The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-08

numerous officers, was really managed by one
person, who, in one year, had received 81 500
from the city and $40 from other sources, and
had expended $1,000 Of that amount for salaries
and $40 for the relief Of the destitute.
New York city appropriated in 1899, @,ooOoOO
Tor public charity, Of which Sl,o4l,2lj was EN-.
ployed for the maintenance of the department
of public charities The balance Of this large
sum Of money was divided among more than go
societies and institutions managed by corpora.
tions or private individuals
'ln theory" the controller says, "none Of
these private institutions is supported by the
city the municipality merely paying TO them
mixed sum, which Is supposed to he supple.
mented by private donations In reality nine.
tentm Of them could not exist six months with.
out the money they receive from the public
treasury. Very few of these scmi.puhlic char.
tiles have an income from all other sources
equal to the appropriation from the city"
The city pays for the support Of child in
private institution the sum Of Sll0 year, and
the average allowance for the maintenance Of an
adult is $50. OF the larger number assisted
there are numerous smaller institutions, some of
them having the endorsement aud moral support
of leading citizens, that spend from GO to so
per cent. of all the money they receive in the
payment Of salaries, and in one case, discovered
by the controller. the expenses absorbed % per
cent of the total income Of the society
OF the societies now dependent on the public
funds, more than one hundred of them have
been organized with the past ten years. The
| records Of the finance department and the annual
reports OF these new organizations show that many
of them have received from 60 to 30 per cent.
of all the funds they have handled from the city.
and that almost the same percentage of their
total income was charged to expenses, the chief
OF item of which, in every case, was the pay
nent OF salaries to officers. There are scores
of these small organizations, helping to spend
public money, that are unknown to the general
public. In fact it is reported that some Of them
| are never heard Of except when their officers
appear before the board OF estimate once year
to ask for more money.
One society, purportng to supply clothing to
ship.wrecked sailors for several years, obtained
a small appropriation from the city. When the
officers requested an increase of the amount al
lowed, the city authorities asked for some par
ticuars of the work done. The report submitted
in reply showed that the society had received,
in addition to the money obtained from the city,
| several donations Of secondhand clothing and
one box Of wrstlets (knit bands to he worn on
the wrists in wintcD; had sent to sailor ship
wrecked on the coast of Oregon suit of under
wear, a pair of hose and rubber coat; to a
crew ship.wrecked the reefs of Florida some
shoes and oilskin caps. There was report of
relief or clothing supplied TO a sailor or any
othCr person IN the city or state OF New YORK,
| but there was a charge for salaries which almost
balanced the amount received from the city.
New York city heads the list among the large
cities of the country with regard to the subsdiz-
| ing Of charitable institutions The amounts ap.
propriacd in few Of the larger cities to private
institutions, according to the statistics of the
| Charity Organization society, are as follows
New York City ...................$3,1 ,13l, $50 81
Baltimore ............ ............. 227 $50 90
Washington ........... ....,......... 10i,5OO 90
Philadelphia ..,........... .......... 1jl ,O2O 90
New orleans NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3O,1lO on
St. Louis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 22,570 80
Detroit ................. ........,.... S,0Sl on
Newark ............... .............. $500 OO
| Chicago ........... ................. 2,79G 90
Minneapolis .............. .......... 1000 on
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