Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-12-15
SUFFER IN
COLD, BUT GET
A|D.OF SOCIETY
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POOR FUND
Previously acknowledged. 81 1890
Simpson M. e. Sunday
$1,243.00

Arrival of cold spell, which
brought the first blasts of real
winter here and sent the thermome-
ter down to within a few points
above zero, made increased work for
the Citizens Relief Committee last
night and today. There came a
rapid increase in the appeals for aid
and although the committee has been
a necessity for some time back its
first real need was demonstrated to-
day The city's aims department
was designed to give food where it
was needed the most, but there was
little or no provision for housing,
furnishing fuel and giving clothing
to the poor unit. the central COM
mittee of charity workers was form
ed. That committee has come for
ward to give such relief and the cold
snap increased the need consider
ably.
While there has been suffering
from all causes of privation, due
more so this year to lack of work
than anything else, the urgent need
of an organized and systematic meth
cd Of dealing with the poor question
was not demonstrated until the city
was fastened in tight grip Of WIN
ter. Such a night as has just been
passed, spent without fuel and little
clothing, together with perhaps an
empty stomach, would make life al
most unbearable Yet, it is claimed
that there were many places in the
city without coal. The biggest items
considered by the relief committee
are fuel and clothing. Realizing this
c. M. Petersen has come forward
with donation of five tons of coal.
The heavy need made immediate de-
liveries necessary.
Cash donations during the past
twenty-four hours have reached $40.
This figure has brought the amount
of subscriptions to the general fund
for the relief of the poor up to ST.
243. Treasurer Harry Conard con-
tinues to receive checks and cash and
if the response continues at the rate
that it is being given now, a wonder
full work can be done among the poor
and destitute of the city, report
workers for the cause.
Committees of workers for the
cause will hold meetings for three
nights comm encing tomorrow night
to outline plans for the next two
weeks. All of the gatherings will be
held In the rooms of the Perth Am
boy Board of Trade. Members Of the
ways and means committee will as
semble tomorrow night to decide
upon methods for collecting funds for
the relief work. 1t will be decided
whether newspaper advertising
should be continued or letters should
be sent to prospective donors. The
Women's branch of workers together
with q representative from each of
the church congregations in the city,
will meet at o'clock Thursday night
to devise ways and means for the col
lection of clothing. Efforts will be
made to have clothes donat =
brought to central place or collec-
tion, or to have 1t collected. One of
the greatest problems, which con-
fronts the workers, is the services of
conveyances for collecting and dis
tributing.
In view of the fact that next week
will be an exceedingly busy one for
and business men genaral-
ly, the Investigating committee las
arranged to meet on Friday night of
this week to name bodies of investi-
gators for duties during the next two
weeks.
In distributing aid, the citizens
committee helped two families resid-
ing in Woodbridge township. They
made applications and because of the
necessity for Immediate relief the
provided for them, but
President George F. Reynolds an
nounced today that the committee
could only help local persons in the
future. The Woodbridge parties
were given to understand that they
could not return to this city for aid
and were told to apply to the Wood
bridge township authorities in the
fut,re