New-York tribune., 1870-08-25
BLASTING AT HALLETT's POINT.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SHAKEN AND SMASHED
PEOPLE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INJURED
AN INJUNCTION WANTED.
The removal of the distractions at llalletts
Point Is carried with great energy and with equal
careessnes Three gangs numbering altogether 30 men,
are kept employed eight hours each day and night A
large circular opening mine has been made about co
feet in diameter and 20 feet deep from which, as base
six headings" named respectively Humphreys, New
ton, Sherman Grant, Mcclellan, and Franklin, are run
out in semcrce under the water. Very slow progress
is made just now owing to the hardness OF the rock and
the fact that the drilling must be done by hand In
few days, however, ChicfEngineer Newton and his
assistant, Mr. Reheimer expect to the steam drill
ing machine fixed that it can be operated AT present
about 60 explosions day take place, and though very
little heavy rock Is thrown sufficient quantity OF
light rock il scattered about TO endanger the lives and
property citizens and manufacturers the Point
Messrs stuber & Co.'s Oil factory s nearest to where
operations are conducted indeed the blasting is said TO
he carried property which the firm leases, but
which was taken by the Government wit out equva-
lent. Mr. Hasey the owner gave his consent To Its oc-
cupaon on condition that he should receive the rock
raised aud that the blasting should be conducted With
out annoyance his tenants During the super
vision of Capt Pierce stuber Co. had TO suspend oper-
atOns for about year because they could not ha men
willing risk their lives in such proximity 10 the POINT
When Mr. Reitheimer took charge complaint was mace
of the careiessness OF hls Iredec,E9I tl ~ 5 81 ~ to
people that there need OF alarm nor OF uage ~
sad by greater carelessness The explosions az
ght in the headings" and mine, heavy that the
houses within of the niue shaken almost 70
their foundations Two brick hre-pidces IN StuDer &
Co Is sihOuse 100 feet distant, have been cracked ny
the conclusions, although they were reset short Time
ago. ~, Al -
In tho manufacture OF lubricating and Illuminating
oils from crude petroleum very great care is feQuned
because beside the cObustibe fluid ITSELF vitriol anu
tar added and during the process OF distaton pun
entering boiler would ignite and explode the en-
tire mass. This process requires steady uniform neat
for about hours each quantity, so that the fires
he watched carefully aud are very rarely aOWeu
the beginning to the end OF the year. On
Saturday piece of rock sent through te st-
house and fell within foot Of the man VINO was renew
ing his fires On Monday another piece smashed III tne
Office side and only prevented from smashing IN the
book keepers head by heavy plank which INTERVIEWED
and stopped its further progress These pieces "eseu
about Is pounds each piece weighing 70 pounds was
driven few to the outer gate OF the OIL works.
of feet, and fell with such force that IL was
things which believed to he caused by carelessness
Messrs Suber Co., who have 100000 invested IN their
works have commenced legal proceedings, and IN Few
DAYS Judge Beach will apply for an Injunction
This careesSness sometimes reacts upon those eHl-
poyed m the mine. and on Monday workman named
Wallace had his skull fractured and his cOlar-bone
and ribs broken by heavy timber falling on MN
He was his boarding house in Astoria, ana MS
wounds dressed and Tuesday he was sent To the
hospit malicious destruction of property was caused
one night short time SINCE at the Point Inc tcet OF
large crude petroleum tank, 76 feet distant from the
mine was broken or and 70 gallons of the 1ld ran on
and soaked into the mine, which next day was ged Dy
the workmen and il became sheet OF Htfe Whlch pre-
vented their operations for some hours. barge with
100 ups of coal board is sunk of Pot Rock III Is est
mated that the removal of the Hell Gate obstructlOns
will require continued blasting for four or five years