New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-31

of the general public, among whom these dodgers
circulate in the daytime, scattering the seeds OF
whatever contagion they harDor. linen there Is
! the moral effect of system that puts a premium
on deness by this caricature of a charity. and
Grind, out trampS and idlers of men and women
in honest distress, and on scale perhaps unSus-
pccted. There is no doubt whatever that some
other towns AMI citi's deli crately ship to us
their supply of the voorhees,, Us the cheapest way
of getting rid of them.
When the matter was discussed before the
Mayor last year, il was objected that the dodgers
are all tramps, AMI that they and their quarters
fit each otner well. have shown this TO he
false Even il il We're true, the city would nave
no right to offer charity anything III Only lor
tramps, or to recognize their tribe by providing
shelter for it on it's own level. Inc question
under discussion then was the establishment OF
so-called municipal lodging houses Five years
ago a law was passed authorizing. but not ofder-
ing, the erection of one or more. on the boston
plan. The commissioners Of Charities ana Cor
rection were t. be in charge They have hereto,
fore successfully resisted the reform which all
other authorities urge Their claim is mat my
have oer things 10 attend To ana tilde ine s'a'on
dodgers should be sent 10 the iS,and or 70 rne
od.ing house at Bellevue Hospital. winch Is run
on the ioston plan. II would he rs outrageous W
send them all to the Island as 1t would DE im.
lodging room That is basement room. contain
ing twcntv-six cots, chiefly occupied by workmen
about the hospital and by patients coming In TOO
late to bc transferred To the Island. There IS
u Bathroom down tagged hallway, under the
outer wall but no compulson about using IL
and little prcFence that any one does. III IA man
comes in unclcan, he goes out so.
The genuine Boston plan il simple enough.
They have there Wayfarrs Lodge to which ap
ulcant, for shelter are sent from the police STA
lions Tlcy are made to take hot path, gwen
u clean SHIFT and pat in a decent red. over
night their clothes if iroubl some are steamed
in q biz boiler asl dried The dirty tramp goes
out clean. after chopping certain amount OF
wood 10 ray for h,i bed and his breakfast The
Wavf,rer's Lo1y, has been in us" dozen years.
and Ina, paid the city an interest on the money
eXpcnded II has reduced the number of Boston
traInps 10 onc-fourth and l'ss Of what il was
before Similar resgl's hav" followed in Phil
ocenhia Irdinnarolis aud Baltimore and in Lon
don and OTHER cities abroad whore the experiments
has been tried. The equivalent in work that is
dcm2nlcd il the ticv' tnat Sits the tramp from
the horr.t out-of-wuri.' The tramp goes away
in disgust.
This is the plan it is proposed TO substitute
for the present foul dsgrac in this city by making
mandatory the law to establish municipal lodging
houses Tho Grand Jury last autumn strongly
urged that there be no further delay. The friends
of the reform. discouraged nv many failures have
appealed through Mr.. Charles ID. Kellogg. the Sec
Rotary of the Charity ORGANIZATION Society. to
tie Police Commissioners II take the matter in
hand, since law and custom have made it their
duty 10 care for III, Migrants There the matter
has rested since last summer. Nothing has been
done. JACOB \. RllS