New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-09

which has been going on between public school
teachers of New-York and the parents Of the
children, the testimony of the Salvation Army
educator IS not without interest They strap"
unruly children in the army homes. and the
punishment Is severe enough not to need fire.
quent repetition.
on its own responsibility, and without munic-
ipaI assistance the Salvation Army has al
ready begun the work of social salvage in this
country. From coast 10 coast, and from Cana
da to Mexico ffty-four Industrial homes have
been established in the last two years. They
are operated by an incorporated company,
which has a capital stock OF 100000. evenly
divided between common and preferred stock.
The common stock is held by the officers of the
army which gives them absolute control The
preferred stock is divided among the various
towns In which the homes located and
draws per cent interest. After the first few
months all Of the homes have been self support
ing, and there never has been any trouble about
paying the interest the preferred stock.
This branch of army activity is so new and
has been carried on so quietly that few know of
the details Of the plan except those actually
gagged in working it out. better place to
study it could not be found than New-York
City and its vicinity
In Manhattan the home is at No 52S West
in one hundred and-twentieth-st.. between Sec
ond and Third ayes, for a second industrial es-
Enlistment. A large building will be erected
there this winter. AS soon as il is completed
the building in Thrtieth-st. will be torn down
and large one. more in keeping with the
army's needs will be erected.
There are two homes in Brooklyn. one at No
- RaymOnd-st- and the other at No 215 West
Eighth-st Other homes are being operated eff
fectively In Jersey City and Newark AS the
system Is the same at all of the homes the one
in West Thrtieth-st. will serve as an example
The establishment is the headquarters for
fourteen collecting wagons. which cover four
teen different parts OF the city. They follow
regular routes, calling at houses where per
mission has been given to collect paper and
junk of all kinds. Once in three weeks the
wagon makes the rounds, but special call will
be made at any time recent OF a postal card
with which the army supplies it's patrons
Strange loads these army junk wagons some
times bring in. Old furniture of all sorts, cloth
ing. rags, paper, old hats and shoes and empty
bottles form the usual load One of the re-
ceptacles left by the army collector, when
cmptied recently. contained highly decorated
memorial to the womans late departed hus-
band from the lodge to which he belonged. and
also his false teeth Another held an old violin
which was so fine of tone that il brought a
considerable price. In still another was found
bottle of carbolic acid, bearing the inscription
This will cure all ills" From a clergyman's
house collector recently secured a warlike
collection of a rife. revolver. a powder horn
and four dozen cartridges.
At the West Thirtieth-st. establishment the
loads are turned over to the men who have APP
piled to the home for temporary aid. The paper
is sorted into many as twelve different
grades and put into tightly packed bales which
are sold from time to time to paper manu-
facturers. The bottles graded as to size and
quality; brass iron and lead are sorted into
separate bins and rags are sorted into diff
ferent qualities The clothing that the wagons