New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-29
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A Conyention Of steamb oatmeD.
A special meeting of the National Boar
.af Steam Navigation was held yesterda
afternoon vt the off 70 Of the board. No. 4
hurting slip, to make arrangements for tn
Forthcoming fourth annual meeting of tn
association. which will 'ake place in tn
metropolitan Hotel. beginning on the thirty
hrst instant, and ending on Septembe :.
On the thirty fret the executive cOmmitte,
are to meet and prepare their report, which
Will cover their transactions, not only fol
the past year, but since the organic alton o.
the association. Ii promises t, be very in
ee-esting. The national board will be in
session on September'l and 9. The associa.
Ton is composed of steamboat and steam
sshsp owners in all parts OF the United States
s-spresenting $500 600 900 of invested cap
ItaI.
1t was organized in Louisville five years
years ago, and now consists of a national
BOARD, aud local boards in all the principal
lake and seapcrts IF the Union. Its. otiicers
are. President, J. T. Whiting, Michigan; vice
president: T. Civds, Pern.ylvania second
vice president; r. H. Voolfolk, H ntucky;
corresponding secretary, B. S. Osbop. New
York; recording secretary. w. L: james,
Maryland; executive c"mmittee, Thomas
Sherlock, Ohio; s. K. Kirby. Michigan; j.
Z. Payne, Pennsylvania; Simpson Homer.
Penn~ylvania; n. j. Bigiey, PennsYlvania;
6. w. Copeland New York; L. Murray
Ferris, Jr., New York; John Allen, Jr,
Buffalo; +. T. Evans, Buffalo; Aiming
Snitb, New Jersey; J: b. Coyle, Maine; F:
NJ N,ckaranp assaphusorfs n NJ Wi,
3leF, Massachusetts: L. J \ Salk. Vermont:
w. C. Smith, Maryland: A. Van Sandvoort,
Albany, New York; A. L. lnlnao. Burliug-
ton, Vermont; 4 A. Goodrich, II +. L.o-
poid, Joseph Austrian and John Prindville.
Chicago, Illinois: Ma k H. Hanna and E. M.
Peck, Cleveland, Ohio; William A. Cour-
tenay and j. L. Tobias. Chail ~ston, South
Carolina; James S Wise. K. S Semple,
Lewis Glenn and J. W. Hartwell.. c .ncia
natl, Ohio; Colonel B Culver and George
G Stone, Duluth, Minnesota: William Liv-
ingston, Jr, Eber Ward H. j. Hackett,
George Dunlap, John P.idgeon,. John
~Gillett and Alvin Burt, Detroit, Michigan; |
j., A. Lemcke and John Gilbert, Evans. |
vile. Indiana; CAPTAIN Charles Fou Ter |
and Joseph Aiken, Galveston, Texas; r. NJ.
Hoar. HougLton, Michigan; John Clark,
j Jacksonville, Florida NJ. Verhoef, Jr,
James HOward aud Pink Varble, Louisville,
Kentucky N. Engienan, Milwaukee,, Wis, |
consln: j. j. C"ndit. Newark New Jersey;
Hon. Homer Ramsdel Newburg, New
York; Rufus Hatch. New York; George d.
Rite.' John H. Ludw;gsen, c. NJ. Soria, E.
A. Yorke, John SanDey and A. C. Hutchin-
son, New Orleans, Louisians: Marshall
Parks, Norfolk, Virginia; F. J. Firth, B. H.
pennsylvania; A. D Lysle, r. c. Gray and
Joseph Walton, Plttsburg. Psnnsylvania:
Benjamin Butfuu aad 2. Williams, Proyi-
dence, Rhode lslanu; Hon. Thomas Cornell.
Rondout, New York; William Hunter.
James b. West, John Cunningham, A. L.
Z Richardson, W. + Barry and +. NJ Myrell, /
Savannah, Georgia; w. j. kountz, T. w.
Gould end George II. Rea, st. Louis, Mis-
souri; Captain B q. Sweet. Toledo, Ohio:
4. ID. Cazaux, Wilmington. Moth Carolina,
The principal matter that will come be- |
lore the board will be the proposed repeal
OF the steamboat act of Congress of Feb 1
-uary %, 1871. which steam vessel owners 3
J ave been hghting since its passage to over !
'hrcw. They claim that by ats provisions t
bill sorts OF Useless patents have been fois ted 9
Upon them, involving them IN an immense
expense. They instance the mud drum at q
sediment to steam boilers. Boats plying o
IN aoine OF the Western rivers are bothered r
~ q deposit OF mud OF the bottoms of their t
rollers, which retained the heat so IA to | r
'urn out the bottom and render the boiley r
Iaohe TO burst. This was seized upon as a b
'retext under the law to compel owners of n
yea IN vessels everywhere to purchase mud a
srams at cost of 500 apiece. Instead b
4 relieving the boilers the drums increased r,
le deposit OF mud, snI this fact being L
ronght to the notice OF the supervising in a.
pectors, the order was abrog .teJ but not | p
nt:l $4,000 had founu their way into the Al
'oekets OF the pat NEE. One Ut the in u
pectors was subsequently discovered to be OF
2 terested in the pat,ns, snd was dis d.
naEs'd froin the service. Another exam 81
lie give II Is the pat, Mt steam gauge, whose oil
sc was disco nled t.r large sums had 6i
cen spt MT on it by steamboat owners and Fl
mad proved to be utterly wol raless to re- to
ora the steam pressure. There was a bell 70
ttacnihent u these gauges, which rung E
'nenever the pressure reached certain ! lei
ON, an. ro.ice being conspicuously dc
osted that this indicated danger, ia
'lnougn ci1 n,tr psnc bu
az several times created among the tir
sssengers on board OF various boats, Still WI
Mother example given is the safety valve pr
'cks, which cost the steamboat owner S. tir
piece, and whose use is still obligatory an
tse boatman is obliged 30 make iequisi- ty
ou Tor them on tie Treasury Department. do
'hich forwards the srder co the Seal Lock fri
ompany, who transmit the locks ordered Ar
ece supervising inspectors, accompanied he
an invoice. duplicate invoice being les
NJ 10 the Treasury Department. The in ga
,eefors send the locks to the boatnau. wa
10 pays Tor them at the local customhouse epi
IL tae collector forwards the money to the in
'sasury Department, through which chan. mo
u IL 1naliy reaches the Seal Lock Com. | tbs
'ny. The Same locks are sold to the rail de-
al companies at 81 50 each, and M uch in
tier lock Is in existence which cells at | ret
IeIty five cents. soy
TIE steambOatmen have another cause of ma
iupiaint in the fact that railroads are al. her
we'd to carry hay and cotton uncovered. he
liie the Law requires them to cover each REQ
de-. similar discrimination in regard to sob
sroieum and other equitable subetances ia bav
sde oy the law in favor OF railway com. tbr
oies. But the most fertile source Of dis the
10 the liability clause. IT man bee
ne tooOo In steamboat, and through tho niz,
of Its captain a collision should
70 place involving 100000 damages, T
private property is liable to his ami,
lpoI tlQnAte share of th0aA damaoAa 'k..