Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-08-07
Meeting Of Steam Boiler Owners.


~, 1869, when o. r. Baldwin, Of Morgan, was
chosen President, and A. J. Hatch, Of wSyne,
appointed Secretary.
On motion, the object " the meeting was
stated. aud the act relating 10 steam boilers,
passed May Z, 1909, read A letter ffom Hon.
w, NJ. Eames TO W. G. Howells, giving an ac-
count Of The passage Of the act, was then read
by Mr.. Howells, who also gave some account
Of the passegc Of q similar act in the State Of
New Jersey, and the failure Of all attempts 10
enforce II, and It's subsequent repeal
On motion Of Mr. Crosby, OF Ashtabuia, d
committee of five was chosen by the meeting
to report plan Of operations as follows. w.
&. Howclls, Of Jefferson, L. NJ. Crosby, Of Ash.
tabula, Edwin King, Of Lenox, A. c. Stevens,
of Sheffield, and T. P. Baker, Of Monroe.
This committee, after consultation, reported
these resolutions expressive Of the sense of the
meeting, and recommended the appointment
of an executive committee of FIVE, whose duty
il should be to receive the signatures of the
steam boiler owners 10 the following pledge,
to-wit;
WHEKEAs, an Act was passed by the last
General Assembly Of Ohio, entitled "An Act
relating TO the inspection Of Steam Boilers.
and for the better protection Of life and prop.
erty against accidents by Steam Boiler explo.
siOns" which subjects the owners of Steam
Boilers To great inconvenience and unnecessary
expense IN the use of their machinery; the
owners of Steam Boilers here assembled have
therefore
Resoired, That they fnd the Act in question,
tyranncal and'oppressive In its requirements
and impraciicable in operation, and hold il To
be their duty as citizens, to resist its execu-
ton. H.
Resolred, That we will not report any steam
boilers for inspection, as required by the second
section of said Act, and that we will defend at
law, before the proper tribunals our refusal TO
comply with the requirements of this act, hold.
ing the same to be unjust, oppressive and unc-
quail.
Resolred, That we believe the ninth section
of this Act is q provision for unjustly compel.
ing us to purchase the patent right of an in
vcniion of doubtful uiility-at great ex.
pense and interruption of our business, under
the nameo "low water indicator" for the
benefit Of interested parties, who have such
rights to SELL and so believing we will not pur.
Chase such indicators, nor attach them to our
boilers, since we do not know them to be reli-
able as Indicators, and are unwilling to sub.
jrct ourselves to the risks and dangers of using
them.
Resolred That the requirements of this Act
are imprpcticablc in that-they make it the
duty of one man to inspect several thousand
boilers eaeh year, of necessity in SO superficial
a manneras to be of no use, or to inspect
few and neglect all others, thus making the
whole matter OF inspection q farce so far as
boiler OWNERS and the public are concerned,
while it Is unjust, as being for the benefit of
those only, who have patent indicators" TO
sell.
Resolred That II is the duty of every good
a al. 4
bly, the absolute repeal of this ACT; and, be-
lieving that it will be so repealed, we pledge
ourselves by all lawful means TO resist its en-
furcement and il need be, test its validity be.
fore the courts.
ReSoLred That q committee of five be APP
pointed ly this meeting, and constituted an
executive committee to receive subscriptions
to fund to meet the costs incurred in defend
ing any butts that may be brought against
boiler owters, who may be prosecuted for nom
compliance with the requirements of said act
and that they be authorized to assess and col
lect, pro rata, from the subscribers tn such
fund, the sums necessary for such costs, and
have power to employ counsel and pay for the
same out ct such fund.
We, the undersigned owners of steam boil
ers in the county of Ashtabula, mutually pledge
ourselves /, pay to w. c. Howells, l.. NJ. Cros
by, Moses Nv. Beedc, Oliver Smith, and Jas. l..
, Osborn, an executive committee appointed by
the meeting of steam boiler owners, assembled
at Jefferson, on the goth day of July, 1859,
such sums as they may assess upon us, pro
rata, 10 meet the cost of defending any suit
that may bt brought against any subscriber to
the said flhd, for refusing 10 comply with the
| Requirements of the act relating to steam boil.
crs, passed May 7, 1869.
The rcso htions and the recommended pledge
were adopted, when w. G. Howels, of Jeffer-
son L. NJ. Crosby, of Ashtabula; Oliver Smith,
of Rome Moses W. Beede, of Lenox; and
JAS. L. Osbprn, of Andover, were chosen SAID
| Executive Committee.
Subscriptions were then received to the
pledge profided for i'll the last preceding reso-
luton, whea forty-onc owners of steam boilers
pledged themselves to this compact.
The folldlying resolution reported from the
committee, gave rise TO some discussion, from
an impression that the meeting was compron-
ising itself BY its adoption. On explanation
that it was an expression of opinion of the
man, and nSt the officer, the opposition was
with drawn when it was adopted.
Resolred, That while we hold this act to be
oppressive, ltyrannical and unjust, we enter
tain the highest personal respect for the gentle
men who h b been appointed inspector for this
district.
On motioi, it was resolved that the News
papers of tle county be requested to publish
these proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned sine de-.
G. +. BALDWIN.
A paper br taking the names of those who
use steam boilers and are disposed to sustain
this movemtnt, may be found at the office OF
Messrs. SEbMoUR, GIDDINGs & Co., in this
place.
The INJUNCTION case before Judge Jameson,
of the Supetior Court at Chicago, came up
for decision ON Tuesday last. and the premi-
scs involved were pretty fully gone into, and
the course d the prosecutor in the ecclesiasti-
cal proceedings, were set forth in pretty
strong light. He declared that no similar tri'
bunal has dkisted, and none been guilty OF
such injustlc, since the days OF Scroggs and
JeffreYs." The decision of course, was against
dissolving tle injunction.
For the inbrmation of the reader who may