The evening times., 1897-02-08
DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR
The Relief Committee and Civic
Centre Are Cooperating.
A PRACTICAL CHARITY PLAN
An Important Joint Meeting VIII BE
Held on Wednesday Next-The
sanitary Improvement Company
an Its PIan-Few Contributions
for the Relief of the Needy.

An important joint meeting OF the Per
| manent Relief Committee on Charities and
| the CIVIC Center will be held at 4:I5
O'Clock on Wednesday evening OF this
week, at the rooms OF the Board OF Trade,
TO Consider the question OF providing san
| itary dwellings for the poor, upon the plan
heretofore outlined in The Times
The matter was suggested on Saturday
by Surgeon General George n Sternberg.
In letter to Justice Cole, chairman of
the Central Relief Committee and he in
turn referred IT to Secretary Wilson with
request that arrangements tie made for
the meeting
In his letter 10 Justice Cole, Gen. Stern
berg called especial attention to the pro-
posed organization of Sanitary Improve
ment Company. and suggested that Dr.
Gould, the author of the volume published
by the Commissioner Of Labor. on THE
Housing OF the Working People" should
be invited 10 address the two bodies in the
joint assemblage. He also recommended
that Bishop Satterlee be requested to
speak on the conditions existing in Wash
ington. and OF the necessity for immediate
action Both suggestions will be adopted.
1t is understood that quite number Of
prominent philanthropists have signified a
willingness to subscribe to the stock OF
the Sanitary Improvement Company, and it
is believed that the success OF the move
ment will be assured as soon as its details
are made public. To this end Secretary
Wilson is preparing copies of the form 4,
heretofore printed, for the organization.
The call for the Wednesday meeting is to
be signed by prominent citizens, who have
already signified their willingness to par
ticipa.e.
The Associated Charities have received no
substantial additions to their supplies for
the poor since the last published report.
The Central Union Mission today made a
similar report.
The returns were made this morning to
the police department of the sales of tick
cts to the recent entertainment at the
National Theater, given under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Tom. C. Noyes. The fund was
not quite what previous estimates made
it, but it was quite sufficient to tide the
police charities over the remaining win
ter period, and possibly leave a small
balance.
Ihe sales OF tickets by the police of the
several precincts netted SS90.S0; sales Of
boxes and reserved seats, 500, partly es-
timated, making total of 81 $50. so
The money was deposited in bank today to
the credit of the police relief fund, and
the police lieutenants were authorized to
expend SO each today The aggregate
makes S1O0, Anacostia sub-station receiv-
ing an equal amount with the others.
superintendent Moore and Chief Clerk
Sylvester desire that their thanks and
the thanks of the entire force to be ex-
pressed to those who were instrumental in
replenishing the empty treasury. report
is to be made of every item of expenditure
in tile disbursement of this fund, so that
the committee will know exactly what was
done with every dollar Of it, Chief Clerk
Sylvester will see to this part of the work.