Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-23
eAcKsToTHE TOWN.
irhe RelIsf osmmsssee WIN Nos care

The Relief o6mnatsss WIN Not Care FOR
the Unemployed Poer.
The enlarged committee OF the Citizens
Relief association met in the district court
room last evening, John Moriarty was
made permanent chairman and Rev Mr.
Hoadley permanent secretary.
John Norton began the talk by stating
he had made a canvass of the cases of dis
tress and had list of names.
d. II. Tierney objected to making
public the names of impoverished families
and was sustained by the committee.
Earl Smith: This is not the time TO 60
into details. We know there is distress;
the question Is what measures We viii take
to relieve it. / believe that all relief
should go through the selectmen. Some
people think a certain class fpoor should
be aided by the selectmen and mother
class by outside organizations or indivi-
duals. think the town should transact all
measures of relief for its distressed. The
town has already appropriated $40. 900 for
the relief of the outside poor. We can
double that and when it is gone appropriate
so, 900 more, The town is always ready
to relieve its worthy poor.
Mr. Norton's lists were handed over to
the secretary for the use of the committee,
if necessary.
OTtncI3l holkOEk Was not III ntNNI VI w
many channels for the distribution of re-
lief. 1t might result in some people going
from one to another and getting more than
their share. A committee to act with the
selectmen and Mr. Hoadley's society he
thought could do all that was necessary.
There are many improvements that could
be made in widening the highways.
Mr. Smith said that all the work
that could be provided would be but little
and it would only touch one corner of the
distress. He moved that an advisory COM
mittee of five be nominated and that the
Relief association ask the town meeting to
accept such committee to act with the Sc
lectmen in relieving the poor during the
winter.
Attorney Terry objected to the word ad-
yisory, and said the committee should be
| to assist rather than to advise.
DR. Anderson was of the opinion that the
committee should be larger if they were to
assist in ascertaining the character of APP
plicants and the members should as far as
possible be experts.
Mr. Smith withdrew his motion.
John o'Neil was of the opinion that the
committee should consist of member of
every organization in Waterbury that dis
penses charity in any form and made a
motion to that effect. This would make
| too large a committee, it was thought and
DIR Anderson amended that n committee of
five be appointed with power to report
| to the town meeting n committee to assist
the selectmen.
Rev J. H. Duggan hoped that such a
| committee, if appointed, woRld put them
selves in communication with those who
| goabout amongst the people the clergy
made that such applicant be referred to
the minister or priest for reference as..tc
| his worthineSs and need. He offered it as
a suggestion.
James Coughlan further amended the
motion that the committee consist of the
principal clerGymen of the city. Mr. Smith
was of the opinion that the clergymen had
enough to do now and that the committee
should be composed of,men of affairs,
The motion was finally made to read
that committee of FIVE be appointed tc
evening committee to act with the select
men.
Mr. Hoadley thought it would be neces
sary this winter to give a great deal of re
lief outside the selectmen if Justice bS
done to the poor people.
Mr. Tierney remarked that the Original
intention was to have two channels of re
lief, one through the selectmen and ano
| Their outside channel of some kind.
Mr. ONeill: If the poor are to be re
lieved it should be along some other line,
| than increased taxation The $40, 600 al
ready appropriated for town poor will Ger
tainly last some time and l don't think tn,
taxpayers would agree to appropriate more
until this was exhausted" Mr. O'Nell
moved that Mayor Webster, Mayor Elec
kilduft and G. E. Terry be appointed I
committee to name the committee of hvt
who should present the names to the tow
meeting.
1t was thought something should b,
done to help worthy people and at tn,
same time keep their names of the select
mems books, and F. ]. Kingsbury Offered
the following vote:
Voted. that the committee of five abou
to be nominated be instructed also to lool
over the whole matter and formulate a sys
tenn of relief for the poor of the town an,
the resolutions necessary to carry out sucl
plan and that they present such resolu
lions at the town meeting to be held mex
Friday evening"
The committee through Mr. Terry re
ported the following as the committee o
1--WE: Earl Smith, Rev ]. A. Mulcahy, Re
J. H. Duggan, DIR Joseph Anderson and F
j. kingsbury. The report was adopted.
Mayor-elect kilduff said there are hun
dreds of men in Waterbury out of employ
ment and anxious to work, and s., 900 ha
been appropriated to work roads not unde
contract, then why would it not be advis
able to ask the selectmen to put as man
men to work on the roads as possible.
you want to give these men work give it :
them. Don't make them paupers. Tn
selectmen could have done this three O
/ four weeks ago if they wanted to. II
moved the selectmen be asked to put a
many men to work on town roads as pos
sible. The motion was put and carried.
Mr. O'Neill moved that committee O
five be appointed to learn what work ca
be done on town roads, with an estimat
of expense and present the same to tn
town meeting.
Mr. Terry moved to amend by adding tn
names of the seleetmen to the COMMITTEES
and the amended motion was adopted
Chairman Moriarty appointed the follow
ing committee: Thomas Kelly, W. G
Smith, Patrick Holohan, Z. ]. Finn and r
f. Cairns.
Letters of inability to attend were re
ceived from Revs ]. A. Nulcahy, J. G
Davenport, W. II. Barton. DR. Farrell Man
tin and b. G. Bryan. Also communi
cation from Company G. offering to tax
part if n charity fair be held.
One of NelIo's Vessels sunk.