Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-15
Hoard of Charities.

 sociated Charities held last week 1t was decid- ed to endeavor to secure as soon as possible forty additional new subscribers, at one dollar per month, to meet the increased expense re- gently incurred of an investigating agent who shall give his whole time to the work of the Board, and who, with the bookkeeper, shall constitute the working force of the central office under payment from the Board. When the office at AT Court street was first opened in June, 1878, it was under this arrangement, but as the expense of one of the two men em- ployed by the Board was entirely met by the liberal subscription of one of our citizens, MT. Hiram Camp, for nearly year, the other ex- penses of the Board were comparatively small and fully met by private subscription without any public request for funds. Since the be- ginning of the second year of the work, (June l, 1879), Rev. MT. Mossman has added to his other missionary work the care of all cases of distress reported at the central office of chari ties, but without any payment from the funds of the Board, his salary being otherwise pro vided for. MT. Mossman as an officer of the Board of Charities has had the general charge of it's work from the beginning, having his office as Oity Missionary in the same building with the office of the Board. This he will still continue to do with the consent of the Advisory Board of City Missions, by which he is now engaged, but in order to allow him the time needed for missionary ork among the hundreds of families now known to him and without any other pastoral care, as well as to better enable both the Board of Charities and the Board of Missions to build up and enlarge their two parts of this common work, MT. E. N. Seelye was engaged by the Board of Charities, January l, as its Investigating agent, and since that time has taken up this work, in which he was before engaged under payment by MT. Camp, who will still continue to meet part of this very necessary expense in the work of the Board.
 A comm ittee was appointed at last weeks meeting of the Board to call upon our citizens, all of whom have been receiving the benefit of this systematic work among the poor of New Haven, for the additional subscriptions now needed or subscriptions may be sent di- rectly to the office, No. AT Court street. It is desirable that those who can do so make a reg ular monthly subscription (to be collected once quarter) of any sum they would probably give in month to unknown persons applying to them for help. Investigation cards will be constantly suppneo, free or expense, 10 all regular subscribers who desire them, by which they can send these applicants to the central office of charities, where their cases will be thoroughly investigated and properly disposed of, as can be seen at any time by calling at the office and examining the ''record book of cases" Any subscription, however small or large, and whether monthly or otherwise, will always be acceptable and carefully expended and by vote of the Board at it's last meeting any person who subscribes $1 per month or more will be made sustaining member of the Board during the continuance of such sub- scription. A pamphlet report of the work of the Board for the first half of it's second year will soon be published for distribution to all who wish to examine 1t, and information in regard to any part of this systematic work among the dependent and distressed in our city can be obtained at any time at the office of the Board, No. 47 Court street, where Mr. Thomas Thompson, the bookkeper, is always on duty. MT. Seelye's office hour will be from to D. m., and MT. Mossman will be at the office of the Missionary Board, at the same place, every morning from to Il o'clock, to meet any one desiring to see him personally in regard to themselves or any part of the work under his care.
 The report Of the work of the Board of Charities for the month of February is as fol- lows.