The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-05
PLAN TO RETIRE MATRON HILL OF
 POLICE STATION
Her Rooms are Wanted by the Board of Charities for the Driver of the Ambu. IanCe-PIan Includes Combination of Duties of Police and Emergency Ma. irons in Ore Individual.

The most important problem before | the Board of Charities at present is tc l provide rooms for Driver Burlison o1
 the auto-ambularce so that he can be
 ready to respond to calls at any hour of the day or night. The matter was discussed at the regular meeting of the , board last night. The Police and Charities building is under the control
 of a committee consisting of the May or and the presidents of the Boards of Charities and Police. The build i ing has been divided between the two departments by an invisible line. When
 the building was constructed rooms were built to provide wards for pa- tients dependent upon the Board of Charities. There are six of these
 rooms. Three on the second floor and
 three on the upper floor. It was the
 original intention of the building com
 nittee to provide quarters for the po-
 lice matron on the upper floor over
 the City court room. The loft rooms
 are under the roof and undesirable.
 They never were finished. The plan
 of caring permanently for patients at
 the Emergency hospital was abandon
 ed when the hospital was removed from Middle street. The wards which
 existed in the old building were never ToH1OV0O. GTeSSur0 was brought by the friends of the Bridgeport hospital to have all except emergency patients immediately removed there. This plan has not been changed. After the city government was removed to the re- modelled City Hall the rooms intended for hospital wards on the second floor were used for a time by the doctors of the Charities department, but aft erwards were assigned to Mrs. Jennie D. Hill, the matron of the Police de- partment.
 At the meeting of the board last night the problem again arose to both- CT the commissioners. It was the unanimous opinion of the board that the remainder of the drill hall on the til third floor should be divided off and fitted up for quarters for the driver of the ambulance and his family. President Stone of the board was in Structed to obtain estimates of the cost. This action followed the re- port of President Stone that there was now no money in the hands of the cus- todians of the building with which to fit up the apartments and that the ex- pense would have to be borne by the Charities department. This depart ment is also poor at this time and can ill afford to spend the three or four hundred dollars the changes will cost.
 After the meeting the commissioners held conference with Commissioner Coughlin of the Police board who at tended the meeting on other business, and 1t was decided by the members of the Board of Charities to request the Police department to vacate the rooms now occupied by Mrs. Hill and that they be used for the driver of the ambulance. It was explained that Mrs. Hills son very much desired that ak <rfx, 1,.o tron and make her home with him in the future. The rooms belong to the Charities department and are needed now.
 The discussion which followed made it plain that the commissioners believ- ed that Mrs. Hills services in the building were not really needed by the department, as Mrs. David Jack could easily perform the duties of matron for both the Police and Charities de- partments. This plan would save the city Mrs. Hills salary of $45 per month and provide quarters for the driver of the ambulance without addi- tional expense.
 Mrs. Hill was appointed matron of the department about Is years ago She has held the position without in- terruptiOn ever since. During that time her services have been very satis- factory to the department and to the succeeding boards of commissioners. As member of the department she should be a beneficiary of the pension fund if she is retired. She has been so long in the department that she will be missed should she retire. What the Board of Police Commissioners will do remains to be seen, but the plan to retire Mrs. Hill is in the works and will be carried out by it's promot- CTS if possible.
 Commissioner Coughlin of the Police board would not commit himself last night The matter will, however, be presented to the Police board at its next meeting which takes place Sat urday, Feb 27, unless a special meet ing is called in the meantime.