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Deaths,
The Marshal reported deaths, as follows:-Retired Officer John StallingSj which occurred Jan. 23,03. Retired Officer Thonas W. Maguire, which occurred January 25, 1903.
Poor.
Money left for Distribution to.
In the matter of the donation of §100. by the Pilots Association for the purchase of coal for distribution to the Poor, as referred to in the proceedings of January 23,1903, a communication, as follows, was received from the Charity Organization Society:-
"Baltiraore, January 24, 1903.
To The Honorable,
The Board of Police Commissioners. Gentlemen:-
After consultation with members of the Board of Managers of the Charity Organization Society,- which society believes that the private charities of the city are the medium by which material relief can be given to the needy in a way calculated to accomplish the most good with the least publicity,- I am authorized to submit for consideration the following proposed plan for distribution of coal to be purchased with the $100. contributed by the Maryland Pilot's Association,- said coal to be delivered in quarter of a ton lots to the destitute at their own homes.
Let the existing general relief agencies such as the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Hebrew Benevolent Society, furnish a list to the Charity Organization Society of their most needy cases to whom a quarter of a ton of coal will be a blessing at this moment. The Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor will doubtless be able to furnish from the supply of hard coal already in its possession, as much fuel as the $100. contributed by the Pilot's Association can possibly buy. Let this coal be purchased by the Police Board at exactly cost price and distributed to the families suggested by the relief agencies named above. The manifold advantages of the plan are:
1. All publicity in the distribution of the coal is avoided.
2. The families to be selected will be those known to be in need by relief societi-s constantly in touch with the most destitute.
3. The coal can be obtained at a moment's notice and within twenty-four hours after the names of the families are furnished to the Charity Organization Society, if this Society be selected to act as intermediary, can be delivered directly to the poor at their own homes.
4. |100. will buy about fifteen tons of coal for distribution in quarter of a ton lots. Thus the sum of money at the disposal of the Board will supply about sixty families with fuel adequate to last several weeks.
5. The coal will be sold to the Police Board at car load rates, so that the $100. will secure more coal than could be bought in the open market at current rates.
As for several years past the members of the Police Force have been constantly urged by existing charitable agencies to refer to them promptly all cases of destitution, it
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