The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-21
THE POOR.
Meeting OF Ministers and the Reflex
Commistee-Wans and Suffering
Plans Proposed to Relieve
the Starving.

III ACCORDANCE Win Z Su&SestlON vi Tue
Relief Committee made at its last meeting
that body mex the ministers Of the city In
the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation at II O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Most Of the committee and Dearly all of the
ministers IN the city were present. The
meeting was called to order, in the absence
of the President, by Colonel John B. Cary,
first vice. president, who stated tue object to
he the hearing of the reports Of the various
suh. committees and the adoption OF some
means bv which to continue the relief to the
noor which had been afforded by the COM
mttcc. 49,
Dr. Parker reported "that the committee
had visited 2,7G4 families, containing i,V2'
persons. to whom l0,402 ratlons had been
issued. The ration Of the committee Is SIX
and half times the value of the rations
issued ut the AlmShouse, and our lo,402 ra-
tionS represent 81 ,613 rations in meal issued
nj the Almshousc. Besides this, there were
issued from the Galleso Mills, before our
tickets were printed, rations in -four and
meal TO the number of 1858, such as are
issued from the Almshouse, making an ag-
rresste of the kind issued from the Aims
house Of 1866. The number of ratlonS
issued from the AlmShouse by the Council
committee was 1850 IN five weeks. The
ration. as fixed by the Council committee, Is
one pound of meal. Our ration, OF the
value Of ten cents, is six times as valuable as
the Almshouse ration"
FUEL.
Mr.. William c. Mayo, from the Commit
tee oa Fuel, reported that they baYe dlstrl-
bu,ed S73 loads of wood IA quarter OF cord
each) and 103 loads of coal twenty-five
,,o1.N nfS ScE0 nD Enr wood and
SI56 for coal. The report mentions that
through the kindness of Mr.. Thomas FL.
Wynne the coal was transported free from
the pits, making the cost much less than 1t
would otherwise have been.
Mr.. II. L. Brooke. from the Committee on
Tickets, reported that he had turned over
TO the treasurer the sum of S11S.1S arising
from the sale of tickets.
Mr.. s. NJ. RoSenhaum, treasurer, made
detailed statement Of the financial condition
of the Committee, showing that he had re-
ceived
From the Courcil.. 81 900 90
From the churches. es....................... IZf W
From individuals. .................-''.... ioS w
Total receipts +. S.i Mid oa; nor sl''1 10
order ..'.......'.'......'..'.'.''' A''' ID
Leaving balance on hand................S Zuu uo
The reports were severay adopted.
The Chairman stated that he was ready to
receive any suggestion as to the business of
the meeting.
Mayor Kelley remarked that he was much
disappointed at the action of the Council in
not offering the relief asked for at the last
meeting, and he was satisfied that they
would now respond literally to an appeal
from this committee; and he moved that the
Chair appoint committee to memoria'ize
the Council on the subject, giving a sketch
of what the Visiting Committee have seen in
making their trips through the city, what
they have done in the way Of relief, and what
still remained of individual destitution. He
did not think that such an appeal could be
UNDECIDED by the Council, but would be met
by such al appropriation as would enable
the committee TO continue its work.
Dr. Burrows said that there was great
disposition to raise money in the easiest way.
There is no royal road 10 success The
committee wanted Il short way to success in
raising funds, and relied on the churches
which they seemed to think the easiest way.
lie had opposed that meanS OF RAISING money
when the committee was hrst organized.
The churches already had tifty-t"o collcc-
tions year, and if there were three hundred
Sundays would have that number OF collec-
tons. His church took up Thirteen coIlec-
tionS u year for the poor. The ereport SHOWS
that bur little outside aid has been given,
and be did not think it fair TO rely entirely
upou the churches 10 feed the poor. He
was originally in favor Of the committee
going regularly TO work and begging the
monec. He wished The churches could do
T. fJ,o,, nN1 moo
must be adopted.
DR.. Wall fully endorsed the remarks of
DR.. Burrows in regard to relying upon the
churches for their work, stating the diff
culties that lay in the way.
Dr. Read seconded the motion of Mayor
Kelley in Il few words, stating that the
emergency required prompt action, and he
hoped that there would be liberal response
from the Council, in order that immediate
relief may be afforded TO the pressing ne
cesSitics now existing.
DR.. Da>hiell offered the following resolu-
ton as substitute for the motion OF Mr.
Kelley, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That committee consisting
of the following gentlemen be appointed to
apply to the Council for further appro-
priation to the Relief Committee Rev. Drs.
Woodbridge, Read, Burrows, Woodward,
Bettelheim, Mfr. L. 7. Brooke, William G.
Mayo, Colonel John B. Cary, and DR.. W.
w. Parker"
CANvAss1NG FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS.
DR.. Parker favored the proposition OF DR..
Burrows to appoint committee to canvass
the city for subscriptions, but spoke of the
difficulty of getting volunteers for the duty.
In regard to asking aid from the churches he
said that the committee had not realized as
much from the sale of tickets as they bad
hoped, and there seemed to be no other way
to raise funds than to ask it of the churches.
Mayor Kelley had never supposed that
large amount would be raised from the sale
of tickets by depositing them at certain
points. They should be given to active,
energetic men, whose hearts were in the
work, who would endeavor to sell them,
and he would be one Of any given number