Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-09
PROTECTION OF MINERS.


A law was enacted at your last ses-
sion, intended IUr tie protection O1
miners, which, among Otner things,
provides 1hat-tnere snail be TWO Open-
lngS Tor each mine, Whenever thirty
thousand yards Oi coal shall have been
cut. 1t Is thought that eXperi ence has
demonstrated tile Necessity tor two
openings long before the excavation Ol
thirty thousand yards. And even If
the law should remain as IL now Is, in
all other respects, " would lie well to
| provide for authorized OIhclal inSpec-
tiOn; otherwise the law VIII be, for the
most part, imperative. Aninteliigent
practical miner very truthtuily says:
underground operations are far re-
moved from the reach vi pupii3 vigil
ance and investigation oubterranean
dangers are perpetuaily recurring anu
are various, requiring frequent llSpec-
ton by Well-lniOrmed, practical aud
scientific men. Every mining nation
ON the globe has found it necessary, in
| the development Ui suUJerritue;tn treas
ureS, TO proVlue for official supervision
| in the interest of the underground
people"
Mining is and viii long be ali inn
pOrtant branch Of our industry. Labor
ers in mineS should have all possible
protection. You are therefore asked
to consider if the present law can not
be made more perfect and effective.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF SECRETARY OF
STATE.
The Secretary of State makes many
valuable suggestions i'll Ills annual re-
port, and very properly recommends
the rouificatlOn and revision Of laws
creating anu regulating corporate conn
panies, and dennlng the duties of Sec
retary OF State, and all amendment to
the law which pfescribes the manner
of forwarding election retur.,s, anu the
time and manner of counting the vote.
You are referred TO the Secretary re-
port for full statement Of the Objec-
tions to present statutes.
| ASYLUMS FOR DEAF AND DUMB,
BLIND, AND IMBECILES.
The charitable institutions of the
State, not already referred to--the
Asylums for the Deaf and Dumb, for
the Blind, and for Imbecile Youth,
under able, efficient and faithful man
agement, have opened new world to
hunureds of boys and girls with. whom
nature seems To have dedlt severely.
Lives otherwise barren and cneerless,
have, through the agency oi these lnstl-
tutiuuS, been rendered useful and nap
py. Tne liberality vi the State, and
the kindly services OF uperlntenuenIs
and teachers, nave lifted heavy bur
denS from the shoulders of the unIOr-
| tun;lte and needy.
] For details vi great interest, you are
referred to the official reports OF the
several AsyluuIs, already transmitted.
IsUFFERERS BY THE BURNING OF NEW
BURGH ASYLUM.
A memorial has been filed in the EX-
ecutive office by the Trustees of the
township OF NeWburs, Cuyahoga coun-
| ty, ONO, praying that the Legislature
| be requested 10 make an appropriation
ON ben;ilf OF the families OF certain per-
sons killed when the Northern Lunatic
Asylum was destroyed by fire, and to
de!ray expenses of medical attendance,
nursing, &C., for some who " ere severe
ly injured but not killed.
1t Is well known that Il number of
persons lost their lives, and that 9TH
ers were disabled, while attempting to
save the property of the State and the
! lives of our insane people. Great hard
ships and suffering have resulted from
their generous and sell-sacriticing con-
duct, 1t would seem to be right that
the cases of greatest necessity should
be relieved by liberal provision. Some
who suffered, and the friends OF some
who died, ask nothing. The amount