Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16

New York, March IA Plans are
under way for the formation of a City
Labor Bureau in New York, for the
employment This bureau will be
conducted under the auspices of the
administration officials of the city. 1t
is planned that the employment agen-
cies of the city be linked up with a
central employment exchange, and Ii
this plan is approved, the mayor will
unofficially advise the Commissioner
of Licenses to establish and supervise
the central exchange. This official
Will communicate twice daily with all
the employment agencies co-operat-
ing. Late every afternoon the COM
missioner will publish a letter, which
VIII set forth the number of vacan-
cies, the character of employment Of
fered, the section of the city in which
the vacancies exist, and the number
and class of men seeking work. These
letters will be printed in the eXpedi-
tious manner in which stock quota
tons are published every afternoon
and circulated. Copies will be sent
to every police station and to every
neighborhood settlement, and will also
be available to applicants at the cen
trail exchange. The proposed central
exchange is not expected to interfere
with the operation OF employment
agencies, as they will be able to col
lect their regular fee just the same.
recent report on employment eX-
changes showed that only 40 per cent
of the applicants for work sent to
employers secured positions. This has
been accepted as indicating that the
right man and the job did not come
cn, nf n ri q
house for vacancies and for the un-
employed, better results are antici-
pated.
If the plans which are now being
formulated are carried out, New York
will have its first Aerial Ferry in
operation about the first of July. The
machines which will fly between the
Battery and Coney Island will be con-
structed to carry ten passengers in
their cabin. The general construction
will be the flying boat type. 1t is
planned to maintain a special service
in September while the American Cup
yacht races are being held. For night
flying the boats will carry a power
full searchlight, while the landing
floats will be coated with a luminous
paint. 1t is expected that this ferry
service will prove a boon to many OF
New York's pleasure seekers who
dread the crowded street car and ele-
waited services which exist during the
summer months between New York
and Coney Island. As is the rule OF
the several aerial ferry companies in
the United States, it is expected that
the New York company will also
charge an extra fare for all passeng-
ers weighing over two hundred
pounds.
According to the annual report is-
sued by New York city's police COM
missioner, homicides were by far more
frequent last year in the first and third
inspection districts than in any other
portion of the city. The districts in
clude the lower section of the city and
the section between Fourteenth and
Forty-second streets. The same two
districts also led in the number of as
sault and robbery complaints. The
fourth district which takes in the up
per West Side of the city, reported
the minimum number of homicides fol
Manhattan. The number of homicides
in the borough of Manhattan totaled
254 of this number the first district
had 50 and the third district SO. The
total for the entire city for the year
was 4S0 resulting in 245 arrests. In
the percentage of arrests the first dis
trict detectives Jared worst; the Sec
ond district cleared up the most. The
total number of burglaries reported
was 9,16S, of which 1925 were re-
ported from the upper East Side OF
Manhattan. The property stolen
amounted in value to S1,66S,347 and
the amount recovered S950,015, the
thieves profiting $71S,3S2. During
1913 there were arrested or summon
ed 1858 persons of whom 46,424