The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-19
Other Towns Owe Park City S2,I83
 For Care Of Poor
Charities Board To Place Un- paid Accounts With City
 Attorney.

That there is s2.1Ss.5s due the city of Bridgeport for the care Of the poor or afflicted from other cities and towns lin the state, developed at the meeting of the Charities Board yesterday af- ternoon. Some of these accounts date back to 9O7 and former Supt. J John-a son found the same difficulty in co1- iectIng that Supt- Gordon claims he. finds. Supt. Gordon reported to the board yesterday that he has written letter after letter but received no re- sponse. He said New Haven owes Bridgeport s4o5 for assistance rem |kdered unfortunate citizens Of the Elm
 City who met with mishaps or were through circumstances brought to. distress here 4. Hartford owes us $so5. 50. Other towns owe various sums. On the oth-s CT hand Bridgeport is square with ev- cry town in the state. except for he bills which its needy or unfortunate citizens may have incurred elsewhere 1914. It was voted that Slpt Gordon be authorized to write the officials of each town in q ebt to the city that krl1i- less the account due is not paid in ten days 1t will be placed in the hands Of l the city attorney for collection.
 s. Loewfth & Go. have written d letter to the Charities board sa ying that they do not care to have for ter1- ants. persons whose house rent is paid in whole or in part by the city, The letter was occasioned by the efforts of supts Gordon to rearrange tho methods of paying rent for those who I the Csharities board assists
 lsF Sups. Gordon has these lists in a lscard Index system He has given an order that in the future all landlords Tor agents must make bills for rents I from the 1st te the end Of the month. If tenant whom the board is as- sisting moves into rent in the middle lsof tn month the 1andlord will get his rent In a1vance to the end Of the
 month instead of a full month as for merly s. Loewit1 wrote the board that they did not keep their books that
 way, preferred to collect their rents for full naonth without regard to date
 They also declined to give the names
 of landlords for whom they collect
 At the suggestion of Rev. Matthew fudge 1t was agreed that all land. l lords .pr agents who did not care te
 conform to the new arrang gem ent be
 modified by supt. Gordon that after F I days the board W oil1d not pay rent fol I any of their tenants.
 l The boar d declined to pay Landlord
 signund Hirshberg a bill for a charity rent for Novennber,f which he claim.
 former Supt. Johnson made "a yerba lagreefnent to pay No mention was mace Olf the JOCKS ana DeafS Ek1aF S5E D t
 Gordon has caused to be placed abou
 the dispensary of the en1ergency hos
 pitaL nor was anything brought LII Il about the reported theft Of dope l from the dispensary or future fees foH Ii annbulance service. 5
 I Miss Katherine Gahney for the pas -four years nurse at Lakeview home sl has given up hat position and 1t was voted that the Lakeview home com. mittee of the board and Supt. J. H 'i AdcDonald of the home be given au. thority to employ some osse in hel
 place. Fataher Judge said he was
 satisfied to leave the matter in the sl hands Of Dr. Macdonald. The latter
 aIreadY has two or three applications T for the position. Miss Gaffney, accord
 ing to Dr. MacDonald. has decided
 to take up pfiyate nursing. It has
 been said that Miss Gaffney gave her I resi- gn ation May 13 and left Lakevieu home May 15. but no resignation was
 read at the meeting The board voted 1 to meet next on June B..