The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-08
RIVER NEWS.

THE RIVER was rising very slowly
last night, with twenty-one feet water
The Hudson left for Cincinnati.
The fine passenger steamer c. E. Hill
man. leaves for Cincinnati this evening.
Capts. Sam. Mason and Theodore Fink
always make passengers feel at home.
We clip the following from the Gin
cinnati papers Of Thursday:
The Melnottc was yesterday sold by
the Sheriff To Capt. James Good, for
81. .45O, and afterwards put up by the
United States Marshal, and bought by
Capt. Henry U. Hart, for g $50. Capt.
Good also purchased the Melnotte's
barge for Si00.
on Tuesday night, as the Mail Line
Steamer United States was passing
Madison, bound for this city, she was
run into by the tow-boat Lake Eric
No. 3, tearing away her cook house, and
damaging the wheel OF the United
States. The United States laid up ut
Madison to repair. .s'-.a' -
The levee is lined with steamers,
while trade is comparatively dull at all
puIuts, ut ruuiously low rates. From
all the information We can gather, the
same state of affairs exists at st. Louis,
New Orleans, Nashville and everywhere
else.
Below will be found tho report of
the Committee of the Board of Super
yising Inspectors upon the subject of
"Iock Safety Valves" and also the rules
relating to the valves in question.
Rule 39.-Locked safety valves for
the boilers of the smallest steam vessels
shall in no case be less than two (2)
inches in diameter, and for large steam
ers shall be made of such dimensions rs
shall be deemed necessary by the super
vising inspector of the district necessa-
ry and proper for the boilers OF such
vessels Provided, that the steamers
navigating the Mississippi River or its
tributaries, shall be of the standard
area of five (5) square inches, viz, OF
two and twenty y-One fortieths u U4O)
inches in diameter.
Rule 40.-ln the employment oflevers
for locked safety valves, tho distance
from the center of the valve spindle To
the center of the first fulcrum or
pivot. must be at least two-thirds OF the
diameter of the opening covered by the
valve, and the levers and weights must
be so arranged rs To leave sufficient
room within the inclosing case, for the
valves to rise Mt least onc-eighth Of an
inch for each inch of its diameter.
Rule Il.-Thc case inclosing lock safe
ty-yalyes must he such that neither tho
contained mechanism or valve can be
interfered with, either from inside or
outside of the boiler, without certain
detection, and must I've supplied with
means by which the valve may be re-
licvcd of its load at pleasure, with M
amount of motion specified IN rule Tor
ty. as the minimum allowable, ~ Test
its operative condition.
Rule 42.-Locked safcty-valvcs must
be guided both above and below, so as
TO be brought directly 10 their seats
without being forced into position ny
the angle Of the valve face, and oil
valves must be made Of composition,
and the guides Of the spindle, If mad"
of iron, must be- pushed.
Rule i3.-lf the arrangement OF lock-
ed safrty-valvcs il such that the escape
steam blows through the case which
contains thN weights and levers, tho
pins upOn which the levers vibfate,
| bolt, used for attachment of working
parts. and all other parts the riisting VI
which would hinder or impede the iroe
action of the valve, must DC made Oh
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Rule 4i.-Lockcd safety valves must,
| when practicable, be placed upon the
boiler in n position 10 be- easily seen
and readily examined: aud the discharge
from the valve will in no case be per
mittcd in manner which would con-
ceal its operations; and the aren OF the
escape opening must be at least equal
to the opening given by the valve m
prescribed in Rnle 30.
Rule A2.-Thc arrangement Of locked
safety valves on boilers will bo the
Same as required for the ordinary safety
valves; 50 that the possibility shall not
exist, through the introduction Of shut
of valves, of any boiler being deprived
of communication with either, and no
spring loaded pistcn or balance valve
shall be accepted.
RULE iG.-Each supervising inspector
shall, for steamers inspected within his
own district, determine what plans oi
locked safety valve presented for his
approval shall be adopted c0nformnbly
with these general rules, aud as best
calculated to secure the objects OF the
law. and no such safety valve shall bc
accepted by any Local Inspector until
he shall have received from the Super
vising Inspector Of his district, In wri-
ting, his approval Of the plan Of same.