New-York tribune., 1894-01-06
TRYING TO FIND WORK.
TIE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE LABOR FOR THE
UNEMPLOYED
NOW THE TOILsEEKEi:' ARE CLEANING THE
STREETS On IHE EAST SIDE WHILE THE
TAMI.NY EMPLOYEES SIiOU LDtR
THEIR BEOOMS AND LOOK ON iN
DElLGHT-MEETINGS AND
PLANS FOR RELIEF.
PLANS FOE RELIEF.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ANO
PLANS FOR RELIEF.
ahat q curious sight could be seen Yesterday in
any Of the streets east ot the Bowery and south
of Tenth-si particularly In the neiShoorAood OF
the avenues with alphabetical names. such as y,
- c and ID! one could see gangs of men who be
lorg to the Department of Street Cleaning, march
ING mast comfortably smoking their pipes. carrying
bg brooms over their shoulders. and looking as
happy az a lot of park policemen on parade in
fact that is what they were doing. parading. anu
for this pleasurable pastime in these days of dire
distress the city pays them 81 ~ day. The
no, emplovel bv the Relief Committee get dolla,
dav for cleaning the streets in tHat n"ignborhood,
and they leave nothing for the Tammany men to
ao ani even when the Ta-AmanN men had the
work 70 do they didn't do It, Never In the memory
Of the Oldest inhabitant has that quarter Of New
yor, been so clean and il is the talk of everybody
in the neghborhood. though it were a wcnderiui
thing 10 perform such feat.
The Rev John b. Devins pastor OF Hope Chapel
IN East Fourth-st. wanted TO know. while talking
over this subject yesterday with a Tribune re-
nor,er why it was that Commissioner Andrews.
nho has said that he could employ another l(.) meE
IN his Department wouldn't take fifty OF his men
and give them work
we have no objection TO s. a2 a day" said Mr..
rovins "but YOU can see for yourself that a
racommended by us would do better work for 81
a day than the Tammany man will do for twice
that amount
Each one Of the men employed by the Relief Com
mittee gets block TO clean and he is held respon-
s,h,e for its condition. He keeps it in just good
trim as broadway and Fifth-ave. in the neghbor
hood Of Madison Square are kept where private en-
,orrr,sa has also 10 come to the of Depart
noent OF Street Cleaning which never cleans.
4 THOROUGH CANVASS BEING MADE.
Robert Graham, secretary OF the Church Tenn
perance Society announces that the members OF
that organization have Just completed a social
census Of large part of the city. showing the
actual condition of the people dwelling in a given
district Parish boundaries the limits within
which these Investigations made. and it is the
intention Of the society. If funds enough can he
obtained to do a like work all over the city.
section Of St Augustines parish. containing forty
seven city blocks and having an estimated popula-
tion of 5000 comprising that part OF the city be
tween Houston and Fifth sts. on the north. Canal
md Hester the south Broadway on the w"st
and Essex-st. and Avenue 4 on the east was
chosen The society intends 20 work during the
current year toward such a reduction in the mum
Der of barroOms In the district that there Will be
800 persons to each liquor store instead of lG4 as at
present
4 circular was sent out yesterday from the Hy-
draulic Construction Companys Office. NO li'
Broadway. calling for meeting at that place on
Tuesday January g. a:S0 p. m. to hear plans for
effective work for the poor. The call is signed by
Daniel But;erheld Locke w Winchester Charles
J. Canda l. \ Bell. David Lepsey, Harmon j.
Hart. William L. Brown and Frederick Go,dwin.
The conference OF trades unions. which appointed
g committee Of forty-nine to devise plans by whlch
Dor may BE- given to large numbers of he un-
l3.Cyei on public works. named subcommittee OF
-. yesterday to go to Albany and the passage
Of a suitable bill. This is the committee: William
McNair. Dr. Stanton Colt, Edward Conklin and
George McNey.
\; the Travellers cub No 2ls Eighth-ave. plans
were completed yesterday for opening pace
-
get free meals. The Committee fer the Ala Of the
Hungry suggests that food and supplies should be
sen. for free distribution - the following PAGES
rive Points Mission. 80. G3 Park-st.: Mariners
Tempe. Oliver and Henry SIS; Gosps. Mission. NO
10 Beecke--si.: St. Mary's. No. 1ls West Four
.eath-s..: Eighth Avenue Mission. No. 2Is Eighth
ave- Crerlorne Mission No ioi West Thirty-sscond-
ST. Tide over Trade Home No. 2e3-oSl West Forty
slxih-st. Ycrkyile Diet Ki,caen. No. 10 East
Eighy-hir list: Harlem Peoples Mission. No. 24Is
sccond-av".; one Hundred and Forty-sxth Street
Gospel Temperance Mission. One-hundred-and-forty-
sXth-s. Thrd-aye.
IDE,s FROM MANY QUARTERS
John p. Townsend. treasurer Of the Business
Mems Relief Committee said yesterday that the
amount Of money collected thus fer WAS ss.732 in
Guiding a subscription Of 800 from "A Friend" re-
ceived yesterday, and 800 from 5. II. Bovine. I'VE
continue to receive some valuable suggestions and
some extremely impraccable ones from sub
THAI we make houst-to-house canvass OF those
likely 10 subscribe small sums dollar for in
.tance but ny belief Is that the Of the collcc-
s,1 ON. III MAJ Instance wou1 be greater than the
amount subscribed. Nos OF those contributed
the thousands which have received have done
even asking have tickets soat to them 1t is
Us rom 9lro now may .na sums have come TO
sl1s o'Se aa ,Ois comment hsa been heaIi many
Nnch is being collected by the various municipal
o,aa6d6 Gptr{ments Of the cty govcrament be
ask yeseray about the aisT May'a and Toy 6 rog MrI
yh at 'ne que s'ion see;ne to Imply nnuendo
never been thought In my mind said ne. 'of
hayins politics snter inio he distribution Of relief
could only have found lodgmcnt in the evil minds
NaynD ,oss s,,% %ho suFgesei such question" The
SSomImi;tee early next week. whoa pans would be-
scott, who is one Of the members OF the commit
reach san fror ,A5 ,ne AMOUNT raised would probably
,, saia ne when the distribution begins my idca |
pro rata between tho G" vsros y s5sS1a n aiyGed
NEW HvEcENT RE.TlunAxr.
TAe lve-cent restaurant for thr East Side ar
ranged to be opened at No. 81 Avenue C. will be
N IN operation to-day. and IS expected to be a great
poon ior the thousands Of needy ana unemployed
people IN that populous par; Of the ci,v
mere Is open war between the Provisional Com
mit'ce for the Aid Of the Hungry and the Charity
CErgshlTation g. rIaon Society Oliver Sumner TeaIl, who
- tiIe5nnhnen9 o. the committee. is angry al Robert
ga s's IN Sod that the statement by The committee
" tne capacity Of the different charitable or
Eshzat0ns for furnishing food WIS misleading
f!h,s des wrote long letter yesterday TO Mr. |
,uosIu IN which ne said "rhe whole tone OF your
n,i,,a ii,.sm Was unwarranted by facts This com
smd 80 WIN go out Of existence and its abors will
fr,rJ Jul az soon az your association ceases to turn
~ ''"'S 'uH'9ruS OF worthy apl'n
e,ct.. me Wayfarers' Lodge No 5l6 West Twenty
S. Ssn'-s mas decided TO issue tickets which may be
70 81, iisteau OF money other charitable relief
Ear chv,-p;odied men Of families. who have homes
anou,, ,ckrt VIII enttle 'he bearer TO work to the
"'rrJu"t OF . cents in the woodward
>, me Provisional Committee for the aid NJ tho
,,msry met last evening at the hotel AT Broad
following plan: ' N 'e"'''e" uPo" ''e
,c,IhaV nave made proposition to the Board OF Ed
drsn ~ 20 auow US 10 appeal for aid 10 the chill