The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
V0RKIDGMAN'S HOTEL.
Salvation Army Opens a New
Lodging House on Mont
gomery Street.


The Workingmen's Hotel or Shelter,
fitted up in the Post Building, No. 50
Montgomery street, by the Salvation
Army. was formally opened Saturday
afternoon. The occasion was gala one.
Staff officers Of the head of the National
Army and other distinguished officials
took part in the exercises. The assembly
room was rowde not only with uni-
formed officers, male and female, and
members of the local branches of the
Army in this city, blu there were quite a
number from New York and other cities
present.
Colonel E.. J. Higgins, chief secretary
of the Army in this country, opened the
service with the song, BLESSED Assur-
ance. Jesus is Mine" Then Major E. N.
Parker, of Boston, led in prayer and in
voked Divine blessings upon this social
phase Of the local army's work. Adju-
tant Annie Mckenzie. of Harlem, sang
Give Me the Faith That Jesus Had"
Dr.. Nice, of New York, one of the very
best %sfiddlers'' in the army and an at
tache of the Army's headquarters in New
YORK, was present and accompanied the
singers on his violin. Lieutenant r. E..
Holz, who has charge of the social work
of the Army, made a speech in which he
set forth the success of this branch of
the Army's work, and told his hearers
that Chief of Police Murphy had ex-
pressed his pleasure at the establishment
Of such an institution and promised his
cooperation in the scheme. Captain n.
L. Thorn, who has charge of the Army's
social work in Bridgeport, Conn.,. told of
10 "nFk and r. %f3aaacc hara Cfnff
Captain John Mcfarland, at the head of
all the local posts, also made a felicitous
speech.
In the course of his remarks, Colonel
Higgins informed his hearers that the
army had established, in America. thirty
four shelters, three homes for children.
eight labor bureaus, eight salvage bril-
gades, seven wood yards, three prison
gates homes. fifteen miscellaneous insti-
buttons, a general inquiry department,
eleven rescue homes and sixteen slum
posts, 10i institutions in all, with ac-
commodations for 1900 people. He also
stated thai during the past year the
army's New York labor bureau had
found employment for 1,le0 persons. A
lunch was served to all present.
Captain Stewart URkles and his wife
are i'll charge Of the new hotel. Three
floors of the building are in charge of
the army. The floors are fitted up with
$50 beds. The frames are of wood and
iron. The ten cent beds are double
.decked affairs. The .~fifteen cent" beds
are separate. Both classes, however, are
in big rooms. There are no separate bed
the price of a bed applies and expresses
a willingness to work. he is given ac-
comnodations for the night and sent,
next morning. to the army's salvage de-
pot, in charge of Lieutenant J. Stiebig,
| at No. 337 Newark avenue. Here he is
put to work collecting or sorting old
papers. rags, clothing, ETC.. brought in
by men with push-carts, furnished by
ing to continue work, he is provided with
food and sleeping accommodations and
given money at the rate of about 81 a
week extra, with which to purchase
clothing. etc. The hotel is equipped with
gas, hot and cold water, etc, and prom
ises to be quite an institution.