The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-07-26
81. Il. Sanner, Boiler Inspector,
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NORTH EAST, Mp,
July 23d, 1878.

NORTH EAST, MD,
July 23d, 1878.
EDITOR WHIG:-Sr:-One of the pleas
ures Of a peoples government seems that
of being cheated. Among the thousand
swindles, large and small, to which the
public submit there are few more out
rageous than that to which you call at
tention under the heading above, in your
issue of Saturday last. If all the charges
in that list are equally honest, no wonder
the honest citizens of Cecil pay their taxes
without complaint.
AS the matter has come up again, we
wish with your consent to submit few
facts to a candid public; facts that are are
prepared to proce.
On Monday after the explosion, Mr.. San
ner came here and examined the exploded
boiler thoroughly; in and out. When we
Intercepted him as to the cause of the
explosion, he stopped still, turned round
and facing us replied:-"I have examined
the boiler carefully in and out, and can
see no cause acAatecer why it should have
exploded; every thing indicates the best
of engineering. In fact never knew of
a cylinder boiler exploding before. Should
any Of you gentlemen come to Baltimore,
call at my office, and will show you pieces
which l have cut out of cylinder boilers
preparatory to patching, which, after tax
ing the scale from them, were not much
thicker than ordinary paper, and l could
punch my pocket knife through them
After going to the Depot we expressed
our pleasure that he could see no reason
why tie boiler should have exploded, and
that he was satisfied that everything had
been properly attended to, and he again
repeated his first statement VERBATIM
Several Of the best experts Of Philadelphia
and Wilmington expressed the same opin-
ion, declaring that the explosion could not
be accounted for on any principle known
to science.
That night the Hon. States Attorney
visited Baltimore, and on Wednesday, we
think it was, Mr.. Sanner appeared before
the Elkton Jury, and without any further
oppoi tunity of informing himself, testi-
fled that the boiler ,ras unsafe; that every
thing indicated bad engineering, and that If
it had been properly attended to, it would
not have exploded. One of the two state
ments was of course false; or both were.-
We wont say that he was drunk when
Increasingly in condition in which a
class of low ward politicians are some
times found-slightly happy. The extra
ten cents we suppose was the price of the
parting drink.
The animus of the whole thing was
simply to Use a sad accident, from which
few establishments of the sort are exempt,
to destroy public confidence in the Metal
Tough Iron Co. 1t failed, but it proves
the will Of our rulers. The same policy
and political class, that compels Cecil
county to pay the expenses of drunken
boiler inspector to injure reputable
Company, organized the Tweed ring in
New York, and rides on midnight raids 10
hang "nggers and "carpet baggers -
in Maryland that has not ring mean
enough and plentiful enough to furnish
the {" Credit Mobiler" with directors I'M
til the millenium-all they need is brains.
Fortunately for the public they are not
gifted in that respect. AS the spirit which
reigns in Maryland is determined in its
opposition to all progress, it is of course
no use to expect them to know anything
about steam boilers. WM. 5.