The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-21
BRIDGEPORT BUILDS MORE TENEMENT HOUSES THAN
 ANY CONNECTICUT CITY
urea1 of Labor Statistics Reports Conditions of State For Two Years Factory Construction Greater Than Ever Before -Commissioner Connolley Renews Advocacy of Trade Agreements

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 Bridgeport leads in tenement house construction, according to the statis- tics included in the 18th report or the bureau of labor statistics Just made public. For three or more families, Bridgeport built. dl1rlng the two nscaI years of 1913 and 1914. zs4 such structures. Hartford followed with 2s4 and New Haven was third with PIP tenement houses.
 New Factory Constructions . Part of the report contains a deseriDtion of the buildings erected for manufacturing purposes Sduring the two years ended July 1, 1914 ana from reports received by the Bl1reelu there were erected within the state sss a,a,ildines. They were built by 254 firms, corporations or indlyidu- aIs. as compared with 265 contained in the last report covering the two years ended July 1st, 1912 Ihe Io- tail amount expended for new factory construction during the two years tS5.22O. .223 in the previous report. Tables show the locations, names Of l owners. style of buildings, number of stories dimensions eand estimated cost of each.
 Tenement Houses.
 In Part IT, Commissioner Connol- lley publishes the tenement house ] law: there being a wide demand Tor 1 greater knowledge of it's proV1slons l intending to build. There were r. 1 2O4 reports on tenement house con struction received from 27 towns. i They were designed for the occu- pancy of three families or more, and l provide for 5 ,289 families. Bridgeport leads in the number. .
 OccupationaI Diseases.
 Part III, concerning oecupational diseases, the commissioner says The health of it's industrial workers is one of the gretest economic assets ! Of the state This fact has been l recognized all over the country and l there are few states today which are | not taking measures to safeguard the l workingmen and women from the hazards incident to their occupation, I Connecticut was one of the earliest l states in this sort of work. One of the most important features of 1egis- lation looking toward this result was I the passge of an act concerning the reporting of occupationa1 diseases by the General Assembly of 1911 at leS I January session..
 From the time the act became law to February 3th,, 1912, only 3 cases | were reported. The comm1sSdonel I was dissatisfied with this showing and in his report of 1912 recommend | ed a change Tn the law making Il mandatory for physicia to reper1 such cases as they found within the state under penalty of a small fine The recommendation was adopted l and as a. result from November, 19l to November, 1914, 27 returns were nade. Encouraged by this inereas' the Bureau pursued the work sys tematfcaIly The money for th' blanks and physicians fees have hith erto come out of the Labor Bureau appropriation for office expenses therefore, the commissioner recon , mends the appropriation of $5o
 specially for this work for a periot Of two years. He does this witt .s the confident belief that it will b a wise economy on the part of tn state and that the report showing tn : work accomplished will, two year
 hence, fully justify it.
 Free Public Employment Bureaus.
 In part ", reporting the work don
 by the five free public employmen | bureaus Commissioner Connolle
 says: Their success in coping wit | the great question of unemployment
 has been a most gratifying proof c
 the wisdom of their existence. Tn
 figures submitted indicate in deta
 the amount of work done for tW
 years ended November 30th, 1914. I
 totals the figures show the numbe
 of applications for employment 29 , O9s, applications for help 20,193, an 3 situations secured 16,009. The con
 missioner is of the opinion that tn
 value of this branch of the IaHbo : Bureau could be greatly enhanced U manufacturers and other employer would more generally take advantas g of the services offered in securin
 suitable employees; the offices woul j. then better serve the double purpot | Of supplying help and furnishing en