The sun., 1873-12-31
GREAT TRANSFORMATION
A DUNGEON ron OFFENDERS MADE
A house or RELIEF.
Food and shelter Tor the Unempioyed Posr-
The Old fiuh Ward Police ~iation '"t"so
10 Good Account by Business Men.

rooa n nd sh.,,,r Tor the Unempioyed Posr-
Tn. Old rinh ward Police station Turnsd
TO Good Account by Business Men.
A pleasant gentleman, with kindly
fac. and a gray beard, entered the SuS once
yesterday and handed a reporter this card
Lodging rooms Of the Howard Relief Committee, ~
Iconsrd sttect, for respectable poor men oood iot
0"' "'- iSTsn Foorr, ~ wan street. Tressurer.
The pleasant man said, In CHEEKY sort OF
way, that any rcspect able nan who had no money
could there hnd place to sleep and some
thing to eat. A SuN reporter was informed at
the rooms that the idea originated In the sew
cnth street Methodist Episcopal Church. The
liov. MIR. Parker had a great many applications
from men who had not the wherewith for that
very nights shelter The brethren talked II over
together A committee was formed OF the fol-
lowing named gentlemen OF various denomina-
tions and natonal,ies Alderman Van Shack
John u. williamson, John II. keyser, the Rev, j.
Parker william Hrummell. solomon Bros. John
NJ Mcrtick, rh. T. SomerNille, l.. Van Ordeh' ana
This committee is the only organization of
the institution. The funds have been furnished
by themselves. their immediate friends, ana
their own cx,rtons. BOOK Keeping dally at-
tendance at the rooms, and the time necessary
to open as well a. maintain the establishments
all have been rrdtuiiUusN given 10y the com
mittee aud not u dollar paid out:
The olJ police buildings In Leonard street
were vacant. and upon application 10y Col. WI,
hanson. the Ct'umis.ioue OF Charities and
correction .ay, tnem rent lree, and furnished
them with ras and coal. The committee in
tended TO open the lodging room On Dec. -,
but S4tutd,y. the 18Th, bong inclement, they
oprucd thc,i door and fed fourteen hungry men
and gave them "a iifC 60 sit 10y AMI beds to sleep
on ON SUNDAY. the next d1. they FED and
lodged nfy; On the 18th, nfty-eifht., 50 the
nuiuOCr wen; On increasing 20 one hundred
end ,iNy-aNe IN me evening woman
who lost her hu@'and and six children IN
Memphis hv yellow fever was ON her way TO
Hornells'illc to her tarcnts. Reaching New
York ON saturday night out OF money she AZ
Iiied To- the policemen. who directed her To tic
Lodging Eu. ms. 80 Leonard street, where she
STAYED until Tuesday. when 10y note from Col.
Williamson s"e r,es.Ned a rass from the Suprr-
lnteudcnt - the Ere Railroad. having. also
through t.l lihanson. money enough IN Ter
pocket TO feed herself on the way to liornelis-
Vile
A man and his wife and children. ejcctcd
from their f,rLct quarters Tor nUu-paNmcut ut
rent. were sut1etcd or several days.
woman and child, u,sprtCd 10y lie husband,
went form from the Lodging Rooms Yesterday,
after halin- boon housed several days
The original idca w9s U~ shelter for uBemplnNcd
clerks and s1e-ucu. e whom there were great
numbers a, business fen n at the opening oi
winter. BIf tht dtstItu'lun ~ men IN all aNu IL
tOhs ireescd upon tht knowledge oI the toin-
mttcc. and made them ia the very outset en-
large their ia'. hie j. ne thlId Myrh "i me
seven hurdtcI. last week about thousand.
uf these seventeen hundred. about twelve hun
the morning bread and coffee. On Christmas
day two hundred and seventh five mad food who
had not money for a Christmas crust.
On entering AZ night the applicants have op-
portuuiN 10 wash their faces, and II necessary
their clothes. Meanwhile, n change for the
night il given them. In the morning their own
garments are dry, they are gwen clean paper
collars, and ia com updratiNeh presentahle >tate
they start out anew to continue the struggle Of
lite. Many have called t. be fed only
The record OF "A single day gives "a varied list OF
occupations, II which the following l. a sample
Bookkcepeg. plumber, clerk, druggist. painter,
teacher. > ltCk-tuith. barber, grocer, barkeeper,
nuuldtr, tailor, bartender. Thrty-twu clerks
were registered week ago Tonight. The ha-
tioua.ities are ~ mixed ~ the avocatiOns. aud
the Colured man hnds the same kindness rs the
white. The huildlur T. scrubbed from tie roof
to the basement every day. The cook, like the
committee, j. a volunteer, although he, unlike
them, has nothing but his heart and hands to
give To the clarity, having entered "a a benz H.
cisry. Employment has been foand for several
of the lodgois, and garments have been given.
MIR. Abycswo.th. "a restaurant keeper sends
every evening nvc 10 ten gallons of soup
Francis n LoutTel give the oflicc hooks and sta
tOncry Tower Giiderslceve Co. do the print
lug gratuituusy ; solomon Bros, well as all
the committee and several ladies, have given
literally.
The committee can feed a thousand persons In
two hours and half, and hope that In tn j:
Christian METROPOLIS there may not be a mouth
unfed. Young men with pale lean faces have
been there, shy Of exposing their hunger wht
uIpn being questioned have said, Il haven
Aad anything to cat fuI two days.