New-York tribune., 1908-02-01
MANY SUFFER IN COLD
NO ROOM FOR DESTITUTE.
Department of Charities Unable to
Rent Loft on East SIDE.

-A r,.,,-.-,en- IF charities although ernpow-
.red 70 hire loft and install two hundreo beus
for the care Of the destitute. has been unaoie 10
rent suitable place To help out the -Huii'o'p''
rosv4nr House None Of ;he agents OF tenement
houses in the East ed street district where me ~'he
os6i,ional room, is desired viii give lease when
n, learns that the Charities Department ih'ehoS
., ,,se the loft 70 care for the destitute
1of, was rented late last week. and Commis-
.,one- Hebherd purchased hundred beds. mat
ATesses linen. etc. and went TO get the leaNe "e
fore giving instruction for the shipping OF the sup
Mics The agent was most friendly lie Sfeeteo
fhe Commissioner however. with the declaration
that the loft had been taken by some one else and
really although sorry. he could not let the depart
rnent have tho place Mr. Hebberd is stlli huhuns
for place
,a ssd.tiona1 room would have come in handy at
,his time The rule at the lodging house, in First
avenue near sd street. is never 70 turn an apph-
cant away. AS q result those who cannot be ac-
oom-nodated il the house are sent TO the rooms on
the pier at asth street where there are warmth ana
food hut no place to sleep. Thirty-three new mat
tresses we're obtained for the women at the lodg-
ing house and they have beee in use during the
cold nights
q was -enorfe6 last night that the number OF
applicants for relief not so large as In De
cenher despite the moro rigorous weather. On De
cemher Ia So persons were sheltered in the house
snd on the dock. II was said that the snow re-
rnovsl work had doubt taken away many OF the
men, and the general opening OF missions on ths
East Side also contributed. AT all relief places the
food-bread in the evenings and bread. mix and
oatmeal in the morningsis given out without SUM-
Coffee is also literally supplied.
Last evening. owing the continued cold, the
CITY station and the mission rooms were crowded,
among the number being many women. In the
Municipal Lodging House at Il o'clock there were
2ss persons. including thirty women and six babes
1t wes estimated that at least seventy would be
sent 10 the pier before morning. The bread lines
were a little longer than on Thursday evening but
the relief contributions becoming more and
more liberal Il was said that more money will be
required to prevent actual suffering and the mis-
sions generally have sent out appeals. The record
Of reported cases Of suffering from exposure yes
terdag follows:
BOYD, Henry. mail wagon driver, No oi3 Thorpman
unconscious when his horse stopped at the
3s5h street ferry; taken TO Bellevue; condition
serious
GRU UBENsTEIN- Abraham. No. 90 East Sd street
taken Bellevue from 2Ith street and Sixth
avenue; badly frozen.
JACKSON. Charles No. SD East 3Sth street. found
on Sidewalk under the elevated station at
11Eth street and Third avenue. suffering from the
extreme cold: taken 10 the Fordham Hospital
KENNEDY. John !. No. 499 Greenwich street. found
q Canal and Hudson streets; taken 20 the Hudson
Street Hospital
LITTLE George s. No 4eI East 10Th street. found
Bellevue
Storm warnings have been issued by the Weather
Bureau. The centre was in Central Illinois, and
was moving east-northeast. The eastern drift
began early last evening increasing in velocity
and slowly veering the southwark. With the
change the temperature began to rise Predictions
sent out at u O'Clock last night were for snow.
probably turning rain to-day. and fair and
colder tomorrow