The sun., 1873-09-01
INVITING DISASTERS.
Hew Attempts to Improve tho Kmctercy of
essbost inspectors are Receiyes la the
Treufury Depn rtment.

How Attempts to Improve tho Kmctercy of
stesmbost Inspectors are Receiyes Ia the
Treasury Department.
Correspondence Of The sun.
wAsurNGToN, Aug. 2l.-In my letter OF
tho 18th instant on the wawasset disaster, l
spoke OF two letters written by an engineer on
baltimore boat TO the Secretary of the Treasury
In regard 10 the local inspectors of Boilers for
that district. 1 have since writing that letter
found copies Of them. believe they will be Of
interest to the public at this time, and they are
given herewith without the signature of the
writer, which n withheld for reasons that will
be apparent te the reader.
H2n. Georg. s. Bout,re1 secretGtv of iyedsmv.
to m e psf sSs Co e @ Hi'ep,o oe
ec,2r nge " solers Dg,n The 81 0Sf9e,r
Snp or he charge, Sl Of
ndi i me board there s S s %
m on % the psrf Of ,se % OF the board to throw
Mr.. Menshaw sent for and asked 70 give the
Se; sey we 81 M ssc
dlatey called upon all the steamboat owners and build
ws .S'sa; ;sS i
S ppesrsa sss. Mr. ia eohep eas
because they feared him.. "
kRSs h out S o @ % but s ne G
% % and az a s Ssys Il Ssi s
10 crovc him and also knowlng him 70 be vicious and
sGf oheT Esy fsare sgS e
Mr.. Mordca represents that Mr. sAvllle mallciousy
put them ~ an unnecessary expense OF 5000 because
he removed an engineer he tssyllle wanted continued
At smother time he condemned eu boiler which was
aerward passed BY the supervising Inspector and the
not far f n e Sosns SSsf myself to he per
tect m for any branch 81 my Sg1nss' sp
might hesitate TO employ me, as IL Is known in this
son,gn .9s, ts pre,,n, Ss1 r 69ss nspeeoT o AZ
,naleou7b toward me 10 the Injury oi steamboat In
II is fact very evident, and proven by the
proper ln'e1tgacn that The Law not carried led out s
! mcnt to investigate the charges sgains MIR. s., he
inye.isatine ihe matter Il IS Suestonabc whether ia
~. report he made any mention Of the .2 Mr. seyille
party giving the vs. getting decision Ia Is favor
am very respectfully, your obcdent servant
ION e,o-gc s. Rorr,rcii sec,Siirg Sc Rs Ssd;ayv,
o. suylle local Inspector Of boilers for district Of Ba
charge. could he ,ubsianuated sgainst Mr ssylllc
cory OF ne, letter Was. uader,,snd sea, 6y your
called on that az directed % ara Nv wasopdcg
sSs did not do ss @ duty VA &c Sow do not OF desire % 10
appear ss forcing myse upon your notice In this mat
@ SS Charges sSud Be i1s' naae sood aE
Srasrsd aud an oppCIsaaT gwen STI' q prove What as
MIl instance the following charges
M as sse.a &C. os9SS % N, iss h. cy sav snS
u braccs. lie did NOT examine the boiler after this as
not discover he d.msse done, but issued the hsesse
%e i m sfef pOa 's sors%sn ESeG 4. e esops weTss
while the boat discovered that the boiler
hcsky condition. and asked the engineer what was
srosg Nlh it hen he Wa. told The facts As have re
aud let MIN un decisred he would not his nfc
in This frightened thcm and they had the boiler
! repairrd.
The Isaac T. Smith aiso nspeetei by ssvile soyie
time last ta aud he gave her License IN testing the
steam chimney he neglected TO test the inner skin,
although warned uy good workncn To- do so, Not long
after the steam chimney burst. anu several men
erely scsdsd and 1t is reported died. No In
yestigstlon made of this required by law.
We could ins anee several other parallel cases but ~
these not sufcirni ten Thousand would not be. y
thorough investigation by competent. skilled Isrties
Nj establish the truth OF these and disclose many
more. Respectfully yours. &C.
| II will he observed In the last communication n
Of the engineer 10 the Secretary of the Treasury
! that serious accident occurred Oh board the
Isaac T. Smith from the bursting Of the inner
| skin Of the steam chimney. and also that the
| tuRboat Orlando was In service with leaky
| boiler shortly after they had been inspected by
| saville but the appeal Co the Secretary had no
| effect whatever Now, IL Is quite likely that
there was some serious def. ct In the hre room
| Of the Wawasset, which WAS uvei looked owing
| Ia the superficial manner In which steamboats,
are usually inspected.