Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-10
RELIEF WORKERS
To D|SbAND ON
OR ABOUT MAR. |
No Funds Coming In and Ex-
penditures are About $100
Daily, so Committee Has
Decided to Cease Operations

With no funds coming in and ex-
penditures amounting to about 500
a day, the citizens relief committee
has concluded to cease operations
about March /, 1t was announced
today After that date the volume of
charity work will be turned over to
the city and 1t is declared that It will
be up to the city aims department
to do all 1t can for the INDECENT, of
which there are several hundred. The
citizens committee has expended ap-
proximately S2,700 to date, leaving
balance of about 500 in the treas
ury. AS approximately $1,000 is ex-
pected from the benefit performance
of the Raritan Yacht Club Ministries
recently held, the Lincolns' benefit
and a motion picture benefit to be
given by the union theatrical work
ers, the amount available may be
brought up to abont $1,000
This. President George +. Reynolds.
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will cary the work along to March
1T expenses are curtailed and care IL
exercised in handling the money.
| The largest item of expense has
been groceries, the need of which has
cost s1,747.65 to date. Coal was
another heavy item for which
| $390.13 was expended. Rents to
the amount of s257.25 have been
paid to prevent evictions and possi-
BILE suffering thereby One big item,
unlocked for at first. was the pur-
chase OF shoes, largely for school
| children. Their purchase caused an
Af qODE
GUS needs amounted to $22.39. This
Item included drugs. milk and .te
| like, the details of which will be set
| forth in the final accounting to be
made.
Use Funds for Worthy Poor.
The relief workers are at present
| using the funds so kindly contributed
| by the public to feed, clothe and keep
| warm a few hundred families In
the belief of Mr.. Reynolds practically
all of these have been worthy, for
each case has been thoroughly inyes-
tigated and 1t has been ascertained
that relief was badly needed. In the
opinion OF the committees president,
not less than ninety-seven per cent
of those aided were fully worthy. The
investigators found but two men who
would not work. These cases were
referred to the overseer of the poor
because of his authority to prosecute.
In the Investigations made the
committee has found that majority
of those seeking relief wanted work
instead of charity. There were about
200 people, mostly men, at the relief
headquarters in the Board of Trade
rooms this morning seeking aid,
either through the giving of employ
ment or the furnishing OF supplies by
means of the public funds.
The committee has been worked
up to capacity all of the time and
new cases are constantly arising.
showing conclusively that IL cannot
keep up operations much longer than
March /. 1t does not appear to be
the willingness of the workers to
quit, but they claim that they will
be forced to through lack of funds
There have been no contributions to
the relief fund during the past sew
eral days. When the committee
finishes it's part in accordance with
the notification given the city Off
cials before the start was made, the
work will be turned over to the city