The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-30

ment on the bill drawn up by the Chidren's Aid
Society and presented In the House by Mr. Wag
star and IN the Senate by Senator Wood, Tor the
protection or factory children Mr.. G. L. Brace, Sec
rotary Of the ChiIdrens Aid Society," addressed the
committees on the pressing needs for such legisa
ton In the City OF New York. where the lnvestga-
ton OF their agents showed that nearly $1,000
New York ana its suburbs. the majority OF Whom
were growing up IN Ignorance, dwaried In body
and cramped IN mind. Mr.. Brace claimed that
UNPROTECTED POOR CHILDREN
needed the assistance OF the state In securing
Their Just rights TO- education and to the means Of
history OF factory legislation in Great Britain,
France, Prussia. Bavaria, Baden and Switzerland
during the past thirty years, showing that usually
all children under eleven years Of age were
forbidden to work IN factories; that the
years or age was limited to eight or ten
hours per day, and that portion Of each years
time was required TO be spent in school by every
factory child, in some cases the period being three
months and in others six months. In many OF these
countries time was required to be given these
hidden to take their meals In the factory rooms.
Many acts were quoted securing the sanitary con-
against to %achnepg Brace aso
gave brief account Of the legislation In New Eng
land, and I'D. Appealed earnestly to the committee
factory children, be behindhand In this humane
and enlightened legislation.
Mr.. G. Z. Whitehead, counsel for the society,
committee that this act included three important
points-First, the entire exclusion of children
under ten years OF age from factories; second the
limiting OF the hours Of labor to sixty in the week;
and. third the requiring from each child either
three months day schooling or six mOnths night
schooling IN the year. In case of the support OF
family depending on minors, on permission or the
Ovel seers OF the Poor an exception may be made
Other minor provisions were included designed
to support these. as well as some relating to the
sanitary condition OF factories and the protection
OF children from machinery. Mr.. Whitehead urged
these humane provisions in an impressive address.
facturer, and many objections were offered ;
put these were all carelni!y met by the
by Mr.. wagstS Of e che House, who ~ warmis
supports the dill. Mr.. West, OF the House
Committee, announced that he should favor the
law with certain modlhcattOns; but Senator Low
RE- OF the Senate committee, expressed cOnsid er
able opposition to it. The House Committee will
act upon 1t on Wednesday next.
Canal Board Appointments.
ALBANY, Jan. 29, 1874.
The Canal Board this afternoon made the follow
ing appointments
Dtvtston Engineers-David M. Greene, Charles A.
Resident Er0lneers-Charles Billion, Albert Hill
and Charles A. Omsted.
.Superintendents Erie Cana,-sectlon l, M.
ken, Schenectady; section 8. q. H. Quackenbush
Fuitonvnle; section 4, -; section 5, Henry
ton 7, s. B. Rowe. Camilns; section 8, s. b.
Streter Clyde; section 0, James A. Warren Brock
port; section 10, William McRae, LOckport; section
Champlatn Canal-section 1, Daniel F. Wetsel,
GlenD's Falls; section 2, George COnnory, Van
Buren,.
Ostoego Canal-section l, John s. Kenyon, Van
Buren,.
Cayu0G and Seneca Can0l-Secton /, James
Flanagan, Seneca Falls.
Chefn,sag ana crooked Lake Candid. P. Dey,
Watkins.
Cneadngo Cunal-Herman Bennett Norwich.
Genesee Valley Conal-Dennis H. Scanlon,
WheaCand.
Black Riper C0aul-Samuel F. German, watson.
COllectorS-Albany John McKenna: West Troy.
James Hamerill; schenectady, John G. Green
FutOnvile, H. stewart; Lit tie Falls, A. 81. Roof;
Utica II. Ney; Rome, J. B. Bradt; syracuse, Ezra
DOwner; MOntezuma, b. Ross; Palmyra. w. w.
Myrick; Rochester, N. Thompson: Brockport,
-; Albion H. Abel; Medina, L: Hamin; Lock
port, W. Z. Jenner; Tonawanda V. J. Akin
Edward, W. N. Zane; Whitehall, W. A. wilkins;
Salina, w. Mccain: Geneva, Charles Fakey; Wat
kins, John Shane; Horseheads, John Butcher
Corning q. J. Dennis0n; Penn Yam, $. C. Cleve-
land; Hamilton, Z. d. Mott; oxford, II. s. Read !;
BinghamtOn, J.. OBrien; Mount Norris, F. T..
Hastings.
Wei0hmasters--Albany John McGinnis; SYRIA
cuse, &. Il. Wright; West Troy, P. w. Smith !;
Rochester, v. =. WhtmOre: Utica, Jacob Seignat.
Assistant MISUNDERSTANDING, Peter Lyon and
M. A. Champion; West Troy, NJ. BOwies and Jonn
Flanagan; Utica, James Hayes and George Snyder
Syracuse, John Fonda and John Gebhardt, Jr.
Rochester, Valentine schwartz, +. Ward anu
Boat h.spectors-west Troy, Lawrence Shaugh.
cry and. Thomas Whitbeck: Utica, M. O'Bren; Sy-
racuse, J. Campbell; Rochester, w. II. Tracy
whitehall, A. d. Gibbs.