30 June, 1885. "Shafts." "Slope." "Breaker." "Owners" and "Operators." Owner.' "Superintend ent." The term "shaft" means a vertical opening through the strata, and which is or may be used for the purpose of ventilation or drainage or for hoisting men or material in connection with the mining of coal. The term "slope" means any inclined way or opening used for the same purpose as a shaft. The term "breaker" means the structure containing the machinery used for the preparation of coal. The term "owners " and "operators" means any person or body corporate who is the immediate proprietor, or lessee, or occupier of any coal mine or colliery, or any part thereof. The term "owner" does not include a person or body corporate who merely receive a roy alty, rent or fine from a coal mine or colliery, or part thereof, or is merely the proprietor of a mine, subject to any lease, grant or license for the working or operating thereof, or is merely the owner of the soil and not interested in the minerals of the mine, or any part thereof. But any "contractor" for the working or operating of a mine or colliery, or of any part or district thereof, shall be subject to this act as an operator or owner, in like manner as if he was the owner. The term "superintendent" means the person who shall have, on behalf of the owners, general supervision of one or more mines or collieries. 13 May, 1887. § 1. P. L. 106 P. D 2413. Competent obs rv in each county, on the recommendation of the Franklin Institute. Duties of such observers. XVII. WEATHER BUREAU. 477. The Secretary of Internal Affairs of this Commonwealth be and is hereby authorized and directed to name and appoint, on the recommendation of the ers to be appointed Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, one or more competent observers in each county of the State for the purpose of taking, recording and transmitting observations of the atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, and other meteorological phenomena, occurring Secretary of Inter- in their respective localities; and the Secretary of Internal Affairs is hereby authorized and directed to purchase and furnish to each of said observers such standard meteorological instruments, as are used by the United States Signal Service, and such signal flags and other necessary equipments, and such necessary clerical expenses, as shall be designated and approved by the said Franklin Institute. nal Affairs to furrish instruments, &c. 478. The central office of the State Weather Service shall be located in the city of Philadelphia, at which the weather forecasts and warnings of the United States Signal Service shall be received, and from which the same shall be disseminated throughout the State, and to which the State Weather Service observers shall send their observations. 479. The management of the Pennsylvania State Weather Service shall be under the supervision and direction of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, and the said Franklin Institute is hereby authorized to make such use of the information thus collected by the publication of a weather review, and by other proper means as will best promote the usefulness of the service to the citizens of the State. And the services of the said Franklin Institute and of the said observers of the State weather service shall be made without compensation. APPENDIX K. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE. I. Letter advisory to the Councils of the city of New Castle, Benjamin Lee, M. D., Secretary. II. Correspondence in relation to the origin of a case of small-pox in Pittsburgh, A. Crosby Gray, Health Officer of Pittsburgh. B. Rev. Hilary Pfrængle, Director of St. Vincent College. III. Correspondence in reference to the ccöperation of the clerical profession in sanitary education. IV. Letter of Health Officer O'Malley, of Scranton, in regard to bone-boiling establishments outside of the city limits. V. Letter of the Secretary in reference to the drainage of the Schooley shaft, Luzerne county. VI. Correspondence relative to regulations for the transportation of dead bodies in the different States of the Union.-Dr. J. F. Edwards. A. Letter of Dr. J. F. Edwards, Chairman of the Committee on Preventable Diseases and the Supervision of Travel and Traffic, addressed to Secretaries of State Boards of Health. B. Replies to Dr. Edwards' circular letter. a. Alabama. b. California. c. Connecticut. d. Delaware. e. Indiana. f. Iowa. g. Kansas. h. Kentucky. i. Louisiana. j. Maine. k. Massachusetts. 7. Michigan. m. Missouri. n. New Hampshire. 0. New Jersey. p. New York. q. Ohio. r. Tennessee. 8. Rhode Island. t. Wisconsin. I. LETTER ADVISORY TO THE COUNCILS OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE, BY BENJAMIN LEE, SECRETARY. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, 1532 PINE ST.. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10th, 1886. To the Honorable the Mayor and Councils of the City of New Castle: GENTLEMEN: The attention of the State Board of Health having been called to the fact that the sewerage system of your city is still in an improper condition and liable to become a cause of disease to your citizens, if not already so, an inspector was sent on the 2d of September to examine and report. He declares the presence of "stagnant, filthy water on Cochran alley and South street for a distance of about two hundred and fifty feet in a thickly populated portion of the city to be a terrible nuisance and one which should certainly be abated at once." In accordance with this finding the Board recommends that no time be lost in constructing a permanent and effective sewer which will drain the condemned locality in Shenango Creek. No community can long be prosperous whose authorities neglect the grave duty of protecting the health of its residents. To allow the question of expense to interfere with the undertakings of this nature is to be "penny wise and pound foolish." The life of a city is not limited as is that of an individual, and what posterity is to benefit by, posterity can well afford to pay for. If, therefore, there is not money in the treasury to perfect the excellent system of sewerage already planned, it will be the part of wise and prudent statesmanship to issue bonds for the purpose. No corporation can be expected to pay out of pocket for the construction of great public works, while a loan, issued for the public good, upon such terms that all can be directly interested in it, is one of the strongest elements of security in a community. The Board makes these suggestions because its observation convinces it that many municipal legislators, in their honest desire to avoid extravagance in the expenditure of the sums entrusted to their care, err on the side of false economy, which in the long run is always wasteful. It trusts that it will not be necessary to do more, and that the intelligence and public spirit of your honorable bodies will lead to the adoption of speedy and effective measures for the abatement of this nuisance. Yours very respectfully, BENJ. LEE, M. D., |