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H lifax, N. I.,
I., June 1,
1, 1921.
Halifax,
Mayor &
To His Worship, The Kayor
Alderman of th
the City of Halifax,
Halif x, N. S.
S.
Alderman
Gentlemen:
undersign d,
d, people of the Great ExPlosion
ExPlosion of
We, the undersign
Deoember sixth,
sixth, 1917, beg to oall
call your attention
attention to the following:
Deoember
(1). We ask for more
mor polioe
police protection
protection by night on
(1).
aooount
disgraceful conditions
oonditions we are living under
under in the
aocount of the disgraceful
Halifax Reli~f
Relief Commission's
Commission's Relief
Relief Houses on the Exhibition
Exhibition Grounds.
Halifax
(2). The Halifax
Halifax Relief Oommission
Commission has allowed
allowed and we have
(2).
ason to believe are the instigation
instigation of having windows taken out of
rr aeon
tileRelief
Buildings wh re w
w ar
tne
Relief Buildings
live, or perhaps
perhaps
trying to live,
better
would be wh
re we are dying.
word would
where
(3). And we believe the Hal
Halifax
CoJJllll1ss1on:;are
(3).
ifax Relief Oo_sslon:;are
therefore endangering
endangering the lives of men,
men, women and ohildren by fire
therefore
and
an~
having windows
windows taken out and tearing down the Relief
siokness by having
Relief
whioh people are still living.
Buildings, in which
(4). The Halifax
Halifax Relief
Relief Commission
Commission has given notice
(4).
notioe to the
Explosion suffere»s
suffere.s to
to'vaoate
premises they oocuPY
oocupy on the
Explosion
' vacat the premises
Exhibition Grounds regardles
regardl s of th
Exhibition
sttl1 homel
people who are atmil
homel ss
regarding a permanent
regarding
permanent home.
(5). We ask you to tak this matter up with the Halifax
(5).
Halifax
Relief
Relief Commission
Commission or th
Dominion Government, if need be, and
have us
nd hav
placed in permanent
permanent houses with rent within our means.
plaoed
(6). We ask you as citizens of our dear old Halifax
(6).
Halifax are
ar
disgraoeful oondition
oondition to continue
you going to sit idle and allow this disgraoeful
bad to worse.
from bad
(7). We ask your Honorable
Honorable Offioe to see
see that we,
(7).
we, the
people of this oity,
oity, if we are for
foroed
temporary dwellinsa
peopl
oed to quit these temporary
dwellins.
permanent homes
are put into permanent
afford to pay, as.
as .
tt a rent whioh we can afford
w feel we have suffered enough through the ExplOSion,
Explo ion, and we pr y that
we
k
~
.~ forced
foroed again on the street as on that terrible day
we will not .~
day of
December
December sixth.
(S). We would
would be pleased
pleased to have the press of Halifax
(8).
Halifax publi,h
publ1,h
paper allover
all over the world
world to please
this letter and ask other papers
please copy.
Digital copy of Halifax City Council Submissions [102-1B] provided by the Halifax Municipal Archives
Mayor & Alderman
Alderman
To the Kayor
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(9). We ask you to come
oome to the Exhibition
Exhibition Grounds
Grounds and go
(9).
house to house
house and
and investigate
inv stigat the treatment
tre tment we have
hav received
reoeiv d
from house
th Halifax
Halifa Relief
Relief Com
Oommission.
from the
mission.
Hoping to see
e a full investigation
inv stigation started
started in this matter,
Hoping
ware,
gentlemen,
we
are, gentlemen,
0itizens of.
of.Halifax,
S.
Oitizen.
Halifax, N. S.
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