More than $140 in money confiscated from slot machines this year, has gone toward buying bread for hungry stomachs, it was disclosed today at the City Mission.

Endeavoring to fix up their new quarters at the corner of Government Place and West Third Street, and at the same take care of the increased number of transients, officials at the Mission find the confiscated “nickels” a decided help to the worn pocketbooks that supplies 3,000 meals a month.

Summer has brought the usual increase in the number of those seeking a night’s lodging and food as they make their way from city to another, either looking for forward or “just traveling.”

The City Mission has been averaging 20 transients a day. In addition to these, five men are there regularly, and from between eight to 10 persons who reside in the city are given meals regularly.

Five local families depend entirely on the Mission for their daily bread. During the last month approximately 2,800 loaves passed from the Mission’s larder.

When the organization gets settled in its new quarters it will be equipped better than before to take care of the needy poor.

The present establishment is considerably larger, better ventilated and cheerful than the former site at the lower end of Pine Street.

There are three floors, on the first floor is an auditorium where services are held each evening and at the rear of the building is a garage for the Mission’s truck which is used to haul clothing and other goods. Contributions to the General Fund are also made through the truck.

There are separate quarters for White persons and Negroes, a provision which was impossible in the old quarters.