Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-19
TO CLEAN THE CITY
Men Recommended BY the Char
kY Society Employed
BY SHEET COMMISSIONERS
Their Pay - Dep~ad on whss Fhes
Are Ante a. lara NAYS and
klcas1s toamlItee Anthoffzed

NE ai.iefmen l4st night "a. the matter
u giving employnsat % unemployed
ltbofsrs Ia the CITY Mayor Stuart
e@lls.i attention - The present state 81
Affairs and mA.is soa,s recommendations
shich pAs coneufred Ia after consider
able debate. several q the alisrnen
seemed - think that the charity society
xas aboet "a usurp = lage slice u
alslernsAnic auth ority- They sers paci-
hed. hosessr. and the mayors reeom-
mendstions we're accepted
Maurice Shsnahan objected % the
Improvement Of Plainield avenue 90
arcoslnt q the REASONS sst forth In CITY
Sarvsyor Collars Feport b the hoard Of
pahllr sorkN Referred 10 the city At
toFney.
oeorge w. Thayer objected 20 the
standing u drays and teams on East
Bridge street Referred 10 the alder
men u the fourth sard
Mr.. Benkema. father - the little girl
recently Killed on Batterworth avenue
b. water pipe rolling down an en.-
tauknent onto her. notified the council
0f his intention % begin suit Tor dam
ages. Referred Ia the committee on
claims and accounts
q. Buckley asked for si-,5 for horse
killed Ga tho dumping grounds on ne
islan1 Referred O. same committcee
Eennlents on Hamilton street asked
fer water mains. Referred 10 the board
II public uorks
1hs Turner society invited the mayor
nnd csuneil % attend An exhibition Of
gymnastics next Friday evening. Ac-
crpted-
Residents on Butterworth avenue OBJ
lected 10 the contemplated improvement
u the street
Give Them Work
Mayor Stuart read communication
Ia which he recommended that all the
streets aud alleys In the city be kept
clean FROM nov until snow iiiee. and that
they be kept free from snow during the
winter. The mayor recommended that
the street commissioners employ such
men for that work "a shall be recon-
mended by the charity society or the d.
rector Of the poor
j. W Rcsenthzl Of the Charity society
Vas present and spoke briefly on the
large number % men who make daily
application O. them for work He said
the society relieved nine families. Satur-
day. night. Sho had never before asked
for aid from anyone. They found one
family az ; o'clock al night who had not
a pound 81 Hour. not a loaf Of bread or a
nlorscl 81 food IN the house.. lie thought
that a city which expended thousands
"a dollars 10 support chronic beggars
should. IN a contingency. such a. now
faced the city. expend a great deal OF
money Ia giving employment % honest
tailoring men who ask for work % cover
the necessities % life.
Alderman Stein said that the con-
troversy between the board % public
works and the council In regard 10 the
keeping az least fifty men from having
work
Alderman Hauser suggested that the
Gas compaRS be asked - lay gas mains
IN streets Where the people wished
them.
Several 81 the aldermen seemed very
jealous a their dignity and authority.
Alderman Mills said that the society
''coull not Investigate no better than
what he could and unless he had
voice va saying who should be employed
ha would vote against the recommends
tons ~ the mayor Mayor Stuart
called his attention D. the fact that not
withstandiug the vigilance Of the alder
men there were dozens % frauds in the
city poor books for years and were not
discovered until the Charity society
hunted them up. The recommendations
81 the mayor were concarred IA.
CompsroIirr'- REPORT