Part VI. Free Public Employment Bureaus. I RESULTS OF OPERATION 2 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS 3 REPORT OF HARTFORD BUREAU 4 REPORT OF BRIDGEPORT BUREAU 5 REPORT OF NEW HAVEN BUREAU 6 REPORT OF WATERBURY BUREAU 7 8 REPORT OF NORWICH BUREAU 9 NATIONALITY OF PERSONS SUPPLIED WITH SITUATIONS OCCUPATIONS OF PERSONS SUPPLIED WITH SITUATIONS FREE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS The operations of the Free Public Employment Bureaus, which were established upon July 1, 1901, continue to be eminently satisfactory. The people generally have become more and more familiar with the workings of the offices, and the facilities possessed for supplying a superior class of help. The locations of all the offices are the same as when first established, although some changes have been made in their management. The locations of the offices and the names of the superintendents follow: HARTFORD-No. 59 Trumbull street, Jordan C. Wells; BRIDGEPORT-No. 1,005 Broad street, Charles Keller; New HAVEN-NO. 39 Church street, J. J. Linsly; WATERBURY— No. 36 North Main street, John B. Doherty; NORWICHCentral Building, Broadway, S. H. Reeves. The changes made in the administration of affairs consist of two only, John B. Doherty succeeding Edward H. Belden, deceased, and Jordan C. Wells succeeding William F. Bidwell, who resigned because of his appointment as postmaster at Killingly. During the year ended November 30, 1903, there were 8,180 persons who secured situations through the means and by the instrumentality of the five offices operated by this department. Of this number 3,013 were males and 5,167 were females. The total number applying for situations was 13,208; thus it is seen that 62 per cent. of those seeking situations were supplied. As has been the case heretofore the larger number of situations furnished were to women, the percentages remaining practically stationary. In all the offices, 48 per cent. of the male, and 73 per cent. of the female applicants for work were furnished employment. During the twenty-nine months which these offices have been in operation 19,000 persons have been supplied with situations by them, being 57 per cent. of the whole number applying for work. This condition is most gratifying for, while as stated above, the average for the whole period is 57 per cent. the reports for the year last past show that 62 per cent. of those applying had been furnished employ ment. In the Hartford office 56 per cent. of the whole number applying were furnished with work, Bridgeport supplied 76 per cent. of all applicants with situations, New Haven 49 per cent., Waterbury 74 per cent., and Norwich 60 per cent. Of the whole number of persons who applied for help at the various bureaus, 76 per cent. were supplied. The percentage at the Hartford office was the same as the average, 76 per cent., Bridgeport office 74 per cent., New Haven 77 per cent., the Waterbury and Norwich offices each furnished 81 per cent. of those applying for help with the required workers. The private employment offices, which are under the supervision of and licensed by this bureau, number forty-seven and are located as follows: and one each in Norwich, Bristol, Ansonia, Norwalk and New London. It is a source of considerable satisfaction to the department that so few complaints have been made concerning the management of these private agencies. From neighboring states come many reports of injustice and of unlawful practices, but in Connecticut, so far as this office has been enabled to ascertain, the private intelligence offices are conducted along proper lines and are managed strictly in accordance with the provisions of the law. During the year last past, one case only was brought to the attention of the bureau, which upon investigation was found to have no justification, the manager of the office complained of having done nothing which could in any way be construed as in violation of the law governing these establishments. |