Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

plants under the jurisdiction OIL 'he
Department of Labor and Industry
wherein operations or processes arc
conducted which present hazard u
the eyes of workmen.
The proposed code would require
employers to furnish goggles oi
types suitable for the work to pc
nerformed and to make it condi-
tion of mployment-that an employe
wear such goggles when empioyeu
in all such processes or operations
as outlined in the code. ., :,
The code, which is exhaustive IN
it's detail. was prepared in the III
vision of. Industrial Hygiene ana I'm
yineering of the Bureau OF lnspec-
tion and divides into groups inc
processes deemed necessary Tor pro-
lection to be given the head or eye
of workers. Among these processes
are those requiring protecuon lTon,
flying objects; splashing metal uue'
and light flying particles; gases
fumes and liquids: injurious RADIANT
energy: intense visible radiant en-
arpv Industrial processes deemed
as recurring protection for the eyes
of workers include: Chipping, rlEet-
ing. babbitting, scaling, grindlns,
handling acids and caustics, sanu
hls sting oxy-acetylene welding, open
hear and other blast furnace WORK
truck driving and testing OF lam ps'
To Consider Bill-A special COM
mittee was named by the 1ouse
Roads Committee to conslaer !he
Scott bill providing for construc.is9,I. a, !
Of roads suitable for morse tra1io
when State and other hlghways W.
improved and it will sit IN fhllauei. :
phia during the legislative receSs "
hear arguments. Inc -.
CONSISTS of John r. X. Scott, chair-
man; II. H. Hepburn anu that
- would hear members OF tne
Cranpe. road supervisors, horsenheh, II,
,notoTists and road builders ana set s
al information possible, so that
roal biII'' could be drafted TO meel
Tho conditions on many hlgh"as >,
which. since Improvement, are ho'
suitable for horse trafnc.
penn Highway Work-Commlttee
fron, Reading and York discussed
road improvements with Hlgh"aE
commissioner Lewis 5. Sadler ahe
tbe nlans for twenty-one mics Vi
nstruction on the William penn
Higbway between Harrisburg anu I
Pno ding and for improvement VI
secondary highways in YORK "e!s
yone over. Commissioner Sadler sulu
1bat the York people gave assur,
woes Of cooperation. They tolu
Sbief Engineer w. d. Uhler thaI
tl,n,y conten plated a bond issue 10
in,n nrove roads. The constructor VI
Ne penn highway, said the commls-
sioner. will last for years ana oea'
all traffic. ..Lo ;ssued
+o-dav nv the State Department ol
A koricuIture. shows that PennsylVailla
aI3hourh a mining and maufact'rlnS
State has risen in value of agrlCul-
turaI products and live stock. ne
keystone State is rated as rahNiLs ;
oiohth in the list of wheat gro",ho
comm monwealths with its crop Nalue
having the same standlnS'
teenth as corn raiser WIN 'ie
fourteenth crop in value; eightn ~,
rye with seventh place IN Nhiue'
in buckwheat; twenty-fourth III I'd.
low. eighth in tobacco. the values IN
~ est three being the same as the
- eiie ronl. fifth in the list of potato
o,,.oyers with second place in value
- cron and fourth in production OF
bav with first place in value OF the
nrop @ The state stands sixteenth IN IN
the er list having horses; nineteenth in
the mule list; tenth in milch cows;
nineteenth in sheep and twenty-thlru
in swine. 80 70
The total gain in value OF tarm
lands since tn the eoS census aeo TT Tbe va value
of farm land and buildings at the
end of 1918 is given as an average
of s6s.50, a gain of $3.50 since 1910.
Somerset county is given as the
leader in maple sugar production.
Justice Brown Herc.-Chief us
tice ]. Hay Brown visited the legisla-
tive halls yesterday.
Ex-Member Here.-Ex-Rpresen
otiye George NJ. Hosack, of Pitts
burgh, spent yesterday here.