The New York herald., 1873-11-13

Department., with the commissioners as re-
viewing Board. The licensing OF engineers is,
under the same law. vested In the Sanitary
Company and the Police Commissioners and
naturally representative OF the HERALD.
in his search for information relative to
the slaughter OF so many innocent victims as that
occurring on Tuesday, bent his steps to the Police
Headquarters, where Captain Yule and the Sani
tary Company are housed. The Captain chad
just despatched Engineer Horton to Harlem with
orders TO make as full and accurate an investiga-
ton as possible and report the results. Pending
the return OF Mr.. Horton the reporter en-
tered into conversation with the Cap
tain. who stated that Inspections OF boilers,
both stationary and portable, are made once year
by Officers Thomas Mclaughlin, John Holscher and
Michael Cunningham, practical engineers, who nx
the pressure and give the certificate OF inspection.
Messrs. Horton and Sutton, two practical engineers,
are detailed Tor the duty of examining applicants
Tor engineers positions. When the owner OF a
boiler employs engineer the engineer must
appear and be examined by these officers. II
found competent these examiners recommend that
he be licensed as engineer Of the particular
boiler designated in the application. This recon-
mendaton 3 approved by Captain fule, and the
Police Commissioners then issued license TO the
applicant. The law under which this inspection
Is conducted IS said to be the most incomplete
@ , naI @ % Inc coae anu s, is he,u ~
for the police officials 20 exercise control over the
management Of those fearful instruments Of death,
which are scattered everywhere in the built up
portions OF the city.
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tiers, the location OF such steam boiler boilers and
the Se;ropoliian Sanitary company or such member
herein prescrioed and may detailed ier such duty by
the Metropo,ah Police Board bat no person shall Dc
WHO shan proceed 70 Inspect such steam boiler or boilers
and security Of such boilers shan be tested by
eeryng each nspeetion and with The limit Of
gincer in charge the and no greater amount Of
boiler boiler shall be appiiSd tSerete In limiting the amcant
the same the limit desired by the owner OF the boiler
shall be ,hs s,a one certified p,,,.o poe .rv.
form correct record Of all specton Of steam
n eac = and in " wsers any steam sr or
the lar , = err
DANGEROUS the Board sha prescribe such changes and
appliances secure and devoid Of danger And in the
ana aeh appnSs ae saS
ts and appliances be taken under tue control the
same and in cases ID deemed Necessary the appances
pc Without
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lmied for the in accordance with the provisions
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demeanor and whenever any owner Of any seam boiler
The ported nspss ton provided BY til,
using same can Be sstisaetoriIy tested
be charged with the expense OF $ testing it.
THE LooPHoLEs FOR EVASION.
1t will be seen from the above that the engineer
| is in no way responsible, aud that the only penalty
| TO The owner ior VOCATION oI the provisions of
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may interpret TO mean SIS fine or a days imprls-
onlnent, An employer who wishes to employ an
inexperienced man at lever rate OF wages than
he would have to give practical engineer can hire
ashoemaker, tailor or blacksmith orun his engine
Many of them WILL in consideration of saving from
$40 TO $50 per month take all the chances OF arrest
and fine and refuse 10 send their engineers before
! the Board OF Examiners The engineer licensed
to run the mine at particular locality. In the
| another point he must appear and be re-exam-
ined and relcensed for the particular engine he is
tnat fees charged for the testing OF boilers
| or examining OF engineers there Is no reason why
not comply with the law yet it Is believed tnat
there are hundreds of engines and boilers in the
law IS SO palpably inadequate to protect iie from
| explosions that the only wonder is that the police
have, However, attempted 10 make up for
! the deficiency by enacting stringent rules.
Chief Clerk Horaley stated that three or four
times he had attempted to have q stringent,
common-sense law passed that would enable the
authorities TO guard against all such accidents,
but as there was no money IN II the Legislature
had from year year neglected to do anything for
the protection OF life and property IN the city.
Gentlemen with whom the reporter conversed ex-
pressed The beliei that these
BOILER EXPLOSIONS WOULD NEVER CEASE
until u law is passed making 1t a criminal offence
for any owner TO use a boiler or an engineer TO
| take charge 0. one unless the boiler has been
tested an the engineer regularly licensed, and
that in addition, heavy fine, half OF which should
go to the Informant, should be Indicted upon the
On the return or Engineer Horton he made the
following report o. his Investigations Into the
| catastrophe:-
Captain Yurr, Sanitary Squad no so5 Mulberry Street
Harlem % collect ascertain whatever facts could
erdsy The facts in relation thereto
Messrs Hoyne 4 Berner subcontractors the Fourth
portable one % at ana 1S
street, and fourtn avenue and one on the west SIDE Of
bears tSat The one 4 iso,h street was n
boiler at Street and fourth avenue o~nsd
The boiler that exploded The i2sih and
Il was lff a.sd oe Soi"g @ so at oai 1"S q
seven eet hgh and orfyoar nches damesr saaae re
reSS s hs from 0 ho ne op g III the
IL the s nsa S the o f I She'll sh snd a.
Gl,ssiiOn. The ersss, piece The hssI q !s
aSu o 80 ss ns
from the scene Of the explosion procured most Of
as found BaInum locked there aud had
| with him. Dsggett scalded and had been fakcn
/ home. / could get definite inio oTmation at the
/ place OF the disaster.
HANfoRD HORTON, Testing Engineer
Az UNLICENSED ENGINEER
An examination oi the hooks and records in
Captain Yue's oilce shows that John Barnum had
a license to run boiler at NinetysiXth street;
hence IN running one at l3Oth street he was vio-
lating the law, as ne had not been re-examined.
There is record OF William Daggett, the en-
pineer Of the exploded boiler, having ever applied
TO he examined, and IL is prob- bic that the Coro-
ner's inquest will show that he is a novice In the
management OF steam appliances. Captain Yules
officers have been so far unable to discover the
owner OF the boiler used by Hoyne Berner,
the sub-contractors, but as IL Is In their
custody they must take the responsibility. Until
the ownership ana history OF the exploded boiler Is