Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-01
DEPUTY IS NAMED
Miss Corcoran of Norwich Will Be the New Deputy Factory
 Inspector.

of Connecticut to-day announced me : appointment of Miss Julia c. Cor coran of Norwich as the woman dep- suty factory inspector on his staff of deputies, the provision for the ap- pointment of a woman being made by the passage of bill at the, ses- sion of the legislature this year. Ac- cording to the provisions of the bill Governor Woodruff appointed a com- mission of three women, consisting of Mrs Frank c. Porter of New Haven, Eleanor McCann of South Manchester and Anna l.. Ward of Waterbury, which in turn considered the appli- 1 cations of hundreds of women and ] finally recommended Miss Corcoran for the position. In the perform ance of her duties Miss Corcoran will have the same power and authority as the factory inspector except as to machinery, appliances and fixtures, and shall serve under the direction of Mir Mclean as do the other deputy 7 inspectors. Miss Corcoran was born and brought up in Norwich and has 1 had wide experience among women employees in the mills in that district.
 Following is the communication Of the commission of women which was sent to Inspector Mclean and in which Miss Corcoran is recommend ed:
 MT George L. Mclean, sA-
 Factory Inspector of Connecticut,
 Dear Sir:-The commission ap- pointed by His Excellency, Governor Woodruff, to select woman deputy factory inspector under the provis- ions of section five of chapter 241 of the public acts of 1907, hereby recom- mend in accordance with the provis- ions of said section for appointment to that office the name of Miss Julia Corcoran of Norwich, Connecticut.
 In recommending this name, the commission begs to state the method and principles on which the selection has been based and to present a brief record of the experience and special qualifications of this candidate.
 It has been the single aim of the commission to find the woman who unites the highest qualifications both of personal character and experience for this office. To this end they have investigated hundreds of references which have accompanied the very large number of applications from all parts of the state, many of these references having been proved to be purely conventional and based on no personal knowledge of he.appllcant. No recommendations of this sort from whatsoever source, no preju- dices or preconceived opinions have been allowed to influence the com emission in their choice. After thus sitting the references personal in terviews were accorded the most promising candidates.
 Among the qualifications which the commission deemed necessary were absolute integrity of character, good judgment, sound common sense, justice to both employer and employed, such tact and personality as should win the respect and confi-. dence of both, and an earnest. un- selfish interest in the work itself. A knowledge of factory and store life was also felt to be desirable.
 Among the applicants were some who united many of the requisite qualifications, but the one whom the commission after most careful in- yestigation believes to possess more of these qualifications and in fuller measure than any other candidate, is Miss Corcoran. .
 Miss Corcoran was born and brought up in Norwich, Conn.,, her father having been an engineer in one of the mills. His death by an ac- cident when she was about fourteen cut short her hopes of college train ing for which her unusual intellig- ence had caused her to aspire, and she became an employe in the Nor wich mills. Here she was employed for a number of years, becoming familiar with every detail of the work and rapidly rising to the first place among the women employees. She also took a course in business col lege. Her Norwich employers have written of her brightness and capa- bility and of her broad mindedness, which kept the interest of the em- ployers and employees equally in view. They declare,her to be "one woman in a thousand for the place" It was during this period of her career that the late General Ely of Norwich re- marked that if ever there were a wo- man factory inspector in Connecticut Miss Corcoran was the woman for the place.
 She was the president of a work ing girls club and because of her heIpfulness and true womanlfness was greatly beloved by them and con- sidered as of great value to the com munity by many of the best known women of Norwich.
 The remarkable value of Miss Cor eoran's services both to her employers and among her fellow workers became known to a well known member of the labor bureau fin Washington. D. C.. who was the means of her being recommended for an important posi- ton in one of the largest department stores in Boston, Mass. This firm which is known throughout the en-I tire country for it's remarkably just and fair treatment of its employees vas seeking a woman who might be. in sense. a go-betveen for the firm and it's employees
 Miss Corcorzn in this position vas a member of the employers council and the president of the Cooperative Benefit association of the employees
 So valuable were her services con- sidered in this double capacity when after a fsv years a member of the firm started factory in connection