New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-04

OF compressed steam and superheateo wafer Wncn
SO feet long and half nlied With water, making steam
over hot Ore at s pounds Per sSn &c sars
an elastic bursting force Of over pounds. which
s sssSy % Or and which viii
lowed INSTANTLY and REINFORCED pounds OF . S%sl
heated water boiler go, tuns making altogether t9
$4,000 cubic feet Of scading yspor driving oe,O1e ts
fragments Of the broken boiler. Weighing or 20 tuns
mOreths whole weight OF 80 or 60 tuns peg tne
Of 100000 pounds force right among the many
wGmea aud children who g"ther
machine that without an internal horror at
the SSs S @ Of which
continued REGARDLESS Of the slaughter and suffering
might oil column with further and more fragrant
illustrations OF the inevitably dangerous character OF the
St
spoken thunder tones Of these appalling dangers
need only show that the mammoth boiler Is Wit by
total abolition Of the use Of such boilers.
the reader would IKE to 1--we in house occupied by
nitro gycerne mandatory In Its basement, Trusting
TO penal laws and to an annual inspection by United
4sSe fS s s s6s he
100000 pounds explosive power, guarded by unre-
noant With Certainty That
occur some tune.
proved by the experience Of more than half century.
1t is proved scientifically by reference 10 the known
causes OF explosions, against winch no system VI insco
ton known In this country has given us any seSurS
Al mammoth boilers are constructed with but ha OF
give proper margin Of safety a. Ali mammoth boilers
BECOME dangerous in from Ave to ten years ~ 'ne,t
sidsred V as dangerous V' and just on the verge
being of t S SSs Of SSers are defective
from the first, from faulty riveng, imperfect stays IN
%eseS iSferor ro bad 20" Scrsmans6p &C.
great number are rapidly DESTROYED by incrqstatlon;
burn or degenerate in their Structure without being
Peced s. Portions of the shell are frequently over,
because not protected BY the contact Of water Many
boilers mechanically planned as to have some
between different portions, resulting in destructive
strains or ruptures no matter what theT neh
the contact of water and becomes entirely redhot
When large space is in this condition, it produces an
ture is sufficiently reduced to allow contact of water
s Sna and off q
sudden and dangerous manner . The sudden rising
f0 OF OF sG Asa Sen
when the boat Is suddenly sd aesree. ssam
IN sudden and explosive manner lo
and saeyvalves are often out of order and no SAFETY
ration Of steam from various causes Ii. defective
irregular supply OF water may explode any boiler and
where there Is not perfect automatic supply our safety
With ali these s operating IN to careless
t dGss the Ordinary FS' %smmesR SOer should Be
| safe. Mr.. Norman Wizard, whose original and
ingenious researches In reference to boiler explosions
entle him to far honor than he has yet received
has shown that the unscentc and unequal application
to cylindrical boilers Ia In the highest degree dan
GerOus and yet has been common constitute the
leading of danger No legal regulation nspec-
The mammoth Boiler cannot be rendered absolutely safe
by any legislation whstever Why then continue II Its
economical on the contrary 1t Is sn6 e r.
the 70 ana snd
use is continued solely by the force Of habit,
proportion its thnness Of metal and extent Of sur
be- and the greater its Of surface in proportion
its cost The larger the vessel the thicker the metal
tn coss while Int Of MISCHIEF as the
square Of its diameter. boiler ten feet In diameter to
be relatively strong and safe as common steam
pine would ure to have its from eight twelve
inches hcktoo thick for the profitable generation OF
cept when its walls deficient in thickness or when
interior h I nambfr OF millions
pounds Of bursting power and the less us relative
The market is well supplied with tngeniously contriyed
steam generators, built in accordance with scientific
FROM the same fuel from 10 to % per cent more
than the mammoth boilers and which are incapable Of
by law the only way to do It Properly is to prohibit the
use Of boiler carrying dangerous quantity o. steam
Take away the danger, and need no inspections nor
protective laws-our safety is perfect but retain the
danger the magnitude OF e0nsts ana sSa
have explosions. Let the following law be adopted and
abolish our present costly nu1nDuS OF nbpecuon
| and travel In perfect safety henceforth.
enaosd shall b lawful after the LIST OF January
for steam engine In vessels OF more than 81
| inches In diameter"
such law unless its operation were postponed
to 1876 would create too great hubbub among boiler
makers and bOilerowners Though would ultimately he
to their benefit the following might be enacted with less
| opposition 90, II ,.r...., .,..,..
use unless the inspection without damage
ten times greater which worked and shall
also and set insure nearly uniform temperature
| In all portions Of the she'll"
| Under such law, faithfully administered. we might
travel comparative safety. II would condemn at once
| q number OF dangerous boilers; would compel the
strengthening Of others with stays and hoops and would
soon put end to the construction Of mammoth boilers,
and introduce safer class that would really need no in
specon As to the methods Of construction necessary
to insure nearly uniform temperature OF the she'll 1t
NAV require little more knowledge than many OF the
inspectors at presents but since the
lions Wizard there is excuse for continued lg-
norance neglect Of this essential requirement OF
safety If the press of NewYork earnestly desires TO
put an end to Weseld horrors its support and vigorous
advocacy of such law will effect the object II the
public does not demand some such law, then the public
will deserve suffer hereafter as 1t has suffered hereto
fore. j. NJ BUCHANAN
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