The sun., 1915-02-15
WIDOWS PENSIONS
URGED BY OFFICIALS
Charity Board in Report Says
Passage Of Bill Is Q Ne
cesHty.
1914 PERSONS AIDED

ALBANY, Feb. ll.-TMe enactr,en, Of
pending legislation for tho relief OF
widowed mothers. the rapid extension
OF the facilities Of the State institutions
for the care Of the mentally defective
dependents. particularly at Letchworth
Village, In Rockland county. and the
completion OF the New York Stats Train.
ing School for Boys ~ Yorktown
Heights are urged by the state Board
OF Charities in its annual report b the
Legislature.
The board expresses the belief that the
widows pension legislation ts necessary
II the widow and her dependent children
are to be properly cared for In this
state II this legislation 10 passed the
widow will be allotted q certain sum
each month for herself and each child.
The board Of managers OF the state
Training School for Boys At Yorktown
Heights has persistently sought to make
progress In the plan to build an extern
sion TO this institution. but has received
but small encouragement from those vlo
have been In actual control Of the sltua-
ton In Albany" Ia the boards comment
regarding this institution.
with reference to the need of enlarge-
ment OF the State charitable and re-
tormatory institutions generally the
board urges the issuance Of long term
bonds.
The two classes of institutions which
show the greatest need Of early enlarEe-
ment." the report says, are the reform A.
tories for women and for children and
the institutions for tho care Of the feeble
minded"
Other recommendations are: rhas the
State Industrial Farm Colony for
Tramps and Migrants at Green Haven
be put to the uses for which the property
vas purchased and that $50. 900 be ap-
prvpriated for buildings. The establish
ment OF State hospitals for tuberculosis
patients. particularly those In the In
ciplent stages Of the disease; q pension
system for the employees OF the state
charitable and reformatory institutions
and the making of tho office OF county
superintendent OF the poor an appolntiye
one.
The board reports the number OF bene-
fclaries OF the public and the private
institutions subject TO its general SUI
pervision at the close OF the fiscal year
to he s7,747. or this number ll,e72
were inmates of almshouses, 2l,3ss OF
hospitals and 3%.l72 OF institutions for
dependent children. This shows an In
crease OF about 5000 over the previous
year. The cost of their maintenance
approximated 100000 Outdoor re-
lief TO the poor in the cities OF the State
was given to $500 persons at a total
cost of s46o.OOo.
With reference to the public charitable
insf'utlons in New York city tho report
says:
The principal needs Of tho public
charitable institutions OF the city are
now and have been for many years
greatly enlarged facilities for the care
Of inmates and better compensation for
employees In the lower grades OF the
service. Little has been done during
the year TO improve the pay of the hos
pltal helpers in order that better grade
of employees may be secured. While
some changes have been made in rates
OF compensation, especially In the higher
grades. the proportion Of those receiving
inadequate compensation remains prac-
tically the same.
This condition is most serious in the
New York city chidren's hospitals and
schools. Randall's Island, the Metropo.l-
tan Hospital, Blackwelrs Island and the
city Hospital. On Blackwelrs Island
poorly paid helpers Of a low grade are
numerous and are IN some instances
charged with important responsibilities
including the care of children