The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-30
ADMINISTRATION . EATS CROW WITH CHARITIES BOARD Il|ega|ities of Former Meeting Are Wiped Out by Peni--
 tent Offenders MERLE COWlES TO BE
 UNDER SUPERVISION Johnson, 0'heiI and Cox Are Named Superintendent, Clerk and Pharmacist .- Cox
 Gets $1,2O0 Berth

| Fred B. Johnson, legally elected the superintendent of the charities depart ment, at a special meeting of the i Board of Charities yesterday, is ex- pected to assume charge of the entire ! department of public charities. Con- trary to the practice of former years, when the superintendent of Lakeview Home has been answerable to the Board of Charities Commissioners, tendent of Lakeview Home, will be placed under the supervision of Supt. Johnson. That the commissioners have decided upon this course became , apparent in a discussion following the | meeting of the board. No direct ac- l tion to cover this ground will be taken until MT. Johnson has had opportunity to look over the ground.
 | The Board of Charities compiled with the law at the meeting yesterday and legally elected the following off, cers:
 1 Superintendent, Fred B. Johnson. Clerk, Dennis E. ONeil.
 Pharmacist, Thomas F. Cox. The board raised the salary of su- perintendent from s1,600 to 5000. It created the new position of pharma-
  crease in the salary list over last year will therefore be $1,00O, for the former superintendent, Joseph V. Brennan, was paid $500 in addition to his regu- i lar salary for his work as pharma- cist.
 Mayor Wilson presided again yester- day, but his conduct of the meeting Of i yesterday was in striking contrast to that of the former meeting. He was amenable to suggestion and when Judge Kane set him right on parlia- mentary practice he meekly acquiesced. that he practiced at the former meet 1 ing when in violation of charter pro- visions and parliamentary law he con- ducted the meeting to suit himself. The Mayor naively suggested at the outset that the meeting had been call out the records After a communi- cation had been placed on file from | the two day ambulance surgeons ask | ing for an increase, the Mayor sug- gested that the commissioners proceed | with the election of superintendent, clerk. and pharmacist.
 | In apparent surprise, Judge Kane asked if the matter could not remain as it was. The Mayor replied that l the records ought to be strengthened out There was no objection to pro- ceeding with the election.
 | COmmlSSIOQor flcndTQSOu uO1nIndteO | for superintendent Fred B. Johnson. President Behrens seconded the nomi- | nation. Commissioner Kane nOminat- | ed Thomas E. Reilly
 Commissioner Judge who had nomi- mated Thomas Hallen at the former meeting, said by way of explanation | that he did not wish to appear in an tagonism to the administration; he had not seen MT. Hallen since the pre- vious meeting. He said he voted for MT. Hallen, believing him competent and because he did not wish to go out of town for the superintendent. How ever, he was not bound to any candi- | date and feeling that it was impOS- sibIe to elect his man, he would vote | for MT. Johnson. The vote stood three to one, Judge Kane voting for Reilly. The salary was fixed at $2,000 on mo- tion of Commissioner Richardson. | On motion of Commissioner Richard tson, who admitted the purpose was to legalize the former actions of the
 board, the vote to consolidate offices
 of pharmacist and clerk was recon | sidered, and the offices were separat- ed. Dennis E. O'Neil was elected clerk by unanimous vote.
 The election of Thomas F. Cox as pharmacist was effected, despite sug-
 gestion to the contrary by Judge Kane that the salary should be fixed for the
 position before any one was elected
 Then there came a long halt. No one
 was willing to name the salary. May or Wilson and the four commissioners looked at one another, then out the
 windows, waiting for the silence to break
 At length Commissioner Kane, by
 way of bringing the matter before the
 meeting, moved that the salary be the
 same as was paid to Supt. Brennan $500 per year. He added that he
 named the figure merely to get the
 matter before the board for discussion | President Behrens moved that the sal ary be S1,200, and Commissioner Rich ardson seconded the motion, stating
 that he felt the board was in a sense obligated to MT. Cox by it's former ac- | ton.
 The salary was fixed at $1,20O. The meeting then adjourned into an infor- | mai discussion of the affairs of the de- partment. It was practically decided to meet the first and third instead of the second and fourth Mondays as reg
 ular meeting nights.