New-York tribune., 1908-12-03
MANY SEEK CHARITY
COLD WAVE CAUSES RUSB
City and Societies Put to 1t to Pm.
tide for applicants.

The first severe weather Of The season y.-t.-s
sent the homeless. destitute and unemployed 49,
rvfnz for the food and shelter ot The char4fv :
ganizations. so far this fall the burden o, t..
institutions has been light. owing the mild -
and rnflder DAYS But with yesterday ths -
paizn TO relieve the suffering Of the winter -.
In earnest There little. however IN ths 49,,
Temperature TO drive the homeless 20 s5al..
as the mercury at the lowest only went % z -
grees but the chill winds swept over from J.r.-,
and penetrated with biting stngs fnsu6ictsnt "a
ments.
commissioner Hebbard Of the Deparrnsr, =,
Public Charities said the municipal lodging bo-,
in East 2sd street was almost r1ll. It's capaei,v .
three hundred. and there were prospects Of =
overflow Of from nfty to a hundred applicants -
food and lodging. For this Overflow the conri.
sioner ordered that the warm waiting roors -
the Charities Department pier. 2sth street a.
East River, be thrown open Before sending r.
down there from the lodging house. however -
authorities vii give all tire applicants neal a.
to make them more comfortable the pier ~
send a few gallons Of hot coffee along be s.-v.s
70 them there
Commissioner Hebberd expects 70 recst-s --o
applications for relief this winter than laz.
The poor" he said. have not fully rsoov.-..
yet from the panic Of over year ago. "a.
winter though out Of work large extent -.
still had the savings they had accurulated I.
decade Of great prosperity But after whole va
Of industrial depression these savings have o.
exhausted Business is picking Up. bs surs y.
there fs still q large army OF unemployed Ehch I,
now without any resources Ehatsver
Have the funds and facilities of the depa-t-.-,
been increased sufficiently to meet this incrsasss
demand for relief was asked
well we got a small increase OF approprisr,.
in the 1879 budget" he replied. but II Is uos :,
much the lack OF money II Is the lack u burs
ing space that we feel The chief question
where can we lodge ali the applicants who eo-ss
Us We have been obliged 20 reopen an Old 5Uss
ing IN F1atbush which had planned % have -
down This building was lent 20 the Long Isss
zosnftaI for the Insane and for soma tire 4
ursd a. an annex 20 that institution We szn
had 20 borrow II back again and make room n
for the large number Of destitute who are ros--
ing the streets Of Brooklyn looking fo- work Eh.cs
they don't find
We exuect to open our lodging hons. AZ
18th street and the East River January : rs-s
,iiI ~. room in this fo- eight hundred appHcans
Until then Es expect take care o, ths oVsr1oz
from the old lodging house sataer n the waiting
rooms on the pier o. on board t1e oeps-rnezts
ferryboat- the Thomas 5. Brennan Some nights al
the room on both pier and boar vii Be taken u
z,,ppose but their combined capacity ouzhr tds
rs over comfortably until the new lodging houss
is ready
so far this fall the old lodging house has bee.
more than able 70 take care o. those who hzvs
applied for board and room The average nu-Ss.
Of applicants lately has been only one hundred ard
twenty-five"
At the Salvation Army headquarters. n West IAh
street the hungry and homeless began applying n
large numbers for relief AZ about O'Clock r. 'hs
afternoon Most Of these applicants we're asked ts
do nttle work before meal and lodging tcksts
were handed out 20 them None q ther, ds-nu-rei
Toward midnight q congestion of applicants
expected More than haf of then would oe taken
care OF IN any case. II said
Those in charge OF The relief work said ths7s
was more desttution among the cfrv's working
IL, -
applications 20 the Army for relief vas increasing
all the time The business depression q the ast
year they gave reason FOR this. and this Eas
also the reason. they said why the funds q ~
organization to meet this demand we're snzhs,
than IN former years They expect 70 tu-- sEsy
this winter large number Of applicants. thouga
through various expedients recently adopted nors
relief work Is being done than ever before 1
soup kitchen soon 70 be opened n t,s bass-nsnt
Of the headquarters building ts expected 70 prove
: welcome aid in caring for the hungry.
Much the same story was told a. Ire Ctsrfrss
Building, I'd street and Fourth avenue-
There NAV be even more families undsr tss
care Of charity societies during the coming winter
sons superintendent Of the Charity orga1tsattaa
Society
This may be consistently expected n SPITE = -
turning prosperity and Of the probability that ire
total number Of wage ea-ners out q sropJoyu1e.s
during the present winter will Be greatly rsduce1
as compared WIN IaSC year Ala1Y Ia1Ili'L7e 80
have been living with little expense during t,s
summer months and depending upon savings ncT
becoming exhausted may be obliged TO AK tof
help unless they able soon TO secure employ
ment. Men who have been out o. work fo- weeks
and months. however. able less readily 20 %
tain employment than those Who have oee1 eon-
ttnuousy employed Work viii not b4 plentiful tor
the relatively inefficient and the discou-aSed- A
a consequence the resumption of industry VIII noi
be felt Immediately BY those societies which hays
for the past twelve months been caring for thou
sands OF families made dependant upon charity BE-
cause OF lack OF work
However. there will not Be In the situation ths
winter that critical element OF uncertainty w11ea
gave organized charity much concern last year
AS work becomes more plentiful We hops that
will be increasingly possible 70 restore families
self-sUpport by assisting them 70 obtain work ans
that II will not be necessary give asststancs of
so great length OF time TO the average family q
has been necessary since October Of lAsr year =
IS confidently expected OF course. that ccndltos
will become normal By summer tine
The Charity Organization Society has nersAsd
the number OF its visitors and ofics assistants
order 70 handle promptly and thoroughly the s1-
pected increase Of work this winter. The cspAs0
OF its wood yard. IN which temporary s1ploy1'sns
Is provided for able bodied men With families nss
been more than doubled II Is now possible q -
ceive more than one hundred man a cay AZ %
wood yard Larger relief funds VIII undoubtedly y
money needed by personal communicative VIII
public appeals