The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-23
'harities Departments Su- pervision of Emergency Hospital and Dispensary Will Be Transferred To Health Board Under Plan at Meeting of Two Com missions With Mayor Wilson.
Funds For City Hospital, Too, Are Subject of Dis cussion Private Citizen Ready to Provide the Needed Funds If Public Money is Not Forthcoming
 Mayor Would Keep Plans Secret. :

for a Public Welfare building, which will be erected probably in the center of the city,-were made this afternoon at a joint meeting of the charities and health boards in the office of Mayor Wilson.
 At the suggestion of health board members, Leonard Asheim was unanimously nam ed architect for the structure.
 At the same time it became known that unless Dr. Abraham |Sophian's recommendation that Bridgeport a city hospital is adopted, a wealthy citizen may 1 offer to build the institution himself and present it to the community as a memorial. x The charities board agreed to give up supervision of the |smergency hospital and other medical departments. These twill be under the direction ex- clusively of the board of health.
 { Investigation following the sugges- l ton of the Bridgeport Medical so- ciety that Instead of a city hospital. additions bee onducted for St. Vim cents and the Bridgeport hospitals, 1 disclosed the fact that the Bridgeport l hospital Is considering a plan to cease taking city patients. and to re- l fuse conta etous disease cases be- cause its facilities are already over l taxed [ Mayor Wilson presided at the meet 1 ing of the two boards this afternoon and Commissioners Behrens. Ford and Harris for the charities board ana | health board Attended the session.
 It was called for the purpose of l getting start on the plans for a l building to house the charities and 1 health departments. tae, clinics and lexecutive oflices for which the city had something like $75,0o0. allowed by the ! people in a bond issue.
 The first matter u-nnitely decided by the combined boards was that all the medical treatment under city auspices should be under the direc- |fion of the health department, and
 that the charities department, should be made . social welfare board
 Il. was pointed out that under the i present systerns the clinical work is I carried on under the two boards.
 which is considered not economical l The charities board agreed that the emergency 1ospital and other such rdepartments should be controlled by the health board
 The charities department will de- vote in time to Investigating work and constructive social activity.
 pr. Stevens reported that he al- / ready had plans from Architect 1 Asheim for such a building as will be
 needed. He endorsed the architect
 as did other members of the health board. Commissioner Behrens of \ the charities board then nominated z Asheim for the job The boards
 were unanimous for him.
 Mayor Wilson suggested that this
 1uncture was good time to adjourn for the purpose of allowing each
 board to consider what 1t wanted in
 the building, then call meeting
 with the architect. Commissioner
 Zepp of the health board, brought mp ! the matter of site.
 DO you think we ought to have
 t!1o building in the rear of the pres- Sent building?'' he asked
 Following the usual custom, Mayor
 Wilson refused to let the public in on the administrations plans for the building. When Commissioner Zepp
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