New-York tribune., 1918-01-07
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were greater. But they have, and it is
due to their generosity that few people
in New York Will be uncomfortable to-
night for lack of heat"
The figures compiled by the chief in
spector last night showed that up to 9
O'Clock in the afternoon 606 tons of
coal had been contributed from private
supplies in quantities ranging from five
ons, the maximum contribution. down
the East Side who computed the neces-
stiles of the day and gave away their
surplus.
1924 Families Aided
But the police distributors had an
eye to future necessities. From their
hoard of SIX hundred tons they gave
away just enough to carry the needy
ones through the night. The fuel dis
tributed amounted to $40 tons. leaving
respectable surplus for to-day. The
number Of families receiving aid was
1924 and the fuel was carried IN
I 16 carts from Staten Island to the
furthest extremity Of The Bronx.
The generosity of the contributors,
both individuals and organizations,
Fuel Administrators who said that
these gifts of fuel
The first organization to officially
close its doors in order to contribute
It's fuel to more necessary institutions,
as far as is known, is the famous Pip
ing Rock Club, at Locust Valley, whose
directors yeste Aday announced that it
would not be retpened this winter The
fuel in the cell;A of the clubhouse will
be contributed hospitals and schools
in the neighborSood and its orders for
coal to be delivered in the future will
be cancelled that the more needy may
have it.
Another plan for providing the poor
with coal was worked out by the Chari-
ty Organization SO iety, with head
quarters at 1O5 East Twenty second
Street. The plan was suggested by two
fortunate women whose coal bins are
we'll stocked with fuel
Women Share Their Coal
"If you will send somebody who is
without coal around to the house with
bag | will be glad to share my coal
with them" said one woman in q tele-
phone conversation with Mrs. Joanna
G. Colcord, superintendent of the or
ganization ''If that means of delivery
is not satisfactory, l will make the de
liNclH NNSt III my IhdCllue
A similar offer was made a few min
utes later by the second woman. Be
cause of the generosity of these un-
named contributors, four families were
able to heat their apartments last night
for the first time in several days. 1t
is expected that other offers of the
same kind may be made day.
But even the mild weather and in
creasing supplies of fuel did not ser-e
to take the chill off the atmosphere in
many churches yesterday. Many had
but brief morning services, after which
their doors were closed for the day
shipped in the cold because Of the con
tributions of the churches TO families
in their ighborhoods that were with
out fuel.
The Madison Avenue Baptist Church
of which the Rev. DR.. Charles A. Eaton
is pastor, was closed altogether. The
morning service was held in the chape,
in Thirty first Street. DR.. Eaton saic
that the church was without coal anc
was willing to do without it until the
poor were supplied.
The inside of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Church. whose sexton hac
been endeavoring to get sufficient heat
into the auditorium to make services
possible since last Friday morning. was
but slightly warmer than its exterio
/ The church Bible class and Sunday
school met in the main auditorium ane
the chapel was closed. This weel
meetings will be reduced to the mini
mum and overcoats and mutfs will be
mentioned as necessaries for those cx
pecting to take part in them.
During the day two more deaths were
reported as directly due to exposure te
the cold. Patroh.an Donnelly. of the
/ Alexander Avenue police station, forced
his way into two-room apartment a
429 East 142th Street, The Bronx. ane
found the bodies of Patrick Reilly ant
his sister, Miss Della Reilly. A physi
clan who was summoned at once sale
that they had been dead for severa
days and that death in both cases wa
due to exposure.