New-York tribune., 1872-01-30

any considerable length, hdVas permanent head
Ss oSSa eHd red hot %@a d up hot
tho two sheets being kept apart by what they eau
nrcycnt them from coming togeher when that hot bolt
otb"r things siink cooing It snks with irrositi-
bic power and puts an nmense sran urOn that ryoted
nIHa Hc 1 G "a Therefore it IL very TaSe Sr question
whether that kind Of bolt Is safe bolt IN tr.se
Thcn there is another kind Of holt ard that is srew
bolt as they call t. which as nut put on 1t on the ont
screwed NJ with u wrench, like a wagon bolt Now,
cling IT, It is holt through hole big enough 10 let 1t
60 through with or course II ~ ltaky hole, and
hoso hoIts are not used In boilers under water They
ere used mn in the steam chimney, where there IL
water to break throuh but steam is much easter TO hold
and ho hole that will let water through may be steam
tight.
No EVIDENCE THAT DETrcrivn BOLTS oCcAsroNED THE
ACCIDENT.
pnt this gentlemen, IL perhaps q DEPRESSION stln
think I, IL well enough 30 make it because Il is founded
nnon the testimony OF the witnesses and II explains 10
ou now all palaver $50 to spea about bolts
o5 socket bots and stay bolts, and what II amounts TO-
~, uohody has said that that boiler was not fastened
there properly, has anybody said that the boiler
hroke there that that In any degree the cause OF
the accident And If that were the worst fastening in
the wordf It were tied with towstring, and 1t was
moi the cause OF the accident II would have more 10
do with 1t than # IL lad beon rveted with platinum or
Then Mr. secor told yon that there are boilers in use
]. years sti good, Now boiler deteriotes in use by
losing portion OF its thickness by oxydatOn. The FIRST
time boiler has water in 1t 1t loses some OF Its thick
keeps losing But those losses ia freshwater boilers
such infinitely small proportion that they produce
measuring tho thickness OF s iron here which has been
subjected to that operation snce 1864 You Will fnd that
a. thick now. 50 far as any ordinary IDeasWemeDt
concerned as il the day 1t was put althangb un
GcaHedy by using delicate tests You inig. discover
aS thick Today as 1t was when new.
rRG AGE OF TuE BOILER.
Then there parts of boiler that become oxydized
and out than others the water bottom for
instance because that being in the bottom of the boat
the bge water affects IT, and rubbish and dampness col
ec there, and that part decays early. especially i'll
going boilers where salt water in contact with
It, This boiler was about eight years old Mr, SecOf
tells You that boilers run II years old Nobody says
Nobody says that boiler eight yeare oid is not
good boiler Nobody objects to IL on that ground II
learned friend has Exhausted this he has swept the
decks he has gathered into tins courtroom witnesses
one has said ANYTHING Ike that We stand
here upon the evidence; boiler kept ID repair
It In repair. A boiler you know gentlemen Is simply
piece OF patchwork and its history may be Ike shat OF
new blade ana then handle il the same jack
knife all the tme AID always good one but there was
may come IL pass that every patch of the original boiler
has been replaced. Still IL remains the same boiler ana
at las II is as good " WaA although there may
not be single piece Of iron that was thie III the begun
ming Soa houcr may be carried on ton generation To
he day IL uIae. Tat is too plain to need comment
IL is not like it-a thing made OF one plcce-oui OF
strong and good as il war 1elore Is thing made
of patches ana can he repaired by Substituting one
patch for another. without injury
Now gentlemen. this wac The condition Of that boiler
whon il came out of the hands Nj secor.
hands but uo tie hands of the owners oil t before We
got H. lhis COMPANY as you Know ge9tieocn; eame cane
boats all right and good.
now the BOILER WAS REPAIRED.
Then gentlemen, the next stcp-becau~e We nr' bound
to show you mat this boiler kept up with proper
skin 1870, iu month of January, this boiler was
pnt into the hands of the boilcrmasing estabsbment
of Cobanks Thcan be thoroughly repaired and for
the greater part of two months IA bOermaers were at
work upon it, and for the lesser part OF two months
eight hocr-makcrs were at work uron 1t : aud
me boiler war thoroughly examined To hSctr trthn n
there we're any defects about IT, 1t wa repaired 30 Tar
! Wate the repacation Mr. CoHoy was There Mr.
Connolly is one OF tho eneineef OF js c9nPfnII al w. 1 & was
OF that boiler and m th6 rfSar e9mrse @ OF S SalbS beS
Mr. Connolly put there 20 see that that boiler vas
thoroughly overhaulod, and rcnare9, MIN 'tnsni1So @
put there they told you. to do anything hat va" re-
SmjnSd that boiler thoroughly aud perfectly examined
it. with .tiuulous much stronger than any peClIy
one could be, became he was going 10 hYe right ever
for his NE aud what VIII no heSe9I u
HE ufo Is a. hazard He oAa'nincd thit nn.er @
thoroughly and carefully; every part that needed Tel-
ration wac roprol AUD l9 apl,l'dm e. 'ne Slnui@i i ~
oIhcr purposes 60 1nd or II anything s needed ~
no way
and hG could ind nothing which bammer could detect
that wrong about tia! boiler ana that whs A con
I,anv DO their dutvl Drd they 40 any tine wronsi
Was that cligenti ASK yOd 10 answer II 10 your own
,ne. lad Tc@ In itir acc would yorbavc done df
fercujlyi would y"u have done more t'i1u Iace ma
boiler IN the hands Of competent establishments Win IL
r1oUons 10 everything thaC vas necessary T. be dcne
Tho pen two moI, "n The re3I1'ion o! w. ana {iGn zen
i Min ~ai4r. AID riici it, ami examined IT, and found
llill n s.. A
tGoy put it, TO work Now pauS' there foIi1eioe ana
pany 10 uDythng WJongi Upon your onh, answer
that Que ton. There - tut one answer t9H y" man
o D., niy-uo man in his can tbcy dld-cah
an ;ut omitted anything they ought to have done
urol that would stake my exisloc'.
GOYLItSasNT iSsPECGfON
Nov 20 etep hntbtr The Acc OF congress requires
That this boiler should Nc luerec;ed 0y United States
Inspector and has established certain iul1 about st.
His Honor has told yOn that N us action VIC arc noC
bound by that law. You romclnhcr, gentlemen, Lila
Honoc interrupted me, when was examining the Cni:ci
States Inspector, with the remark that the Government
flQbt veil have been inspected ny mo az by that in
sDecior; aud replied that knew chat, but that
ted 10 precautions fog II hau that boiler without
suIdcctng it 70 tie pst reduircd ~ tho Jaw, I'M
ibat boiler yifiouf testing it according IT,
la% il would have boon said 10 uS Why. You omitted
80 do hat the aw rcqn y4uO do ANA therefore y'u
such thing We Subjected That boiler TO the Government
test: ana what hapIue,ii It. fed under pressure
Uf IdgeWOod, until tho pressure eQualcd - pounds tD
the j.re nch tie lower part OF The boiler whore II
broke. And there That pressure remained until the Gov
erueni Inspector won't through thar boiler inside Of AL
tlIe connections wiCro man can go, and examined 10
carefully al tn, OutsdcnOt inside OF the boiler
whore she bet inside of the back come ctiOn,
jDpide OF the CLinInev, and inside Of the 'front.'
HectOn end examined every part. Tao boiler
way uor I'D tins leak. Brought 10 the test OF tho
eovernlnerJ Inspection the boiler was per.
feet. But that tcst for Is pounds Of
~ Gam, not FOR any thing more than that.
II SaS the point f1cd Nv tie Company. They did not
noed certificate any moro than That. They
might have had iha boiler tested pounds and