. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tightened up. The device can alsobe used as a crosshead mover. John F. System, Beaumont, Kan. Workmens Compensation : Railway men in the United States willbe interested in the manner in whichBritish law provides for their confrereson this side of the pond, so that a fewpoints about the new act may be the act covers every kind of work-man and workwoman, with a fewtrifling exceptions, and, as it left theHouse of Commons, even domestic ser-vants were included. It
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tightened up. The device can alsobe used as a crosshead mover. John F. System, Beaumont, Kan. Workmens Compensation : Railway men in the United States willbe interested in the manner in whichBritish law provides for their confrereson this side of the pond, so that a fewpoints about the new act may be the act covers every kind of work-man and workwoman, with a fewtrifling exceptions, and, as it left theHouse of Commons, even domestic ser-vants were included. It may be pre-mised that the act makes insurancecompulsory so that no bankrupt em-ployer can escape his a man begins to employ work-men he must insure against accidentto them, and in the event of accident. February, 1907. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVL ENGINEERING 61 having paid his premium, he is not un-likely to be an impartial witness inany claim upon the insuring addition to every kind of accidentresulting in injury to the person, suchas a railway accident, entanglement in. CHILIANS AT WORK AT BALDWINS. machinery, while at work, falling frombuildings and such like, there arc anumber of scheduled diseases resultingfrom certain forms of employment, andin the case of illness for more than twoweeks or death from such combinedemployment and disease, compensationmust be paid. For instance, hair-work-ers are subject to anthrax, which claimsa good many victims annually, and thereare a number of other forms of danger-ous employment all specified in theschedule. Should death result from an acci-dent or from one of the scheduled dis-eases, those dependent on the work-man are entitled to a sum equal to hisearnings during the three years imme-diately preceding, if he has been so longwith the employer, or to £150 ($750)whichever is the greater. Should theearnings be the greater the amount islimited to £300. Provision is made forthe cases of men who may not havebeen
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