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Show WEdNodAy, DECEMbER 9, 1987 ChitoNictE Paqe Ni'ne SURVIVING because they can continue to stay in the shelters for almost nothing. As Perret noted, "There will always be places like this. (People) don't care." Kenneth Mitchell, who had just arrived in Salt Lake City from Los Angeles on a freight train, said he lives living a free life and being free of responsibilities. He has been on the road for two years. Mitchell likes to considers himself a tramp, although he said he could go to work anyday. John Bradley, turned away from the shelter due to intoxication, said he is a tramp because he can't deal with the outside world. Bradley has been out West for seven years and for many of those has scavenged food from McDonald's and supermarket dumpsters to make a gumbo soup. Another man, Samuel O' Donnelle considers himself a tramp. He was settling down for bed off to the side of the 900 South p. He picks up cans to trade for money. He said he doesn't like welfare or the shelter and had decided to sleep outside instead. Catching onto the fact that aluminum cans can on-ram- 0 I X Ij 3 Eff&ft L Y mfz 3 C - , I 5vJ Mzrk ultimately mean food, other homeless people have started doing what O'Donnelle does. Elton Morris picked up enough beer cans to make $3.40. Morris tries to keep in contact with his family. However, he refuses to return home even when his children urge him to. "I left home broke, I'm not going back broke." The homeless lifestyle is often easier to adjust to than life in mainstream society for the homeless. Many do not want to return to an acceptable way of living because of pride or because they simply do not want to live within the constraints of society. f Eston Sheffield said he wanted to do his own thing, but he hates being homeless. However, he continues to accept a life that includes sleeping on the street or in abandoned taxis. But, Sheffield maintains a good outlook on his lifestyle. He considers Salt Lake City his home now. "I'd never leave this place, this is my home. I'll stay here 'till I die." And, although their way of life may seem and alone near a burning garbage can under the Fourth South viaduct while others ignore his presence during a weekly Sunday morning breakfast given under the viaduct (top). Robert Handy and a man who goes by "Chief" wait in the afternoon sun for the men's shelter to open after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner under the Fourth South viaduct. Handy usually A man lies cold l " ' stays in the Salt Lake Rescue Mission. He's waiting in Salt Lake City for a ticket to San Francisco from Traveler's Aid (left). Two men fight in the street just outside the men's shelter as others gather only to watch (bottom). |
