New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-20
steamboat Inspection.

To- s Eii,1r y Tis Tr5uuss
The perlsa Of this Thrilling account OF the sas-
rous voyage ofthc propeller HEtfrf which appeared
In your valuable jourB.i q sat-rlsy recalled WITH
vivid freshness a scene q similar Interest through
witch the writer passed In almost lie sane part Of the
Gull Stream ia D1e lisa. board the soip Albanian
which iOuaiersi. alter being literally torn TO pieces
r'e OF wind which ragged fcr three successive days
With niescTi5sbls fsry. on ,ha; occasion AFTER The
cessation Of the storm the sEi passengers found
Themselves on a siu rg ship with DO mCsns Of relief
boats too rs o. hsnx thcr without the sustaining
aid of the water ia which hey toafed. sti served,
contrary 10 al expectation - keep u si5si uuil We
were picked up cy another vessel ne writer's eNpe
renee on that OCCASION sud the intense suf'rincs
which endured from anxiety AM cold forced a..
him The conviction that NJ ship ought cv,r e per
mit-d o. 20 O. without thorough qcctioL ty
competent men of hcr hul safis snc bo7's ari th,i
each vessel n, O. be pee o. carry HE to'f for
every ccn persons board ID may safely be rmct
hat a, least ore bali OF the ss % lie on the ocean
salts from the imperfect qlPmcntof tie vessels 70 our
lives rad beer nst 10 would have been soil Chargcatc
the utterly worthless boats with Vhich q Sly
furnished aud hsi ste been properly found in sails q
prubst e that reslT. 10 the Justs would have been
unnecessary We trlst that there will be legislation on
the iu portlrt subject tat there may q least Dee
some legal restraint upon chip owners who acsnQHl
ice 10 moral 90 sAion. sni esiimsts humsn ire By
dollars ID regard 10 ge1nbonis, however there 10 no
good reason why the public should D. exposed % sl-h
ccesssry rex ~ encountered n The Hartford
By slaw Of the United Sta.cs the hull ard machinery
~ every Eiesmb0st must b. cNsmired 40 east once
year oy Inspectors appointed hy The Supreme Court
for which simple les are provided ln tAis District se
have two Inspectors, men Of known character alt exc
percucc since their appointment we 90 not recoect
gle instance In which the lives of Pssssr gers have
BEEN sacrificed OF endangered
Bot the case of the Hartford seems 20 be an oScep
ton the rule aud % there has been any neglect on
the part Of the Inspectors u doog their duty the pub
c ought % hold them o. si.ct account We know of
puJic Office which imposes more fearful response
billy, thar the one they rl. or which requires more
unbeuding integrity and rigid scrutiny IN ts d'caarss
Tn community has constituted them th' guardians NJ
human life and one scl of difference or carciessr.s ~
their part may resuit iu the loss 90 hundreds H nu
man bcinss 10 seems % BE- generally conceded that
to- Hartford was uuscawu-hy. and t BE- on duo O.
special that sly a lel 20 narr4te The
fearful scenes through which she passed Io prevent
tie of similar accidents the public have
rght call upon the Inspectors for statement their
examination Of the Hartford. and Why she WAS PEI
United thus % angcr the lives and property oi con
hing psssc the writer trusts that through
your columns you will insist upon haFing proper and
Toll exp snaon. Past fidelity is excuse for present
negligence aud human liic is too precious, % east 90
those endangered o. BE- ,rfed wth, especi,y on tie
ocean where the risk IS always sufficiently 81, It, with
out supersding weak vessels ard imperfect machinery
such. at any rate, IS the experience Of
ONE WHO mas BEEN sHIrWRECKED.
New York March ~ 1870