Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-05

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0 stronger than adray mule. We eonQrai
ulate Thompson aud Durf On their mar
! row escape.
An Irish sailor once visited a cit
Z where, he said, they copper-bottouss
the tops Of their hoases with sheet-Iaad ;
On Saturday last az Cincinnati. Cant
crane sold three-fOurths of the Alice v
! 70 Capts. A. and Oscar B. jolly and Cant
j.. Yves. Black, at the rate Of SfIlOO Ia
the boat. We believe IL IL the Intention
Of the owners 10 run her regularly in the
New Orleans trade. Capt. John Jolly
commands.
A Cincinnati paper has the following
TREASURY -DEPARTNEST, March q. 1877
Dear Sir: I have just received your
communication OF the 38th inst. IN re-
gard to the use OF safety valves on he
Mississippi and OhiO rivers.
From the tenor Of your letter Il would
seem that my suspici0nsar are to some
extent confirmed. Inspectors OF boilers
on those rivers seem TO be lending them
selves to the creation offs monopoly. To
this / am religiOusly opposed, and will
neither sanction nor allow the adoption
Of any one valve 70 the exclusion OF
others equally reliable, If such there be-.
/ conceive II to be the duty Of
the Inspectors to protect steamboat
owners from imposition BY the makers
OF valves especially when such inspec-
tors conceive it to be their duty TO re-
quire the use Of a certein valve by reason
OF its aseertained superiority. Mind you,
! am arguing here on the ground
that the valves adopted in any district
are the very best that can be procured.
| purpose to have this subject thoroughly
and completely ventilated in New York.
at the meeting to be there held in April
next. There will be an opportunity for
inventors to come into wholesome com
petition with each other, and I trust il
will crush that baneful thing-mOnODoly.
| am glad you have put yourself In com
mnnicatiOn with me upon this subject.
as IL is a matter Of much importance.
and one which Intend to sound TO the
bottom, unless it be beyond the reach Of
q deep sea a Truly, NJ. NJ. NEW.
Benz. Crawford, Special Ag't., Treasury,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
We learn from Capt. Warden, local
inspector at this port, that the manufac-
tuTers OF the America valve have re-
dueed its price some SIS. The present
cost of this valve is $50. . Boat owners
can employ whoever they choose to put
it on.
The Bulletin, Of New Orleans, makes
the following very loose correction Of a
SANDER which IL says was circulated
about the officers of the Palmer, It will
take more than the assertion OF a re-
porter to disabnse the minds Of our peo-
pie about this sO-called SANDER -
The statement made by an exchange
that the crew Of the Geo. ID. Palmer
plundered the wreck Of the staamer Mer-
curry is without a shadow OF foundation.
The Geo. D. Palmer went TO the assis-
lance of the Inflated steamer, saved her
passengers, officers and crew, and after
wards, at the urgent request Of her COM
mander, Capt. Dickinson, returned TO
the wreck 70 save what cotton remained. |
While there, the crew Of the Mercury
fell to pilfering the boat, and the officers
of the Palmer, deeming such conduct /
outrageous, ordered them to desist. The
public, while readily agpreciating the
services OF the Palmer in this matter,
will not fail to exOneFate her officers
from the unjust and %ungrateful imputa-
ton thus gratuitOusly cast upon them.
A river man at Cairo made an effort TO
shoot n Of the judges of election at that
place OF Tuesday because the latter
would not allow the web-footed chap to
vote.
The Louisville Democrat Of the Cd
says The river at this point came to a
stand last evening, with 8 feet 10 inches
water in the canal and 8 feet 10 inches on
the rocks on the falls. This shows q de-
cline in the past As hours of of a foot at I
the head of the canal, or falling Z foot 4
and a half at Portland. The heavy rain
has checked the fail, and, though it
will cause ne rise of consequences, it will
prevent the river from falling for, per-
haps, t~wenty-fOur hours. The weather
clear and pleasant,
The magnincenT and regal packet
hiehmOrS, which leaves Louisville on
Saturday next and viii be here on Tues
day, Is the themeOf conversation In river
circles at this time. Her cabins are all
that taste, ample NEAR and q determi-
nation to exceed everything yet built
can make them, but her great merit is
her entire safety. A traveller can retire
to his luxurious stateroOm with the firm
conviction that he is as safe from explo-
sion as il at his W ireside. In fact, he
would be safer than most married
men ara said to be as home,
The machinery Of the Richmond is her
distinctive characteristic, as compared
with other passenger packets on our
western rivers. All her other great and
good qualities are intellectually enhanced
when combined with the first pre-
requisite-safety from explosion. In thia
respect she is on a perfect s9Uaiity with
the eastern and Atlantic steamers, pos
9essing, however, a very decided advan-
tage over them. They have but one low
pressure engine and cylinder, while the
has two. She has one
for each wateFwheel, and
they are the mogt powerful on the
waters, possessing each the
power Of 1000 horses. They are the
engines ever built in the west.
being 60 inches IN diameter, with 10 feet
of stroke. The w~ater-Wheel
shafts are of wrought iron, each Il
in diameter in the maia Journal,
and were made 81 West Point, New
York. The pIgIaaHs are also made Of
wrought iron, aud are of unusual size
and strength, al Of which is required TO
WELD her immense wateT-wheels, each
Of which are ~ feet in diameter, the
in the west. She has 20 arms in
each wheel, and the BUCKETS are 80
deep, and "a feet in length.
1t - vel known thst the frequency of
the explosions Of steamers on the west
srn waters, by which hundreds Of lives
and vast amounts of property were
sacrificed, led.tO the adoptian Of
the Steamboat law taken from the
action of q convention held in this city.
IN the opinion Of the people the high
pressure Of steam was the chief cause Of
these disasters, and the power, or weight,
Of steam allowed to the boilers was reg
ulated by act of congress, and Inspectors
appointed. Since that period, however.
we regret to state, eEplosiOns have been
about az frequent and as fatal rs ever,
probably the explosions, in COM
with the increased number OF
boats in commission, are in q less ratio
han before. The persistent use of high
pressure machinery - the prolific
Of troubles, the low pres ;
Iure engines being too costly for
usually short lived steamer.
The comparative merits of the high and
pressure engines on our western
steamers have been subjects of consider
among boatmen for some time.
As regards safety. It is a question of no
manner Of doubt, as it is universally con-
that low pressure boats are not
,nly safe but the boilers cannot explode,
ls they are never submitted to a strain
)r pressure of over One-tentn their
There can be no argument on
point, as the strain in a high
PRESSURE boiler is about $50 pounds to the
quare inch, or ranging from 70 pounds
o $50 pounds, which naturally impairs
strains the iron rivets to their
tension. In a low pressure boiler
he steam varies from 10 to 40 pounds to
he square inch, and never higher.
apt. Sam Shock is her passenger agent
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