The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-03

SrKAb sonEs EXPLOSIONS, No. Alt has happened thst
boiler explosions have occurred within tbs ast
sOa western and southern rivers with most disas
troas results 10 life and property and all Of them, OF course
under the protection Of the fusble alloy Among them
the steamer Metropolis at Pomroy Ohio March ~, BY
which persons scalded 10 death the steamer Ala
bama March 10, at the mouth OF Bayon Pierre Red river
by which almost every board more or less in
ured, and several killed outright the steamer Cuba
the Alabama river April u.s. BY which sewers. lives
lost and tbs steamer sunk Three Others have occurred the
records Of which have at this moment At hand having
loaned them 10 friend in this city. Now, had these boats
been provided with BREEDERS safety guard" under
take to say that this destruction Of life and property
ooad not have occurred, for the contingencies Of too
great accumulation of and scarcity OF in the
boilers are alike geeay and CERTAINLY guarded against
These not idle assertions for al speak what do
know, and free say that the leading object have
in view in making these publications is to induce honorable
members Of Congress TO investigate this subject for them
selves that the truth and Ut assertions be
put to the test IT. upon such nvestg ation my apparatus
should fail to vndcats ITSELF then content that it
should take its place in the list of to which
slider the }usits alloy and fire substitute alike properly
belong.
To show that unsupported in the claims which
put forward for Breeders safety guard append the fol-
lowing resolution of the Nashville Steamboat Engineer
caton No. s. and which unanimously passed at their
meeting held Nashville Tennessee few months SINCE
together with editorial remarks by the editor OF the
Memphis Appeal;
Rssdsr's Safety Guard.
At meeting Of the Nashville Steamboat Engineer Assoc
catisu they the following resolution concerning
the steam safety guard:
RESOLVED, That the guard and valve of j. NJ Reed
bation we every in its certainty
excessive from steam dcgnated point there
with equal certainty detect low and explosion
collapse from the named Should the valve Be used
without the atachmeDts feel hessncy in pronouncng
it the have use completely
the objections urged against the ordinary valve in
The above resolution entire
association thus giving high evidence Of the caims Of the in
vention upon the public.
If indeed be practicable to dsarm steam Of its to
do mischief while its capacity for good wholly preserved
the convance that will do must be regarded not only
wonder but blessing Mr. Reeder thinks he has accom-
phed th purpose and that opinion backed by the intel
ligcnt and scientific
also have in my possession resolution passed by the Lou
ve Association Of Engineers Of the TENOR and equally
strong its expressions the merits Of my guard.
committee of this association gave my apparatus most
minute and prolonged examination, which resulted in the
strongest conviction Of its great utility.
also have with subject to inspection, paper bearing
the signatures Of hundred pilots captains and
gnesrs, engaged steamboats, the Mississippi river who
have witnessed the operation Of guard all tesynR in
the most unqualified terms to the effect. Surely the
testimony of like these intelligent and dis
interested should be sufficient to induce Congress to consider
whether the great object ii has in vewvz the prevention
Of not be best attained by the
incorporation into the BILL about to receive i consd
erston provision requiring tho adoption Of guard by all
vesels propelled in whole in part by steam The mere
expense such adoption have before remarked would
reimbursed less than year the boats which II
might be placed in the matter OF insurance. fuel and labor
reducing the whole question to the simple proposition Of the
relative Importance of the lives and limbs Of boatload Of
passengers the invesment for year. Of the cost Of
guard the propreors Of the boat whose property
time protected by the sleepless vigilance of
% Reeder's Safety Guard"
Very respectfully,
JOHN N. REEDER,
400 Penn. avenue, Third street.