Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — MANY TRAMPS IN NEW YORK [ARTICLE]

MANY TRAMPS IN NEW YORK

Count at Gotham Municipal LodgingHouse Shows Alarming Increase In Numbers Over Year Ago. New York. —From the count kept at the municipal lodging-houses of the homeless who seek shelter there it la deduced that vagrants have doubled in number in New York recently.. During the month of April 16,000 persons were sheltered there, as compared with 7,750 in April, 1910. Thia year’s figures are five times the record for April, 1907. Officers of the charity organization society say that the increase is not confined to the city but is noticeable all over the country. "Records show that the vagrancy evil is assuming alarming proportions,’’ says a statement by Superintendent Bletchley. “The only remedy In sight for this condition is the establishment of farm colonies where the labors of these men may be utilised to meet the expense of their maintenance."