The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
LrCHrsOy GOOD TO TRxMPs.
Many of tho Comforts Of = Hotel for Two
Hours Work In the Morning.
From u, Ka 7sds CITY TINA.

From u, IA 7,ds CITY TINA.
ATcHIsos. Kan. Jan. 5-ThIs town claims
10 treat tramps better than any other city 10
the Tn ted States and also contends that II has
| the hobo better regulated than any other place.
1t Is a violation OF the city ordinances here for
any one 10 feed tramps. They are cared for In
the City Hall. where spec al apartments
have been made for them, and where meals ara
served three times a day. When a tram p s'ops
a pedestrian on the street and asks for money
with which to buy food he Is directed to the
city building. and boS-car tourists who beg
Handouts at residences are also informed o!
the tramp quarters.
The tramp quarters are looked after by the
city ia iler. the Poiica Department being in the
city building. When a tramp wants lodging
he appears before the IA! ar. registers AMI de-
posts hs baggage, ~ hs has any, IN tn" OH 'e,
into the sleeping room. Around the sides Oj the
wall are hunss, very much like tourist sleeper
hunks. The hunks are TWO layers high and
can Accommodate thtrty-iive dodgers at on"
time. The hunks are HiI0l with fresh hay
every ni2ht, on which the dodgers s!sa"t. nearly
always, with their clothes on. Ih"y nave
Blankets which ara keTt free from vrrnin aud,
In fact. the room IS thoroughly dislniected
every few days The door is OF artiilciiI stone
and Is so made that the hose can he turned on
and the walls, hunks and floor washed clean.
AMI the water runs through n hole IN the noor
into the sewer. The tramps have electric
lights and a stove and pl"nt. OF coat ~
quarters IL a BATH room with porcelain ba'htub
and hot and cold water. The bathroom Is
room in which The Wandering Willie can lie
dow # he is fatigued from the effects ~ water.
The meals ssrvryi to tho trampS coat the city
10 cents each. AMI, while there ia no pie nor
cake in the bin Of fare. thu foo ia Wholesome
and there is plenty OF It and a u flricrt variety
TO satisfy. the appetite some KIND OF meat u
and coffee. The hill Ot fare O'tau Includes
pickles. sauerkraut. tomatoes. beans, homrny.
rice, &c. II a tramp wants n shay" nc can get
q razor and looking glass from IN" lalier. kPtt
for the purpose. The only provision Is that he
must shave himself or get on" OF his pals 10
shave him. The Police Department does not
In return Tor lodging and meals every tramp
must work two hours on the rock TlIe, break
Ing ny macaitm Tor the siree,s, a tramp
must work . y hours on the rock pile, AMI II he
shows up n third time he Is fined for ragrnncy
and thrown into Jail for from twenty to on" mum
dred days. Il a tramp ia too dirty h. il ordered
10 take a bath. anu II he refuses "A charge O' VA
arancv Ia placed against him 0nd he IL sel-
fenced to work on the streets oil the city or on
'Tramps are not taken care Of in this manner
altogether on human. Groun's ne system
coIlects the tramps under the eye of the law Tor
the night. AMI they cannot commit o~tlrncrS,
'rhosa that fear to show their faces IN the Pol -
Department are con-inrrel t9sIi@lnus chhri!.
NAFA nv h& lAIIINN III - ANhN NH#NNHh ~
give n good account. Of themselves they are
an Tor yagrancy and the authorities look M
ihair records. several GRO Ks have been lis
cnvnr.i IA a result Of this method amt turnel
oyar TO the authorities in towns wheIethey are
wanted Often lahOrerS ara wanted, and In
snch eases tho trampS are informed where
tbev can get work During the winter months
tho numher OF dodgers averages about N'tcen a
niuht SOM hohOrs must hHvc been patriotic
mn"i unlisted in the army, Tor the number rrgi,-
~ m Atchison has been generally smaller
sin e the war with Spain.
III is an odd fact that IA every cfOWd or loiH-
o,s vii he found very Young men AMI very ud
nan Mon n high "a 81 years OF a", without
hnmcs aud tramping over N" country, nav"
nnorunieI hunks IN the 'rlmn quarters y - Il
oH,nr,on thIug 20 aPe gray. IA red men N ne
r.",n ularters. Strange To Sty, IN" nlmhrr
Of cnlorel loigers IS very small compared 20
the white ones. .,,,,, o,iJo from,
,ba nolirc siAtlon makes n bus ness o. lreuIh.
orr. II IL Mount II, Sch0 asticas' ohNeh''
TIL Ia Catholic institution. AMI tralups ~"
nayer turneJ away without food. \ new h,'l,-
,fon ~ now being built a. the convent when
lii III cos, 100000. In the new aid ton vii os
nmnmnstyncred n ira ps' room. in which trampIt
viii he fed. The room will contain q table hnu
c"hnirS md will be 50 situated THAT Iood can p'
banJed through Q small opening from the
kitchen.