Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-25
7HB RELIEF WORK.
THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE CLOSED IT'S HEAD
QUARTERS LAST EVENIEG.
Big Rush for Provisions During the Dsy-hsarly
Three Thousand Dollars in Cash SPENT
The Donations Almest as
Much More.

its relief headquarters yesterday even
ing at o'clock. and the hundreds OF
families who have been receiving aid
from that source during the past ten
weeks Will hereafter have to depend
upon their own exertons or obtain
| charity from some other source.
Since the headquarters OF the Com
mittee were formally opened, on Decem-
Der 21st, eight hundred families have
had one or more orders filed for food,
| clothing and coal. The total numo Der
OF orders for food and clothing filed
was 1866, and in addition about
nine thousand bushels Of coal was
distributed. The value OF the dona-
tions received was about $4,000, and ia
addition there were contributions OF
! cash footing up S2,9l7.16, which was
disbursed through Manager Robert
! Simpson, at headquarters, by orders
drawn on Treasurer P. B. Dobbins.
The total value of the supplies issued
was, therefore, not far from S. 600,
and ia king eight hundred families
as the total number relieved,
) they received an average OF
ABOUT $3.50 each ia goods.
Many families, however, obtained or
! ders bus once, twice or three times,
while others came fifteen or twenty
times, and taking the average value Of
an order at at S1.75, some families, en-
tlrely without means, obtained from S25
to S35 worth of supplies, while mahy
ran down as low as 50 or So. The force
at the storehouse handled, under the
| Of Inn,
| nous amount of food staples, coal,
shoes and clothing, and the
gentlemen who gave nearly their entire
time TO this charitable work, without
compensation, for period of ten weeks,
are entitled TO all possible praise. The
force under Manager Simpson was com
! posed of Messrs. Harry Hooking, Ray
mond Bauer, Charles Ha0ke, d. R.
! Brooks, Capt Robert Cowan, John
| Holman, Ed. COen, Il. B. Drabell,
| Will Cator aud Joseph Purcell.
Most of these gentlemen were con-
Stantly at the store-house, from
the date OF its opening until
the close last night, and at times they
were aided by police officers and many
volunteer workers, who would put their
shoulders TO the wheel from time to
time. Mayor B. i Caldwell, also did
much hard work, aud Chief McNichol
and his leutenants were very active
during the first days OF the existence OF
the Committee. The several ward
Committees wers also indefat
gable in aiding the work, by can
wasting the city, looking up deserving
cares, ETC., and the Executive Commit
tee, Treasurer Dobbins, and many 9th
ers are entitled to much praise Not
| the least deserving OF mention are the
coal-haulers, who neglected their own
| business at time when IL was most re-
mUnerative, gratuitously supply the
wants of those in distress. In fact, to
! print all the names Of those deserving
OF mention through aid In this work,
would be TO copy large section OF the
city directory for those who gave time,
money and supplies were very many.
The last days work at headquarters
was the busiest since it was first open
ed. The rush commenced early and
kept up late, and when the room was
| finally cleared and it was announced
that the supplies were exhausted, the
total number OF orders filed during the
| Jay WAS lUuuQ W 10 Obs VI uoib yuan
double the average mum Der. Manager
Simpson and his men worked their stock
down very evenly, and when the quar-
: ters were closed all that remained on
hand was few quarts Of beans and
100 loaves of bread, the latter having
been sent In from the Wheeling Bakery
through some unknown person, just be-
J fore the room was closed. These rem
nants OF once large stock will be
given out to applicants who may call
tomorrow and Tuesday. Last night
the room was bare of supplies, and only
the presence OF scores of boxes and
barrels sttested the large quantities
of stuff which had been handled, a
great stock OF empty soap boxes, num-
bering forty or fifty, being conspicuous
ly in view.
Manager Simpson and his clerical
force will at once commence the
preparations of detailed report, for
the inspection OF the Executive Com
mlttee, and that passed upon and ap-
proved, the Committee will pro baby
adjourn sine die.
n,-v- 81 &bo Iaodfpo avonfc of tha eaR.