Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-05
EVENINC CHAT

| Just now, when everyone is talking
about compensation acts, it is inter-
estlng to note that twenty-three OF
the States have adopted such statutes
and. according to information reach
ing Attorney General Francis Shunl,
bTown' most of the others are con-
tslder1ng the proposition. The vari-
Gus states are exchanging acts and
views on the subject and most of the
| leaders of legislation in other Com
monwealths are watching with inter
est what the great industrial State of
PENNSYLVANIA will do. Mr. Brown is
oI the opinion that the act presented
! is the best suited for us and he has
given much time and thought to il
obtaining the views of people in every
| walk OF life. In drafting the law
PENNSYLVANIA has had to follow out its
own lines, as the conditions here are
radically different from those in Mas
sachuSetts or Michigan 1t is inter-
esting TO note that while workmen's s
compensation has existed in Germany
in one form or another for over a
century, and in other old world lands,
! yet 1t was first established in New
York State only five years ago. A
federal statute antedated the adop-
ton OF the law at Albany. Thus it
will be seen that the first State adj
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than half a decade old, and naturally
the States are. asking for experiences
ana changing and altering the provis-
| ions. One of the most interesting re-
ports on the subject came from New
York, where a committee summarized
three years of the compensation law
in New Jersey. Ohio and Massachu-
setts have made thorough reports, but
1T is apparent that the system is only
commencing to work out in a way to
suit their peculiar needs. The pro-
posed act may not be exactly what
this State wants. but the Governor
and people who have given the sub
1ect attention are inclined to believe
with Attorney General Brown, that it
is the best that can be prepared for
the try-out here. 1t can be improved
later on If 1t is deemed advisable.
do you know" queried the meek
aldermanic court reporter that the
first name of every alderman from
the Ninth Ward to the Thirteenth be-
gins with George? They are George
a. Hoverter, of the Ninth; George
w MacWilliams. Tenth; George d.
Herbert, of the Eleventh; George V.
Bolton, of the Twelfth, and George
B. Sprout of the Thirteenth"
Apparently the city was not a suf-
ltItI ny lllc TGCtHJ HlEn water, ana
when it comes down TO dots no one
lost so very much after all. The
greatest loser was the firm of con-
tractors for the Cumberland Valley
bridge at Mulberry street and they
took a chance. These contractors.
who work by business rules, piled
their clay ana loan and sand on the
ground just behind the steps" They
stood to escape trouble and they stood
to get it. They got it. The water
went in and took away tons of the
material which the contractors had
piled for use this summer.
Forest Leaves, the interesting pub
lication OF the Pennsylvania Forestry
Association, contains in its recent
issue an unpublished photograph of
Governor Brumbaugh taken many
years ago in the woods. 1t shows the
Governor leaning against a tree and
in an attitude very carefree. Appar-
entity local option bills were not on
his mind those days.
Dr. Thomas Edward Munce, assist
ant State veterinarian and secretary
of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board, has just been honored by cleo
tion to the presidency of the State
Medical Society, the
largest and most progressive organ
ization Of its kind in the country. DR..
Munce, who comes from Washington
county and who has q residence here,
is well known to many Harrisburgers
as one of the most advanced men in
his profession. For years he has been
the mainstay of State Veterinarian
Marshall in the important work the
board has had to handle this year. |
DIR. Marshall is a former president
of the society and is now a member
of its executive committee.
A couple of lone robins and one
solitary blackbird have been reported
as the advance guards of Spring in
Reservoir Park. The robins were no
ticed flying about Cherry Hill and
looking over residential sites. The
blackbird was evidently a spy to get
notes on the land and he did not
linger long. 1t is believed that the
next warm wave will bring the birds
from Virginia. Just where the black
birds go in winter time is not known,
but they have been reported about
Richmond in January. The robins go
farther south, although they have
been known to appear in force earlier
than the "blackies.'
Frank Feeney, the Philadelphia
labor leader, and Francis Feehan, the
labor leader, were among
visitors here this week. They were
at the Capitol on legislation,