The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-31
DUR BUSY LAWMAKERS.
Work Done by the Legislators
at Harrisburg.
IN BOTH BRANCHES.

the Road Bill Framed by the Special SEN
ate Committee Passes by Vote of 81 TO
1O-The Joirt Committee Submits Con
illusions on the wernersvillo Hospital
for Chronic Insane.
HARnIsBuRo, May 31.-The fact that
yesterday was Decoration Day did not ma
terially interfere with large amount of
work being turned out in both houses Of
the legislature, although the senate and
house adjourned during a portion of the
day rs mark of respect to the memory of
the dead heroes and in honor and regard
for their comrades yet living
The senate turned down the governors
veto Of the bill appropriating 81, 500 for
the purchase of Giles d. Prices index to
local legislation from 1900 to 1892 and
passed the bill Notwithstanding by vote
of 81 to 3. Ten democrats voted with the
republicans.
The conglomerate road bill-otherwise
the measure framed by the special senate
committee from the other pending bills
was discussed an hour and then passed
the vote being 81 yeas and 10 nays.
The following conclusions were sub
mitted by the joint committee appointed to
inquire into the condition of the Wcrners-
vile Chronic Insane hospitals
That much of the stone used in the
foundation of the buildings is irregular in
shape, small in size, without fiat beds and
to this extent incapable of the" complete
workmanship and first class wall desirable
in a structure of this character; that in
locality where superior stone are abundant
lt,I ha huI NJ nd in,
cost or trouble, the best stone should have
been used, and all criticism averted; that
doubtless much of the incentive to accept
this material arose from the fact that the
outside was to be filled up by earth and
the inside covered by a lining of brick
work, and was therefore, not exposed to
the public eye. This we do not regard as
sufficient reason.
That the contention that this wall Is well
bounded at intervals Is no satisfactory ans
wer to the criticism, inasmuch as tie use
of fat bedded stones throughout which
could have been obtained, would have
made the dependence of the bonding much
stronger, obviated the necessity for the use
of so large proportion of mortar and un-
questionably made more compact and
enduring foundation.
That buildings erected by the state for
the housing of the unfortunates should be
secure beyond peradventure in every par
ticular to the extent of known safeguards,
and it is undesirable to have the public,
with their practical eye, depend upon the
opinions of experts on the explanations of
buildings for apparent or possible defects.
The following senators were chosen to
represent the senate on the board to com
pute the vote for state officers at the next
general election; Woods, Mif1lin; Mitchell,
Jefferson; Laubach, Northampton, and
Logan, Crawford.
The house bill empowering foreign man
ufacturing corporations to acquire and
hold real estate necessary for the purposes
of their business was defeated on final pas
sage.
Among the bills passed finally were the
following:
Extending the limits of residence and
powers of notaries public; to prohibit ped
ding selling or hawking of merchandise
wares or other goods without license; to
make the National Guard formations con
form to those of the United States army;
authorizing the retention of the two ad-
ditional clerks in the adjutant generals
department to prepare muster rolls for
preservation; Children's Industrial home,
of Harrisburg, $4,000
The joint resolution of Senator Markley
providing for a legislative investigation of
the state hospitals, reformatories, asylums
and penitentiaries has been vetoed by the
governor.
The proceedings in the senate at the
evening session were uninteresting, nothing
of Importance coming up for consideration.