The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-28

81 and the sssos 10 killed il not worth While q hdd
vs.on; % certain, therefore Mr.. Dc Laos ossreoty
rapid that eas had ss 70 notice The Hitting Of ths
safety valve. which u toe facl 10 Of OK
paid merely oorroDora.vs o. shs evidences q supsr
heated steam which existed beyond and above that
sscspS sSS bird sss.ns .asnso such a ~. now en-
loysd "a tbe n.vyf A. certainly do mott nor 40 con.
slider that orgsazsou safe In tho sense 10 Which tnas
osissvs that the ss'' iand. an experience
and Thoughtful man people would mot 30 killed
Ssr. s q o Sssss s.1 i. n
By anybody on any side Of the question: when tho figures
sss .s .10o % ina, - = v
minutes 70 gss low water and become dangorous the
same sors Of vigilance about thai orsaoaxa
tiou ~ s required IN walking through powder mgxxtno
saw others running. and then said that man carried
who running the s0sns during her ninsty hours
trial ~ tho dock the Opinions which give % the
ana put IN writing before accident happened thas
am MT witness after The fact, and thus founded
% ss wons sowy & sSs SU than
nine turns minute, water cas out Of these boilers %
:Oca TIN. man bad 2 stand guard cons.sa
cylinder: then took the drawing and measured bow
much water .has was, and mere . shas drawing, Shse
enough 10 strike tho plson, the total amount u 90
a.S e ny H..
engine requires only about nine pounds o. water ~
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steam turn, and could not how that was sae
operation way that could BE- used the snd
and cubic feet u tho upper end 10
eleven and eight esvenths cubic feet; At the Morgan
Works the piston driven tho sixteenth Of an inch
the piston rod By fetching up solid water agree
however that there engines vastly larger that have
alter the fact about the engines: second. these
engines have feei pump nine inches 10 diameter and
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take. In steam only and yet that pump could nos
suppy the water which the sugnse worked overheard
hand the indicator diagram q Tho PAwtucket. on
which che figures are 70 ne SEEN made By ong bscrs
how much water In the shape Of steam the engine usea
just pint CUP win measure the contents Of peIi
proved ana BY comparing the two Is reduced 70 per-
feet certainty how much steam these boilers made and
indicator diagram Of the Cnsnaugo has also proved
before you and her COAL Ia the there only
orss sn@ o cns q S Ss
ranged ). with steam room enough and shimnsy..
claimed Tor thorn; tho difference In heat was used
up in the water which the engine worked
revolution take that heat this you SEQ,
agrees also with tho other fact which has been proved
supply the boilers: bore tho difference appears be-
tween the win boiler In the Colorado and her class
brOOkIy0s
water only about eighteen inches above tho level Of
the and When THIS na action Which has been a.
rushing up Of water through these tubes Is but short
distance to 60 to throw that water over TO the dry pipe
whereas In the Colorado and her GLASS; thee nearly six
above the OF the tubes and under the SHE'LL
there IL chimney Of two snd half feet above that from
which the Is drawn aud therefore the difference 10
two results this drawing Of the Coorados boilers
show pencil marks made by me long before this expo
Il fhA nd ikH
OF the pipes, making each one sort OF SQUIRT gun
whereas nths boiler, Is arranged By s inventor, Mr.
Montgomery there s reflector plato shove the furnace
which prevents tho steam from the crown-sheets from
using those tubes 70 squirt through.
put the boilers OF tho ble-endersS Yes, they
could and that would make them safe would require
Somery and that would spoil the game; ssoshsr fac.
which shows tho danger s this these boats about
nine hundred toms and they have two hundred square
Sound; you have heard th.t, burning ) hne are on
going between eigh. and sine knots an hour.
whereas thsse big boats, almost twice their size,
mense power Of thas combustion has got 70 be used
somevhere II certainly does not drive the boat and
only used % pump ID: water right ont q the boilers: and
70 produce oeronsrs inquest win give you one com.
the very day astsr this disaster ran The engines Of
another ship called tho Orr6ame che track
e. ri
would SINK che chsDanso; she hes only one hundred
:asns :: ss Sc ran With r. III sSs way o
the bar eleven knots an hour Sssinn.g Win fsssn
twenty two-whis this vessel, drawing less than nine
feet burning twioe The amount Of cost carrying steam
knot. an hour propose q show You that these defects
In shsse boilers wen known and recognized BY the
few mooshs shs Engineer inchief. under authority,
stated In bis book Of the Navy Department published
volume 10 Which csrssin statements are made the sub
work water badly, and that In such superhcat
Ing apparatus will 70 certain sxteus. remedy that do
tho use OF saperhcassd steam with bad boilers"
Some OF which objections stated. tho concluding
she complicate system OF valves thereby entacd for
provision must be made for shutting on at moments
SSsaSs this publication s u.s.
GER and the reasons for s uss they have applied this
superheating apparatus already 70 one Of their double
Of orders 70 apply this dangerous
Of these boilers, and shows three hundred
trying to have cashed Ia Wall street.
g BY Jaror.would nc /. supernsssing apps-
CINE, tend 10 dry she steam and avoid the
dangers q eEploeions a: think Z. would not
, .vs D,a the r., q but w0d
heated steam, which, whom tho engine was stopped,
would make hot paos create eIpIosion whsn you
prove the speed Of the DO bull would not diminish the
prob ,bliy Of working water from the boiler because
the water 10 worked from the boiler simply In conse
quence Of the draught OF from this boiler In con
junction with the malcenstrucion OF the boiler and
when the water starts from the boiler you do
whether twill be pumped through engine or heated
In super heater; the difficulty Is not In the way the
steam n used but In the fact that there draft the
boilers which the water 70 tMm the danger
knocking out the cylinder heads WI bc Diminished. but
there Is substituted for additional danger which
this book properly describes, and IL only the substi
tuition Of one disease for another when there
sity for either.
Question by the CoronerAre the brsccs In the boiler
made according TO Specifications A. Tho Specifications
prescribe tue manner In which, and n substance the
number u braces which shall DO Fixed 10 the
top OF the boiler, and gives the Of the iron,
which ID 10 support the roof but docs prescribe the
manner or number OF ugs which 20 the oppo
ste ends OF these suspension braces, but requires that
the boiler shall be % braced N stand cold water
pressure OF sixty pounds, leaving 70 the discretion Of
the builder and to the orders Of the superntendng
Einccr II the work how the braces shall BE- secured at
their lower ends In this appears that thirtytwo
Jugs were used 70 hold sixty four suspenders which