Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-25
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU TO
OPEN ON FEBRUARY |.
VIII BE Located for Present in Base-
ment OF City
Hall.
TO FOLLOW NEW YORK SYSTEM
Manager Dickfc, Back From Inspcc-
ton and Study OF Gotham Institu-
ton. PrOnounccs Bureau in That
City n Decided Success.

R.chmond's Municipal Employment
Bureau Will throw open it's doors for
business on February !. II would he
moro accurate to say throw open It's
files for business" for tho particular
function OF an employment bureau
municipal or private-is TO file applica-
tions for work aud nlc applications
from individuals who want TO mir.
labor. bringing tho two demands to
gcthcr wherever practicable
Although Manager Wortiey Dickie
was unwilling last night to guarantee
the opening date, having In mind tn.
delays that are often met ia nsscul-
bling supplies and equipment he
thought that the bureau would be open
certainly In ten days. February l. he
said would be an appropriate date.
marking. as Il does. the beginning o,
the new fiscal year
MANAGER DICKIE STUDIES
NEW YORK METHODS
Manager Dickic and Clerk James G.
Pollard have just returned from New
York. where they spent a week IA
mil!arizing themselves with the meth
ods followed by the municipal employ
ment bureau OF that clty--probably
the most efficient Institution OF its kind
In tho country
with perhaps a few changes vnid
Mr.. Dickie. last night. IT viii be poa-
/ siblc 10 Introduce the New York sys-
tenn in Richmond We will follow their
methods pretty closely. The New York
bureau Is doing excellent work. and IL
performing valuable service In the
community.
Until our office equipment IL In
stalled and the necessary forms printed
We cannot begin business. In an uno.-
fetal way, we have done some work
already. Several men have been pro
vided with work. and others put -
Z touch with DergOnS IN
labor"
TO BE LOCATED IN
CITY HALL BASEMENT
For the first few weeks Mt least. tho
Employment Bureau Will be located In
Room Il IN the basement OF the CITY
! Hall. While an Office on the street floor
of tho city Hall would be far more de
sirablc. said Mr.. Dickic. he has received
no intimation from tho Administrative
Board that space on this or any other
floor would be provided. The report
that an effort would be made by tho
Administrative Board TO shit, the EN-
plovincnt Bureau to the quarters on tho
fourth floor OF the CITY Hall now occu-
pied by the Health Department. said
MIR Dickie. could not be confirmed.
While an Office accessibly located In
the CITY Hall would he preferable said
: Mr. Dick!c. il was not absolutely es-
s"ntial TO the success OF the work tina,
u lac housed In that building. Any
we'll located Office in the downtown
business district. nc thought. would an
sv.".
iIc New York municipal employment
! bureau. whose registration and record
systems. as far as practicable. viii he
duplicated by the Richmond institution,
opened last November under the man
aE"rsilir Of walter l.. Sears. Rctween
1000 and 1000 people applied for work
on the opening Lav
\E.\S NpkI<IuS U-aSr
jobs IS wATCHMES
According TO MIR. Sears out OF every
! 100 men who apply for work ut the
New York bureau. n majority. or, az
least. .one-third. express preference for
employment as watchmen. AS watch
'ncT they may dress neatly without
! FISK of running their clothes Sta
tistics compiled by tho New York bu-
reau recently for a unit OF 100 appli-
canis. show the following order OF Job
preference: Waterman, tanitor. collec-
| tor, tiInekccper. messenger. shipping
clerk. packer.
The Richmond Office. it is stated. will
make an effort to serve trained and eX-
pcr'. as well rs unskillcd labor. Tcnta-
i've Inquiries have been filed with Mr.
: pickie from firms and corporations
ana from large number OF individuals
who desire employment