The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12

THE SUPERVISING AND THE FOCAL
INSPECTORS OF THE SIXTH Dis
TRICT WILL INFORCE 1T. ..,,.Y ..4o
FTVHE FOLLOWING 5-ExTRACT
u from an Act of Congress- approved
July Is, 1866, and published for the inform
ationiof Supervising and Local Inspectors
of Steam boats and others, entitled" An
Act further to provide for the safety of the
lives of passengers on board of vessels pro-
pelIing In whole or IN part by steam, &c.
SEC & And 0s + f.ytbe : 15astca. rbsas one IS
or more additional .safety-vales of such
dimensions and arrangements as shall be
prescribed by the Board of Supervising In
spectors shall be placed on the boiler of
every steamer, and shall be, loaded TO a
pressure not exceeding two ~ pounds
above the working steam pressure allow
ed, and shall be secured by the Inspector
against the interference of all persons en-
gagged in the management of the vessel or
her machinery. ~ sraV tsr5S
At q meeting of the Supervising inspect
ors, held at Boston, Massachusetts, on the
of the Committee on Locked Safety Valves
sEcTIoN i. The locked safety valves shall
be of one Uniform size for all classes of
steamers, and it shall be of an area or i've
~ square inches, or in diameter 2l-40ths
of an inch.
SEC. 2lIn the employment of levers. the
distance from the center of the valve spin
die to the center of the first fuIcrum or
pivot, must be. at least ,two-thirds ca of
the diameter OF the opening covered b. the
SEC. 81 Levers and weights must be so
arranged as to leave sufficient room for
the valve weights to raise at least one
quarter of an inch. --s.t.. .YerA13 .sAH,l
SEC. 4 The inclosing case must be such
that neither the contained mechanism of
the valve can be interfered with from in
side oroutside of the boiler without Ger
tain detection, and must be supplied with
means by which the valve may be relieved
motion above specified as the minimum
allowable to test its operative condition,
SEC. 3. If the apparatus x so arranged
that the escaped steam blows through the
case which contains the weights and lev
ers, the pins upon which the levers vibrate
bolts used for attachment of working parts,
and all other parts the rusting of which
would impede the free action of the valve,
must be made Ofcomp0Sition.Y 9Es az
SEC. The discharge from the valve win
in no case be permitted in a manner which
of the escape opening must be at least |
equal to the opening given by the valves |
as herein prescribed.
SEC. z. Locked safety-Valyes must when |
practicable, be placed upon the boilers in /
q position to be easily seen and readily ex-
SEC. :. No spring-loaded or piston valve |
VIII be accepted.
In conformity with the above act and |
the regulations adopted by the Board of 4
Supervising Inspectors for the Sixth Dis
trict of the United States, I have adopted /
the Coppin Locked Safety-Vafve. ~
Instructions have been given by me to /
the Local Inspectors of the Sixth Di, trict |
to requirea the "Coppln Locked Safety
Valve (Which was approved by seven out
Of nine OF the aforesaid Board) to be placed
upon the boilers of all steamers after the
hrss day of August, 1866. 1t is further ex-
pected that all owners, captains, and others
steamboats, viii at once apply to
the Local inspector for information per-
aiming to the speedy application of the
Coppin Locked Safety Valve, in obedience
TO the law, &c. IMAM hSttfffA
fta4 tSignedl j. ". GUTHRIE,
Supervising Inspector Steamboats,,
L..a Sixth District |