New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-16
AID GIVEN THE POOR.
SQUARE MEAL" or HOT FOOD FOX
FIVE CENTS.
,,..rrr~ci OF, THE BUSINESS MENs RNllEr 'oM-
MlTTEE or THE IND sTKiNL 'hii'-
TlAN ALLIANCE.

MEETING OF THE BUSINESS MEN RELIEF 'oN
MlTTEE or THE INprsTRlAL 'hRi|-
THAN ALLIANCE.
Tho business Mems Relief Committee Of me In
dustrial Christian Alliance had largely ATTENDED
meeting yesterday afternoon IN the once OF 81
nilye & Co. No. Is Nassau-st. Donad 'd'eh'iN
presided. and among those present We're -NlhHr w
Mrbury the secretary Of the Alliance Mss Hoe
and Mrs Aldrich Of the Childrons Aid society
t;eoree W Tavlor tho Rev John H. Downs the
Rev Dr. McSweeney. OF S. Brisids Roman Na'ho"'
Church: Miss Margaret =. Kennedy 'oh' 'ee'ef
Ward IT, Louis Windmulier. Miss Mary l. heYS''
Of the Industrial School Alfred 7. White. the Rev.
conrad Doench. of the German Presbyterian
Chnrcb. lanes L. Bcemer. Nicholas Bi"rring the
Rev David James Burren. l.. y. Jones' ana III
J. 4. Nichols
George D. Mackay. chairman o: the Executive
/ comuittee said that MayOr-clect Strong ana Gov
ernor-elect Morton had sent letters pledsins con-
tinucd support to the work of the committee
John Lloyd Thomas, General Superintendent OF
the cheap restaurants which were started with the
money subscribed, read the report from which inc
following extracts are taken:
The first Peoples Restaurant had been , openea u
pecsmber ns at Mn MG I capacS Of 5000 meals
day. with restaurant ADJOINING ins' nav and
which fed an average of about 1000 men a day for
many weeks Of the winter months ,,, -, ,,o
The first days work proved IN" WISDOM ol ne
n,an and there was an Immediate demand for SIM,
lar restaurants in other sections OF the CITY Zoe Al
TO Cooperate with the General committee and
eight Peoples Restaurants we're opened IN as man!
localities between the Rattery and Harlem ,
The Offices and central cooking ana dlsuIlnu,,ns
depot on Bleeckerst where an S G f bs
received. and where the cooking was nonS h Dn oe
eight restaurants This centranzalo" VI inv ''
tire work permitted great economies.
Mics charlotte A. Waterbury. Superintendent Of
the Tenement-House Chapter OF Kings Daughters.
savs. ..Our experience Is that 90 cents worth or
,ckets will support n family Of three persons Tor
one week" Others equally experienced agree In IN"
rcport that 81 o. was sufficient TO literally provide
food for a week a family OF three persons anu
Miss NJ. A Delaney. Of the 'athafihe M'SSor
stated that she knew Of families OF SIX persons
who shared a scent supply Of hot food and found
II a fair meal
The expenses Of conducting these restaurants ana
grocery depo,s with their innumerablc small trans
actions requiring attention. labor ana uihe' were
reduced To minimum through the z"a'ouS ""I
indefatgable services Of homeless Non VINO app"e1
70 tho Industrial christian Alliance for food ana
lodging and who thoroughly proved their WHINE
nose and ability 10 work and to work VOL me
committee was thus able to devote rracuoa"N us
entire receipts TO the aid OF the distressed ana IN"
following figures will but family Indicate ne rN-
rms enabled to do Amount received from all
sources so. i62 So. number OF estahsnmsi's
i5s m .aS
societies church missionaries, etc. 70 conveniently
and cheaply supply food to their hencnciarieS II
abed the BENEVOLENT by IS ticket sys'cn. TO give
4 hungry man a square meal Of hot food at cost N
only five cents and with certainty That th'r chartF
would not go for liquor
The fnanciaI statement. audited and approved r.,
ogden Mills and ! X. TrOwhridsc. showed that mp
81 S sales Of tickets SO $50 H. restaurant receipts
SIS $50 a. making total Of 81. '62 90. ana thh' from
addition $500 in sifs and Noss % from the Blcecker
ST restaurant leaving total cash balance IN nan
on November T. after all the expenditures hsi hN ~
met OF SIG The Rev John Il pcNins. pastor 81
Hope Chape bore testimony 10 the great work winch
he had been enabled 70 DO In the tncklN populated
East Side Of the cominlttce ana especially
through the agency OF the grocery which had bee
opened by the committee Ia Avenue Z. II" h"gg"d
them 10 authorize the work Of the committee 10
continue until May |. suggestion which =" pm,
In The form OF A resolution and which adopiel
amid applause The Rev. Dr. insolvency, Of St
Brigids Church IN Tompkins square. the Rev
Mr Doench the Rev David James Burrell AMI
p j. McCue. president OF 81 Brglds Conference
of the St Vincent De Paul Society. also testified TO
the good work that had been accomplished. and
then the meeting adjourned.