Evening star., 1894-04-04
GOOD WORK WELL DONE
The Central Relief Committee Winds Up
Its Affairs.
The Wide-Reaching Charity Dfspens.
ing and Collecting the Donations.

Inc central relief committee Of the District
Is now thing of the past, the final meet
ing having been held in the Post build
ing at o'clock yesterday afternoon. Those
present were Chairman Tracey, Secretary
somsrville. Miss Loring. Mrs. Babson. Judge
Cole and Messrs- Gardner. Wolf. Cook and
Emery. Mr.. II. P. Goodwin of the canvass
| ing committee was also present.
After the minutes OF the preceding meet
ing had been read and approved, Secretary
soneryille read the following report of
/ Treasurer Beriah wilkins:
| Il have the honor to report that the re-
| ceipts from all sources have been $23, $40 50;
| disbursements per vouchers herewith, S2O-
$3.50; leaving balance in hand of treasurer.
/ $, ,l22.13.
There are. however. sundry bills yet un-
paid, which have been presented to me,
/ but which did not have the approval Of
| the president and secretary. 1t will be OBJ
l served from the memoranda herewith that
there has been Appropriated for the Asso-
clated Charities $500; this organization has
| drawn s66OO95. leaving a balance due on
| this appropriation of S999.65 which should
probably be taken into consideration when
/ calculating the balance for appropriation
| beg to say that the books, vouchers, re-
| ceipts and the accounts of this office are
awaiting the Inspection Of the auditing com-
mittee."
Work of Distribution.
The report was adopted and then Chair
| man Lawrence Gardner of the distributing
committee submitted the following report:
THE committee on distribution beg leave
to report that they have closed the affairs
| Of their office and are now prepared to
make this their final report.
First, the committee would desire
resolution Of thanks to be passed, thank
| ing the Central Union Mission for their
very liberal offer of store room for the use
| the store, No. 624 Louisiana avenue, from
/ the 18th Of January until the first week
| in March, using that depot for sup
plies. During that time the committee re-
ceived large quantities of clothing, shoes
snd groceries, sufficient to make l25 loads
| Of the patrol wagons. These were dis
| tributed at the police stations and at the
/ fVe substattons of the Associated Chari
| ties. Special cases assisted directly from
| the office numbered 1,027, all CT which were
/ supplied with clothing, fuel. bedding.
as the cases required The committee also
| received for distribution large numbers of
| orders for coal, which were distributed di-
/ rectly to needy families in quarter-ton
| orders. About twenty tons We're delivered
I direct from the station houses that Is, the
coal was dumped in the station house yard
and the officers allowed worthy people who
| needed fuel to get 1t In such amounts as
| they required.
| to the great Hberality of Messrs. Woodward
| & Lothrop. for theis assistance in collect
/ ing and distributing the goods contributed.
| 1t would be impossible almost, to put a
money value on their services. 1t is esti-
mated that the amount of orders collected
| through this agency was worth, at a very
\ low money value, about 81, 400. The COM
| mittee also received fuel orders for the
| amount of about a thousand dollars.
Unfounded Complaints.
I'VE take this opportunity of calling at
| tention to the remarkable work done by
the police and the Associated Charities.
There were other agencies used by the COM
mittee, all of which rendered good and eff
cient service in their particular lines, per-
haps just as efficient as the two organiza-
tions named, but they were the largest
and expended the most money, and assist
ed in the distribution of clothing, is why
We call attention to them especially. There
were numerous complaints filed at the Office
against both the police and the Associated
Charities, and in every instance they were
specially examined, either by a member
of our committee or special agent from
| the office, and 1t was with pleasure that
we are prepared to state that without
single exception II was discovered that
the causes of complaint were groundless,
generally being the result of investigation
/ and rejection by either of the above named
organizations on account of unworthiness.
There were one or two cases that came
| to the attention of the committee where
we were deceived in giving charities, but
by referring the matter to Mr.. Emery of
| the Associated Charities or Maj. Sylves-
ter, 1t did not take Us very long to dis
cover whether the cases were really en-
titled to consideration or not
THE citizens Of Washington should feel
proud of the generous manner in which
the call for assistance was responded to.
No matter how small the contribution, 1t
helped TO swell the grand total, that We, as
citizens Of the national capital. should feel
proud Of.
Other business.
On the motion Of Mr.. Wolf the report
was adopted, and Mr.. Gardner having sug-
gested that the balance remaining on hand
be equally divided between the police de-
partment and tne Associated Charities, Mr..
Wolf moved that the thanks of the COM
mittee be rendered to the distributing COM
mittee for the intelligent and painstaking
mann er in which il had performed its ardu-
ous duties, and that the chairman, vice
chairman and secretary of the central COM
mittee be appointed a committee to repre-
sont the committee after its final adjourn
ment, and to see that the balance remain
ing on hand after all bills and outstanding
accounts had been paid be equally distriD-
uted between the police and Associated
Charities. The chairman of the distributing
committee and Mr.. Wolf were added to the
committee and the motion Vas then adopt
ed.
on the motion of Mr.. Wolf. a commit
tee of three was appointed to draft a series
of resolutions expressing the thanks and
appreciation of the central committee to
ali those who had in any way aided or
assisted the committee in the work under
taken by 1t, and Mr.. Wolf, Judge Cole and
Mrs Babson were appointed the COM
mittee.
The committee of five appointed to wind
up the affairs of the central committee was
also directed to prepare and present to the
District Commissioners a full report of the
work done by the committee and also to
have the report published in the daily press
of the city.
Mr. Goodwin of the canvassing commit
tee stated that the report Of that commit
tee was in course of preparation by Chair
man TruesdelI, and would be submitted to
the committee appointed to wind up the
affairs of the central relief committee.
A motion that the committee adjourn sine
die having been made, Chairman Tracey
stated that the committee had every rea-
son to feel proud of the work 1t had per-
formed, and he felt sure that its work, done
quietly and without parade. had fully met
| the approval Of the people of the District.
Much had been due to the grand work of
| the canvassing committee, and much too,
| TO the assistance rendered by the police and
| the Associated Charities. The experience
gained by the committee would be of the
| greatest value on future occasions. In de-
| claring the motion adopted, he thanked his
associates on the committee for the kindly
| manner in which they had held him, and
remarked that he parted with them with
/ sincere regret.
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