New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-03

and elegant Pauline Carroll, fer New Orleans, will
leave Cairo this evening on arrival OF the trian.
| Nh Hogue presdes in the Office.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE INsPRGPoRS-LHE
| LOCKED SAFETY VALVE ADOPTED.-Ihe board OF
! supervising inspectors met at Boston last week,
! by q special cali to transact some important bust
| ness. Mr. Witzig, supervising inspector OF inns
| district returned home last evening, ana mas
kindly furnished US with the following reperI OF
| the committee on locked safety valves, which
| every boat will hereafter be compelled to carry,
it having passed the board of inspectors, and be
| comes a law
section L. The locked safety valves shall be uni
form in size for all classes o: steamers. and 1t small
be of an area of five square incAes, or i'll diameter
| 2 2l-I0 Of an luCh.
SEC. 2. In the employment of levers, the dis
lance from the center OF the valve spindle to the
center Of the first fulcrun, or pivot must be at
! least Uwo-thjrd9 of the diameter of the opening
| covered by the valves.
sEc. s. Levers and weights must be so arranged
as to leave sufficient room for the valve to raise at
| least one quarter of an inch.
! SEC. 4. The inClO5ilg case must be such that
neither the contained mechanism OF valve can be
mterfered with either from inside or outside oil the
boilers, without certain detection; ana must pc
| supplied with means by which the waive may be
relieved of its load at pleasure, with an amount OF
motion above specified as the minimum allowable,
I to test it's operative condition.
| SEC .. If the apparatus IS so arranged tnut lle
! escape steam blows through the case which CON
| tains the weights and levers, the pins upon when
! t6c levers yibrate, bolts used for attachment of
working parts and all other parts the rusting Of
which would hinder or impede the free action OF
| the valve must he made OF composition.
| SEC 6. The discharge from the valve will in no
case be permitted in manner which would CON
| cpoi ifs oneroti0n. and the area of he escape
! opening must be at least equal to the opening
| giyen nv fine valves as herein prescribed.
: SEC I. Locked safety valves must when Practi-
! cable be placed upon the boiler in position to
he eo,lv snen and readily examined.
SEC, s, No spring loaded or piston valve will be
accented
SEQ. 9, The arrangements of locked safety valves
on boriers NH be- lit same as required on the
ordinary saFaty yaJyes. SO that the possibility
sb9ll MT axist through the Introduction OF shut
| nf valves nf any bGiIar being deprived of com
| n,nniration with either
Peso1rsd. That in conformity with the regula.
tioIs adonted this dav for the government of lock
my o saeT yoyes each sup us inspector ol
HI raensn4va 5isrint il hereby intructed to adopt
such pisn or plans Of valve or valves rs he shall
aaer, ,Sronor AZ carry into effect the determine
~ h7 in r3srard n +La same ana tbat
All steamers insnected alter the first day of Au
,,sf I,azF f. in fha onfpion of The supervising in
snsc lsAs a " G 9Po ban an be- as Teady Com
f$ad y,,ifb and ali pgnected steamers shall comply
PfG s Mp aG an ON or before the first Iay
kRIll, L2oL' r-,.5 yrr,I-L 1o,,o, a. n , 4, n,
LLs II 4 Fonnatts CastIe for the benefit
Az AZ e Snntbsrn RaIiaf Assori9tion. Can't, Tom
Franz commando with MI, Frank Graham in tn,
offina 1ba names of these two gentlemen will b(
/ snficien1 II droyy 1 fnli crowd.
Cant, Jos, BRYAN saws he can now accommo
dafa aii his friends With the time, !" as Charlie,
Warner on Friday evening presented him with
y,atrh in Ier II H. onn s2oien Oh Tuesday night
The Henry Ames arrived Mt II o'clock last night
ana aftar discbaroinr 7O0 sacks corn and 800 bar
res Of flour, deDarted for New Orleans. Anon.
I'LL nasseS ears was General Frank Blair, bount
down the river.
MA Ssliia list nassed down before dayligh
without landing or ringing bell, as if she wer,
rnnninr i battery Her Officers feared an attach
men+ lar cotton lost in the yicksburg trade, AM
for which yjnson Il Donahue were bondsmen
The Continental bad a big freight and passenge
trade 10 which considerable additions were mad
bv orr friend Bob Gibson at the wharfbo ThC
detention Of the Continental was caused b.
gronndipr at plum Point, where she remained
EIGHT bouTs,
THE David White. from New Orleans, passed vi
bafore daylight for st. Louis. with a moderate
freight. The Nick Longworth, also from New
Orleans, was hourly expected last night.
, The Olive Branch, from New Orleans to St
Louis, is due here, and will probably pass up TIL
,.5 The louisville is loading at Cairo for New Or