every winio viii be the
creates, sufferers. In this city thoy AFRO OF course
humorous and n consequence, no,witn standing that
hundreds relieved by private charitable Ia tutons.
herr II n worry argcand by FAR the lausr-- number
whose sole dependence il upon the Commissioners ~
rub 70 Chartes The prov 'ionE Tor this class o. per-
sns this winter ~ tho usual extensive scaie
of the comm sion. and already coal wool and
al tho a.hsr nccdula ara being bough. and stored
LAT year forty thousand persons furnished
With fuei relieved by donat oua ~ money, amt other
substantial assistance. The total OF cash dis.
burted for the "ou,dpor." sc2 fs1 IA compared
With ITO yea Is05 the estimated this year
VIII DO ~ loslows;--
Coal and wood and carriage including
r2h. l9th and I'D waris.... Sal, 700 fJASs5
Dona'oos. including i2th 10Th and
TIs climate. n, isss ,,. made M H.
with tho totals of 1864 for each par .cllar sum-
tho sood and coal aud donations mostly frr1sbod
dgrng the winter, the for 1895 VIII stand good
FOR the winter months within few hundreds of Tho
actual figures they viii b. found The end ~ ihs
nscl year In ls5J for tue simple item Of and
s3s SO in 1895, tii 100, ard estna.I ssr 1860
Sils76, showing that tne n-rcasc u steady rom
year year the number Of the ftcndles. posr
Ploviuns 81 AL kinds have been made ftr th- winter
flr ~ nst many persons rcceiyed rcilcf mo
hands 81 tho commission, 1894 and aegc' tho rsslly
daervn M out door poor viii moi DO 20 had or ia
bs expected from the General gloomy llo, OF n4lrs In
certain needy quarters Of The city.
II should be borne VA mind. hosever, tina, the Com
mis-ioucrs relieve but the absolutely destitute III tha
applicants for ad the Commission be paupnr III
have a rirttful claim the charity 81 tiis county
winch the Board ~ Chartics wii not ayais Mr.
Kobe the superintendent forcay puis a. tho same
wh CHI pros dos for he maintenance % tho 81 dor
poor rrqlircs that The Commission should DC Raisn.f
nv CAREFUL scrutiny aud abundant evidence that the
fact o psup rism " eslsb'lsh.. aud hai who ap
ply ~, al really unable 10 help thenssiyca While
the door poor del " open ir actually
niy not he expected by thu Idle and tho i'm.
been corrected they have been redicd zen ny, The
conmis-ion Il bound 10 give them k.lpag hand The
good, dercrsng struggling poor. Ni b. AID d tno
yagabond class viii not have . hearing