Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-26
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Frank Hal deputy chief of tsrs
state Departient of Mines, for the
last dozen yeas has written pamph-
let on mining nd humanitarlanism in
which he malcs summing up of re-
markable advhces in the measures
taken for the sfety of miners and the
improvement their surroundings.
lie points outthat 1t was forty-five
years ago that he State provided its
first mine inspetors and remarks: ''It
seems like farery from coal beds TO
hower beds andhe imagination balkS
at the attempt o bridge the chaxm
between the twoso widely separated.
The apparent eXt,svagance of speech,
however has its Justification in the
marvellous Transformation that has
taken place in reent years in the So
cial condition an physical environ
ment of the maj who works under
ground" Mr.. Hd SAYS that operators
recognize that smething is demanded
OF them beyond physical safety of
, their employees nd living conditions
nave been so imroved that the min
| ing village comares favorably with
communities hang greater natural
advantages. He emarks the effort to
remove from TIL mining hamlet the
disagreeable andIepellant aspect, the
apparent temporry character. After
noting the advandment in procaution-
airy measures andhe effort to anchor
ate social conditins he remarks that
a visit to one of the progressive
towns of the biminous region will
upset most precsneived ideas reSard-
| ing mining committees" In another
| paragraph he sayshat 1.-THE develop
ment of safety firsland rescue work
ana particularly tnprogress made in
educational facilitS have been great
| bS aif T.
| bituminous reion and much greater
| than in any oh,r mining community
in the United Stdes." From the start
of the first aid corps at Jermyn in
1893 he ttaces tie development until
to-day thfe are 5000 men in first aid
teams am 1900 men trained or in
structed. There are over $50 rescue
corps win 1900 instructed men. An
other phse of the humanitarian side
| he says s the fact that there are SIS
hospitals in which miners and their
| familiesan receive treatment, almost
1900 Tfsons being cared for in 1914.
In closig Mr.. Hall remarks upon the
educatidal facilities afforded the
Pennsylvania miner and his children,
saying ley are particularly fortunate
in what's provided for their mental
improvaent.
DR.. NJ. j. Raunick, the health
officer, Is made whole lot of extra
work f. himself because of his
activity in inspecting the places
whence ONE the milk supplies for
this city The doctor has a monthly
milk buetin which he issues giving
facts ab1t the milk supplied from the
various dries and since publicity has
been gNS to conditions he has been
asked hiN times day for copies of
the bulleN. Incidentally, his mail
| contain 'fannnctg N
tion alut places, demands for the
name establishments not up to the
mark al suggestions of various kinds.
His tebhone rings most of the day
and pa of the night with persons
anXiouso get a line on conditions at
the daifs where they draw their sup
plies. any one wants to start any
thing alhe has to do is to make some
announdnent about milk supply. 1t
hits eYelone.
"If tire is a good horse to be had
in this ction of the State | would
like to late it," said a travelling man
with a de line in the corridors of
the Commonwealth hotel last evening.
1t happe that this travelling man has
been COG about the country buying
up horst for years for men who deal
in themh the large cities. The war
has inferred with his business and
he has flnd the agents for the allied
nations I've been ahead of him. In
speakinSbout the matter he said that
districts here he was always sure of
picking ) some nice horses he had
found evything taken.
The wlk of the State Department
of Labornd Industry in the drafting
of codes DR. safety and sanitation in
various ilustries has been more or
IpIr I,N-f nf
S. Comst&. of Mechanicsburg, who
was meper of the Industrial Board
and who i've great attention to this
importantline of State supervision.
| Most of Il codes adopted last year
were drawup by Mr.. Comstock, who
had wit knowledge of industrial
conditions.
This beina year when ii is believed
that the col is going to be good, there
are more scecrows to be seen in the
fields of thCumberland and Lebanon
valleys thanor long time. The corn
area is larg4than usual and the pros
poets are f a large yield. AS the
prices are ghg to be good with fair
foreign demld the farmers are going
to take preutions so that they will
get what is ming to them. Some of
the scarecro1 are works of art. There
are coupleear the city which have
soldier hats,Nhile one up the river
sports a hig. hat of uncertain vint-
age.
The Storiesbout organization of an
aeronautic cps for the National
Guard are agn going the rounds and
there are repts of offers of fine ma
chimes to the tate Government. IN
fortunately thState is not in posi-
tion to acceptny of the machines as
it has no apppriation.
Gossip abouthe proposed improve
ments to the erutive mansion recalls
the fact that twas in 1888 that the
exterior of thenansion was changed
and the sandst's and copper fronts
added. Prior tdhat the mansion
was a very mdst looking home
for governors, beg plain brick.
EIA
The Rev. Willm H. Marshall, the
minister who is i was one of the first
colored graduate of the Harrisburg
High school. MIMarshall was in the
class of 1885.