Evening star., 1895-06-20
LABORs FOR CHARITY.
Success of the Potato Planting Plan
So Far. '-.'

Success of the Potato Planting Plan
So Far. ".'
The committee that has In charge the
workings of the so-called Pingree potato
plan in this city practically wound up Its
affairs at meeting which was held In the
rooms of the board of trade today. Fred
erick L.Moore, the chairman. presided, and
there was a good attendance OF the mem-
bers of the committee. composed of the
representatives of the board of trade. of
the central relief committee and of the As
sociated Charities. AS Is well known, the
appointment of this committee was author
lied by meeting of the board Of trade
held early in May, and on the 9Th Of May
the committee met and organized. and have
now about completed the work which was
assigned to them. According to the report
OF the clerk of the committee, F. J. Dom
nelly, which was submitted at the meeting
held today, sixty-one plots of ground were
offered for use of the worthy poor who
were willing to cultivate vegetables for Use
during the winter.
OF this number thirty-three were accept
ed. the balance. for various reasons. not
being considered available. The committee
received seventy-four applications Tor
ground, of which number thirty-one were
white and forty-thNee colored. From this
number the committee made fifty assign
ments of land, and of these assignments
thirty-eight accepted, ""five odeciiIIed and
thirty-eight lot occupants have been issued
forty-five bushels Of .potat toes, cHt and in
plaster, ready for planting; s;Sty-two
quarts of beans, and 1900 cabbage plants
The report stated that more assignments
Of ground could have been made If it had
been possible to secure plots Of ground lie ar
to the homes of the applicants, as the lat
ter were fearful that their crops would be
stolen 1t was further stated in the report
that twenty-one of the twenty y-eight plots
assigned had been reported by the IN
spector. Mr.: Van Arsdale. to be under cul-
tivation and the crops doing nicely. The
inspection of the other crops are to be
made before Saturday evening next. Most
OF the lots selected are situated between
Lincoln Park, 11th street east and the
river. The cost will be about 81 for each
person assigned.
1t was ordered by the committee that
the Headquarters at 702 9th street be closed
was adopted to Mr.. W. c. Dodge for the
use of the rooms. The inspector, Mr.. Van
Arsdale, will maintain his supervision over
the lots assigned. Turnip seeds are to be
distributed the middle Of next month.
At the close of the meeting a meeting
of the committee on charities of the board
of trade was held. and the chairman, Mr..
Moore, submitted draft of card to be
sent to the secretaries of the various char
table organizations of the city and to the
pastors of the churches and others. This
circular or card calls the attention Of all
persons of small means to the fact that
there are In this city several saving insttu-
tions which are ready to receive amounts
on deposit as small as ten cents and will
allow interest on all sums of s. and up
ward
The suggestion is made that as there are
still tweaty-six weeks left in the year, a
little self-denial will enable persons to de-
posit at least 30 cents per week. which will
amount to s13 by January l next, and that
this amount will in many cases pay for all
coal needed for next winter.
The committee indorsed this suggestion
H.
Moore stated that the secretaries of the
charitable organizations could send the
cards to all persons that had received as
sstance.
TIE committee then adiourned