. Electric railway journal . gh the operation of thecompensation act. He showed, for example, that a com-pany could be held for compensation in case of death bysuicide. He called attention also to the fact that ordin-arily men with few dependents would be selected forhazardous jobs, but when labor was scarce this was im-practicable and this imposed a hardship upon the em-ployer. In seconding Mr. Hedleys motion, E. A. Maher, Jr.,Third Avenue Railway, New York, suggested that thecommittee investigate the relative treatment received byself-insurers and companies insured in the State fund,when com
. Electric railway journal . gh the operation of thecompensation act. He showed, for example, that a com-pany could be held for compensation in case of death bysuicide. He called attention also to the fact that ordin-arily men with few dependents would be selected forhazardous jobs, but when labor was scarce this was im-practicable and this imposed a hardship upon the em-ployer. In seconding Mr. Hedleys motion, E. A. Maher, Jr.,Third Avenue Railway, New York, suggested that thecommittee investigate the relative treatment received byself-insurers and companies insured in the State fund,when compensation cases are being adjusted by thecommission. Mr. Maher believed that employees shouldbe held responsible for statements made in applying foremployment, and gave an example of the effects offailure along this line. In the case cited a man hadgiven false information as to name, previous employ-ment and number of dependents. After four days workhe was killed and the employer has a widow and fourchildren to take care MEMBERS OF NEW YORK July 1, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWA * JOURNAL 17 Mr. Hedleys motion was then passed and PresidentDempsey said that the suggestions would be referred tonext years committee. Discussion On MobilizationWilbur C. Fisk, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, NewYork, next reported for a special committee which thepresident had appointed April 5, 1916, to study the move-ment of troops by electric lines, consisting of W. H. Col-lins, Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad; J. , Albany Southern Railroad; J. P. Barnes, Buffalo,Lockport & Rochester Railway; George D. Snyder, Hud-son & Manhattan Railroad, and himself, chairman. Anabstract of this report appears elsewhere in the presentissue. Following this, two papers which had beensolicited by the committee were read. One was by Hewes, Albany Southern Railroad, on The Advan-tage of Electric Traction in Time of War, read by him-self. The other was by Col. J. B. Bellinger, U. S. A., onThe Use of Elec
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