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FILE NAME: Caterpillar (CAT) DATE: 1935 Apr4 DOC#: CAT046 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - NC and NY Include Silicosis in Compensation Acts ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE: Progressive Cofferdam for a Long Low Dam Droughts Since 1881 Composite Steel and Concrete Bridge Slabs New Plan for Mississippi Flood Control tiding contract nea& Tow son, M d., " Caterpillar" D iese l Tractors slash the ^ costsof m oving earth from cut to fill \h ___ 3 \ . "New rfecqjfcfs fo r econom y and depend ab ility/ a O jjjp #gr^flie estim ating of pow er costs -- the p e rfo rm * * , of housands of " C a te r p illa r " D iesel Tractors on h.fi}ifrgcU of operations Is m akin g engineers an ^co n tracto rs sit up and take notice. Your d ealer c a r^ s h o ^ y o u ic o m p le te , co m p a ra tiv e fig u re s on " ^ ^ p i i | i r 4 | | m s e k now a# w o rk' and let you put te % y o u rse lf. Caterp illar Tracto r Co., P e o ria , ifl^ ^ is , ll> S. A. R E G U S . P> A D I E___ S- E.___ L m 500 E x g in e e r ix g N ew s-R ecord, A p r il 4, iv jo IN WASHINGTON By Paul Wooton Washington Cotrespondent After an unusual amount of pulling and hauling the work-relief bill comes through with few additional limitations on the dis cretion of the President. The important thing is that $4,000,000,000 is about to be made available for the purpose of supply ing direct employment to 3,500,000 persons. Having learned its lesson front past experi ence with public works, the Administration is prepared to do whatever is necessary to attain velocity in the expenditure of this great sum. It realizes that if the pump is to be primed the handle must be worked vigorously. Unexpectedly strong opposition has arisen to the proposal of the Chief of Engi neers and the Mississippi River Commission to divert excess Mississippi River flood waters at Eudora in northeastern Louisi ana. Land owners and the parishes involved have acquainted the Flood Control Com mittee of the House that they will resist to the last legal ditch any such use of their lands. Testifying before the Flood Control Committee of the House, Chief of Engi neers Edward M. Markam revealed that the proposed west bank diversion from the Mississippi at Eudora, La., would be con structed so as to carry as much as 1,500,000 second-feet in the event of a super flood. The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to dismiss the suit brought by the state of Nebraska against the State of Wyoming as requested by Wyoming. The suit involves the ascertainment of the equi table apportionment of the waters of the North Platte River as between the two states. An injunction against further use of water for the Casper-Alcova and Semi nole reservoir projects is sought. President Acts to Offset Let-Down in Code Operations In a letter to Donald Richberg, chairman of the National Industrial Recovery Board, President Roosevelt on March 26 requested that the full power of N R A be exerted to obtain compliance with code requirements. Asserting that there is no excuse whatso ever,.,ajfc the present time for members of industry who have sponsored and are sub ject to these codes not to give them whole hearted support, he called upon the Depart ment of Justice to take prompt and vigorous action to prevent or punish violations. In an effort to halt the very noticeable let down in industry cooperation and compli ance as a result of the uncertainty as to extension of the Recovery Act, the Presi dent also suggested that the Recovery Board bring the facts of this situation to the attention of Congress so that it may understand the importance of accelerating action on its decisions. State Recovery Acts The uncertainty of court decisions as to the constitutionality of certain p rovision s of the Recovery Act, and therefore of the codes of fair competition, brought about a program to have the several states of the Union enact state N R A acts that would regulate intra-state activities should the national act be declared ineffective in some respects. The latest reports indicate that 16 states now have recovery acts parallcl- iing the national act. as follows: C alifo rn ia Colorado Idaho Illin o is Indiana Move M exico New York Ohio Oregon Souili Carolina Utah V irg in ia W ashington West Virginia W isconsin W yom ing Four others have passed legislation to aid the operation of the N IR A , but without complete enforcement laws, three of which suspended the state anti-trust laws. A state act in New Jersey was abolished by the Governor last fall, but a new bill has been introduced into the present session of legis lature. Bills also have been introduced into the legislatures of 22 other states. It is specified in the model draft for state \ rR A acts that invitations to bidders shall contain a provision to the effect that no bid shall be considered unless accompanied by a compliance certificate executed by the bidder. This provision is similar to the content of Executive Order No. 6646 issued by President Roosevelt on March 14, 1934, under which similar certificates are required on projects employing federal funds, but omits the provision in this executive order whereunder contracts already awarded may be cancelled when noncompliance with ap plicable codes is proven. Delaware County Roads Transferred to State Effective July 1 all county roadways and bridges in the State of Delaware will be transferred from the Levy Court Commis sions to the State Highway Department. A t the same time the Levy Courts will dis continue the levying and collection of taxes for county road purposes. Another Damage Suit Begun O v.; Abandoned San Gabriel Darn The contractor? on the r.'.'f.r.ecr,e i 0 ,r Gabriel Dam of the Los .-frec-ie- FT: 1 Control District. F isner-Rc;$--,acD e ra ... & Kahn, Inc., oil March 20, nitd s cV :r for S4,290.459 against the distr-.c:. 7 ne suit is a counter-claim to the chstnci -: against the contractor for 5830.766. t.:-_ amount of the district' settlement -etc the contractor following the abandonment oi the work, plus $1,846,167. the amount paici the contractor for excavation work (E X R . Sept. 14, 1933, p. 332). J. Waldo Smith To Be Honored By Tablet at Ashokan Reservoir The tower on Winched Hill at Ashokan Reservoir 30 ft. square and 40 ft. high, originally built as a triangulation tower of concrete masonry faced with native blue stone, is to be reconstructed and desig nated as the J . Waldo Smith Memorial Tower. The project is being carried out by Mr. Smith's friends with the coopera tion of the Department of W ater Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York. A large panel of stone suitably framed with like material is to be placed on the southwest face of the tower, and the small tablet now on the face of the tower giving the names of the chief engineers and of the consulting engineers is to be moved to the opposite face. The work is estimated to cost about $5,000, including the cost of maintenance. Friends who wish to par ticipate are asked to send their remittances to John M. Carroll, Room 1104, 346 Broad way, New Y ork City. North Carolina and New York Include Silicosis in Compensation Acts SIL IC O S IS and other occupational^ dis eases were made compensable in North Carolina and New Y ork by amendments to the State Workmen's Compensation Act passed recently by the legislature. A New Y ork amendment which becomes effective September 1, 1935, includes "all occupa tional diseases." It does not apply to any case of occupational disease in which the last injurious exposure to the hazard of the disease occurred prior to September 1, 1935. There is no statement in the act defining an occupational disease, nor does it contain any provision for determining the degree of disability or responsibility. The New York legislature also passed a bill designed to eliminate medical abuses in workmen's compensation cases. This new law provides that an injured employee, and not his employer, has a right to select his physician. The Industrial Commis sioner is directed to establish a schedule of minimum charges and fees for such medical treatment and care. The bill also provides for licensing of compensation medical bureaus and the revocation of a license if the bureau resorts to corrupt or unethical practices. The North Carolina amendment now in effect makes definite provision for the de termination of the degree of disability suffered by an employee afflicted by any one or more of 25 occupational diseases specifically named. Silicosis and asbesto- sis are included in this list. Features of the amendment are abstracted in the fol lowing : N o compensation is payable for asbes- tosis or silicosis if the employee, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represented himself in writing as not having previously been disabled or laid off because of asbestosis or silicosis. Compensation ^ is payable only in the event of becoming actually incapacitated, because of an occu pational disease, from performing normal labor in the last occupation in which remuneratively employed. The provisions of the act apply only to cases of occupational disease in which the last exposure in an occupation subject to the hazards of such disease occurred on or after the effective date. In any case where compensation is payable for an occupa tional disease, the employer in whose em ployment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease, and the insurance carrier, if any, which was on the risk when the employee was so last exposed are liable. _ An employer is not liable for any com pensation for ait occupational disease un less disablement or death results within three years after the last exposure to such disease, or in case of death, unless death follows continuous disability from such E ngineering N ew s-R ecord, A pril 4, 1935 501 disease, commencing within the period of three years, and results within seven years after such last exposure. When authorized by the Industrial Com mission after consulting- with the Advisory Medical Committee, the employer must provide reasonable medical or other treat ment for such time as in the judgment of the Industrial Commission _will tend to lessen the period of disability or provide needed relief, not to exceed a period of three years nor a cost of more than $334 in any one year. The Industrial Commission will desig nate by order each industry found subject to any such hazard of silicosis or asbestosis and will notify the employer therein and compulsory examination of employees and prospective employees will be required. The Industrial Commission will make in spections of employment and keep a record of all employment subjecting employees to the hazards of silicosis or asbestosis and will notify the employer in any case where such hazards exist. Where an employee, though not actually disabled, is found to be affected by as bestosis or silicosis and if such employee would be benefited by changing occupation, and if the disease has progressed to such a degree as to make it hazardous for the employee to continue in his employment, he will he paid compensation as for a tem porary total or partial disability as the case may be, until he can obtain employ ment in some other occupation, compensa tion being limited to 20 weeks for an employee without dependents and 40 weeks for an employee with dependents. I f the forced change of occupation requires that the employee be given special training in order to properly readjust himself, he will be paid for such training and incidental traveling and living expenses up to $300 for an employee without dependents, and $500 in the case of employee with de pendents. I f an employee has been com pensated for an occupational disease and thereafter engages in any occupation which exposes him to the hazards of silicosis or asbestosis without obtaining the written approval of the Industrial Commission, he forfeits all right to future compensation. Silicosis is defined as the characteristic fibrotic condition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of dust of silica or silicate. Asbestosis is a characteristic fibrotic con dition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of asbestos dust. ' Compensation will not be payable for silicosis or asbestosis unless the employee has been exposed to the inhalation of dust of silica or silicate or asbestos dust in the employment for a period of not less than two years in the state, provided no part of such - period of two years was more than ten years prior to the last ex posure. In case of disablement or death from silicosis and of asbestosis, compli cated with tuberculosis of the lungs, com pensation is payable as provided, except that the rate of payment may be reduced one-sixth. The amendment provides for definite notification of the Industrial Commission cases of manifestation of silicosis or asbestosis cr death resulting therefrom, and aiso provides for inspection and ex amination. The inspections and examinat.cus will be paid for out of a general fund, excepting that if sufficient funds are ..ot available, employers will he liable to :-sses=ment. New Maryland Law Authorizes Chesapeake Bay Bridge The Maryland legislature on March 29 passed a measure authorizing the construc tion of a bridge from a point near Balti more City across Chesapeake Bay to the eastern shore. The measure provides for a commission of three men who will be em powered to borrow $11,720,000 with which to purchase the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co. and construct the bridge. Any borrow ings of the commission shall not create or constitute an indebtedness of the state of Maryland or any political subdivision, but only of the bridge authority, according to the law. Whether the bridge is built or not, the commission is authorized to acquire the ferry company for $1,200,000 in 15-year 3 per cent bonds. Henry C. Meyer, Founder of Engineering Record, Dies Henry C. Meyer, founder of one of the papers combined in 1917 to form Engineer ing News-Record, died at his home in Montclair, N. J ., on March 27, age 91 years. Mr. Meyer was born in New Y ork City m 1844, studied in private schools and after distinguished service in the Civil W ar, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, being discharged for dis ability, returned to New Y ork and entered the employ of the New York Shot & Lead Co., manufacturers of shot and lead pipes. Subsequently he went into business for him self, organizing the firm of Henry C. Meyer Co., dealers in plumbing supplies. Mr. Meyer's contact with the field of house sanitation so impressed him with the lack of fundamental information on that and allied questions of public health and sanitation that in 1877 he established the Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, a monthly magazine for the publication o f information on sanitary matters and to serve as a forum for their discussion. Charles F . Wingate, a newspaper man, was appointed editor, and such men a s John S . Billings, president of the National Board of Health, Prof. Charles F . Chandler of Columbia University, Jam es J . R. Croes, hydraulic engineer, Prof. Henry Morton, president of Stevens Insti tute, and Col. George E. W aring, Jr., were called upon as contributors. Tenement house problem attacked One of the first problems that Mr. Meyer attacked vigorously through the new paper was the tenement-house condition in New Y ork City. Through the cooperation of sanitary engineers a competition in tene ment-house design directed toward elimina tion of the then existing evils was arranged. The competition received wide attention in the newspapers and resulted in an agitation for an improvement in conditions that cul minated in the New Y ork State tenementhouse act of 1879. Similarly, the new journal undertook to improve the plumbing code of New York and Brooklyn, setting forth the fundamen tal requirements of such a code, and ulti mately brought about the adoption of a state law requiring buildings in New York City and Brooklyn to conform to such a code. Mr. Meyer also was active in devel opment of railway car heating by steam to eliminate the hazards of stoves. In- 1881 -Mr. Meyer himself assumed charge of the editorial direction of the paper and changed the name to Sanitary Engineer. Under his dose personal direc tion its scope was expanded, and in 1887 the name again was changed to the Engi neering and Building Record, and in 1890 to Engineering Record. Mr. Meyer continued in direct charge of the editorial policies of the paper until the late '90s. In 1902 Mr. Meyer, wishing to retire from active business, sold the paper to Jam es H. McGraw. In 1917 it was com bined with Engineering N ew s to form E n gineering N cws-Record. Supreme Court Will Hear Nebraska-Wyoming Dispute The U. S. Supreme Court, on April 1, declined to dismiss the action brought by the state of Nebraska " praying for ascer tainment of the equitable apportionment, as between the two states, of the waters of the North Platte River, and a decree to enforce compliance with the findings in that behalf." Wyoming had sought to have the action dismissed on several grounds including those that the state of Colorado and the Secretary of the Interior should be made parties to the action. The court holds ' that it is not necessary at this time to determine whether Colorado should be a party to the action but that on the face of the bill that state is not a necessary party. As to the Secretary of the Interior, the court states that his rights can rise no higher than those of Wyoming, that Wyo ming will stand in judgment for him as for any other appropriator in that state. The defendant is given 60 days in which to answer the bill of complaint. BERKELEY BRANCH OF APPROACH TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE First east approach arm to the San Fran- cisco-Oakland Bridge to be completed is the 1 pi-mile hydraulic fill along the waterfront north to Ashby Ave., Berkeley. Paving will be the next contract. Other arms will extend east to 38th and Market Sts. and south to 7th and Cypress St., Oakland. The north and south arms are also a part of a projected east shore highway to run from San Jose to Albany. In the foreground of the picture, the new fill turns west to connect with the fill which parallels the Key Route Mole to the East Bay bridge head. All of this fill was con structed by first excavating the soft mud to a depth of 5 to 20 ft. and then pumping in neatly 3,000,000 cu.yd. of sand. REVERSE BENDS LIKE THIS In the penthouse a sheave arrangement like this is necessary. AND STILL TRU-LAY PREFORMED IS GIVING SATISFACTORY SERVICE AFTER 2% YEARS Down in the pit, the valves are operated by the travel of Sheave " A" . AND THIS In one twenty-story building (Chicago) the elevator cable installation involves 19 sheaves with 10 reverse bends. And you know what reverse bends do to ordinary wire rope! It's one o f the hardest tests for wire rope in any service. Before Tru-Lay Preformed was put on the 12 cars in this building, the -preformed rope they used gave an average service of 15 months. Since they installed Tru-Lay Preformed, five years ago, not a single replace ment has been made. The Tru-Lay Preformed rop e o p e ra tin g the N o. 1 car (o v er 10 reverse bends) has been in continuous serv ice for over years, and at last inspection it looked good for another two years. This is just an example of what Tru-Lay Preformed will do for you. Just another case record that proves Tru-Lay Preformed to be the one serviceable, really economical wire rope. Let us tell you more about Tru-Lay Preform ed. Write for full particulars. lAC C O hi iM A M E R IC A N C A B LE C O M P A N Y , In c o r p o r a t e d , W ilkes-B arre, Pa. An Associate Company o f American Chain Company, Inc. `In Business fo r Your Safety" ,, ,, .... Denver, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia., Pittsburgh, H ouston, San Francisco P R E F O R M E D R O P E I S MA D E IN ALL G R A D E S , C O N S T R U C T I O N S , T Y P E S AN i , 19?5 -- Engineering A cies-Record BERKELEY CALIF '' M TIMKEN'= BEARINGS Engineering News-Record -- April 4,1935