The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-10
/ PRACTICAL CHARITY
WOOD YARD At THE OLD ST
MARK,s HOSPITAL.
shelter and Iufirnarx Employment
FURNISHED to Many Destitute Men
PLAN of the Associated Charities,

A quiet but effective work that has
received no notice from the press and
but little from the public, has been
going on for the past two months un-
der the direction of the Associated
Charities Early in November what
has come to be called the Associated
Charities woodward was established in
the old St. Marks hospital, at Fifth
East and Third South streets, and
through that agency shelter and tenn
porary employment have been afforded
to many destitute men and boys.
The plan is similar to that adopted
by the MEMS Rescue mission, but is
thought by the superintendent, Mr..
George B. Burns, to ne more thorough
in it's details. During December 84S
meals and 268 lodgings were furnished
TO those who were deemed worthy of,
as we'll as in need of, charity.
As the name would indicate the pur-
pose is to provide men with work at
wood saving and splitting. BY this
means they can earn meals, lodgings
or money. The wood is sold, kindling
at the rate of five sacks for 81 and
stove and cord wood So per cord. A
movement is on foot to secure the con-
tract for furnishing kindling wood to
the public schools and if this is done
a large proportion of the expenses can
be thus met and the usefulness of the
work extended.
Two hours work entities a man to a
nights lodging or a dinner and one
hours work to a. breakfast. The terms
! in the menage are strictly payment in
advance, the superintendent enforcing
i11j1 10 IA hn
does not work shall not eat. TWO
meals are prepared, breakfast at 8
O'Clock and dinner at 4. The first meal
! consists of mush and milk, bread and
! butter and two cups of coffee, if de-
sired, and at dinnSf the pensioner. or
boardeT, is served with bean soup, a
meat stew with vegetables, potatoes.
| bread and butter and coffee, an unlim-
tied number of cups this time. Not a
/ bad bill of fare at cents per capita
and a committee representing the AS
[ ISOLATED Charities, who dined there re-
/ Gently, using the same menu, pronounc-
! ed the cooking not only wholesome
but appetizing.
Those disposed to be iudiciously
charitable can aid the institution as
we'll as individuals who apply for
help by giving them tickets, which ran
/ be secured at the wood yard. Neal tick
cts or tickets for lodgings, can lie OBJ
tanned at low price, as we'll as fisk
cts emitting the bearer to employment
| in return for which he will receive SO
J cents.
| If the sale of wood increases to a
certain limited figure. the wood yard
| viii be made self-sustaining. AS it is,
! the deficit is supplied by private do
nations. Those most interested have the
| commendable purpose of making It
| self-supporting.
| The mana cement is thought TO he
admirable. Every effort is made tc
keep the moral atmosphere wholesome
There are certain restrictive and sani-
, tary rules conducting to this, among
them, mo person can be admitted af.
! ter 9 p. M every applicant will be
required to give such Information about
himself as the superintendent may con.
slider necessary" EVERY applicant vii
be required to take a bath before heine
given a bed;" mo drinking will be
permitted on any part of the rremises;'
'.All persons employed must do sucf
work as is assigned by the suparinte1d
emit"
A tour of the rooms showed thai
cleanliness is required in every depart
f1ent. The beds are comfortable, the
reading room attractive and provided
with good papers and periodicals, thu
bath room and work rooms IN order
and the kitchen a model of neatness.
There is large number of ''5lumoel
garments as a lady visitor insisted
upon calling them; the material fol
which was furnished by the u. c. NJ. I.
and the sewing done by the ladies o
st. Paurs parish. The bed clothing
was furnished chiefly by thu
I general relief con1mittee, whose services
for the poor will long be remembered.
large range in the kitchen was donated
by ex-Mayor George M. Scott.
/ The "woodyard and wayfarers' lodge
is an institution that will commend it
self to the Judgment of all visitors. Tht
men who were laboriousiy saving Woo
in one room and chose who were splitting
1t in another, were sure of shelter fol
at least one night, and of a meal thal
would appeass the cravings of hunger
temporary relief only, it is true, bu
coming at a. time of terrible straits win
knows but that it may prevent tn
crimes of robbery, suicide or murder?
Tonight perhaps sixteen men sleep a
+he lodge who otherwise might wall
the streets all night, noticed only by tn
cops who order them TO move on
n may be t1c9i- sheltered there are mel
who are potential criminals. but to when
the timely aid is what the preachers cal
a. Saving influence"
It is a good work. Let it go on.