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THE RECENT ST. JOHN FIRE
Relieving the Destitute-Public Meeting of the Citizens of Welland.
[Welland Telegraph, 29 June 1877]
Pursuant to call of the Reeve, a meeting of the citizens was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening last, to consider the advisability of granting a sum of money for the relief of the sufferers by the recent fire at St. John, N.B.
The meeting was organized by the Reeve being called to the chair, and H.A. Durnan appointed secretary.
Considerable discussion was indulged in as to the amount and manner in which relief should be given-all present being of the opinion that something should be done. Some advocated the granting of a sum of $100, some $200 and some $250, at once; others thought that the County Council then in session, should be called upon to grant a large sum which would be alike borne by all the inhabitants of the county. Others again thought that there would be no use postponing action, for past experience taught them that much need not be expected from the County Council.
Finally, on motion of A. Williams, Esq., it was resolved that the Reeve be requested to call a meeting of the Town Council at once, and represent to that Board the wish of this meeting that $200 be granted to the relief committee of the city of St. John, N.B.
The Reeve was also requested by motion to urge upon the County Council the advisability of largely increasing the above amount by a grant from their funds.
The meeting then adjoined.
THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE REQUESTED GRANT
Meeting of the Board to “Consider” the Matter- $100 Finally Given.
An informal meeting of the Town Council was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, to consider the request of the voice of the recent public meeting, asking the council to grant the sum of $200 in aid of the sufferers at St. John.
Present- The Reeve in the chair, and Messrs. Page, Lamont, Hooker and Sidey.
The Reeve, in stating the object of the meeting, very warmly supported compliance with the request of the citizens, stating that when fellow creatures of our own dominion had the misfortune to be in so much trouble, it was nothing but our duty to do what we could to relieve their sufferings. He did not see how the Council could set aside the request of the public meeting. If it had not been as largely attended as some thought it should have been, yet the council had no other means of_________.
ALLEGED MAIL ROBBERY-Mr. S.S. Brooks, Assistant Post-Master at Bismark, has been committed for trial for abstracting money letters from the bags on the route between Wellandport and Grimsby.
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