The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-10
ROGK-PILE RELIEF.
Full Report on the Work of Last
Winter.
How the Work of the Committee Was
Carried On, What 1t Did,
and Its Cost.

At a meeting of the Pastors Union,
held at the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation rooms yesterday afternoon
the committee who last winter hao
charge of the work for the relief OF I'M
employed worthy poor men mace d Iuii
report and the union directed the COM
mittee to devise ways and means LOT
the work of this winter and report on
Monday next.
The report of the committee speaks
for itself and is as follows:
To the members of the Pastors
Uuion-Dear Sirs: In answer to your
request, we beg leave to make the
following report:
In october. 1894. you appointed the
following committee to carry out your
plans for religious benetlcence: h
Weinstock, L. McFessel, ]. H. Relder,
w. H. Baugh and w. S. Hoskinson-
You gave this committee discretionary
power, but subject to your supervision.
This committee held its first meeting
October %, 1894, and their last meet
ing March 70, 1895, in all nineteen
meetings. Mr.. Baugh was chosen ana
remained President of the committee,
Mr.. Weinstock Treasurer, w. 5. Hos
kinson Secretary. The work commit
ted to us looked small at first, put
grew to enormous proportions. HOW
We'll it was managed you must judge.
One great difficulty met by your COM
mittee at once was to find employment
that would not bring the men IN COM
petition with common labor OF all
things suggested, the 'rockpile" was
the only scheme feasible. OF this you
all know 1t was found difficult to get
board and lodging low enough to carry
Oh the work without great loss. Not
until January of the present year did
we succeed in keeping the expense down
to point within our income. We were
greatly indebted to the friends of
the Salvation Army for their aid
in this matter. Without any rec
ompense. other than board and
lodging, they managed the board and
shelter for your committee greatly to
cur relief and satisfaction.
During this time your committee fur
nished as follows: Applications for help
relieved, 3, 463; meals, SAG; beds, 1853;
employment, 60; pieces of old clothing
donated by citizens, and worked for
1898; highest number of meals in one
day, 231; lowest, At; average, lib;
highest number of beds, 20; lowest, II;
average, 81.
The provisions used in the shelter
from January 9th to March q, 1888,
were: Lard, 2S pounds; meat, 3,0IO
pounds; bread, 4,44O IoaVeS; sugar, sou
pounds; coffee. 30 pounds; salt. I'll
pounds; pepper. % pounds; beans, 700
pounds potatoes, 1920 pounds; vege-
tables, 600 pounds; rice, 30 pounds;
mush. 300 pounds; macaroni, 30
pounds; milk, III gallons; butter, 10
rolls; eggs, 10 dozen; coal, 80 tons;
wood, 1 cord; coal oil, ITO gallons. Solid
food given in 100 meals. 173 40
pounds. Cost per meal 6 cents; cost per
bed, cents
Your committee raised by subscrip-
ton for the rock plant food and shelter
depot, subsidy for board and lodging
above proceeds from work in all the
sum of $500 (abOuD AS assets your
committee have to turn over to you
the food and shelter plant, valued at
$500; also, cash in hand and bills re-
ceivable, 1924 x.
We might return thanks to a great
many persons for their kind words and
substantial help in carrying on this
work, but think it best to do so in a
general way. Then, to one and all
who helped in this good work, your
committee returns their sincere thanks
Very respectfully,
tSigned) W. S. Hoskinson, Secretary,
for the committee; H. Weinstock,
Treasurer; ]. H. Reider, F. McFesseI.