Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-05-03
1t is Certain TO Pass the Senate as it
Came From the HOuse-ImpOr-
tant Provisions.
Prohibited Freight - Conditions For
Carriage Of Inllammable Mate.
rial-AOde of Packing
Penalties.
New York Bulletin. !


vessels. 1t is known as the stesmboa
70 ib3l. > Ali its provisions were stated b,
J. stheiBWlLetin a short time ago. It ha
y been sgreed upon by 4ll authorities tha
l. come before the house The stesmboa
;, men and the supervising inspectors 0
steam vessels, the treasury department
e the committee on commerce of thS
; house, and the house itself, have agreed
d to 1t just about as you printed It. It may
, be some satisfaction TO those interested
n to know that after fighting five years
for the PssseSO OF this hill II Ia .,U7v al
0 mcst certain to pass. Last year and the
: year before 1t was held up by the ob-
& lection Of Senator Conkliug. This gen.
Il tleman has now withdrawn all ohjec-
ton, and will vote for if as it passed the
D house, with very slight amendments.
: One of the most important provisions
in it,, so fer as concerns traffic around
New YORK, and, in fact, on the
3 Ohio and Mississippi rivers, is that relat-
] ing to the shipping OF inflam.
I msble materials. Il also affects Ameri
can steam vessels sailing with petroleum
to Mexico, the West Indies, etc. In Or
der that tie thing may be fully under
stood before il i5 too LATE, 1t would, per.
J hsps, be well to print that portion of it
relating 10 iDfammable materials, and
which caused so much trouble. 1t may
be further stated that this bill is not in
the interest Of the patentees, as the
other one was, but thst it is rather in
the interest OF encouraging the employ
ment OF men Of brains as engineers, in
stead of depending upon unreliable re-
cording gauges and things of that sort,
that are continually apt to get out Of
order. The following are the sections re.
| tn nj a--1Fy f,ta ooko
PROHIBITED FREIGHT.
Section 4472. ExceLt on ferry boats
no loose hay, loose cotton or loose hemp
cacphene, naptha, banzine, benzole,
! crude petroleum, or other like explosive
burning fluids, shs | he carried as freight
or used as stores on any steamer carry
| ing passengers. RaIed cotton shall not
be carried On SUCH steamers unless the
bales are compactly pressed and covered
| with bsggipg n other similar fabric. in
| good merch2ntable shipping order, and
| secured with good T0Ie or iron bands;
nor snail bsls1 hemp he carried on the
| deck or guards thereof, unless the bales
| are coDpsetiy r ssse1 sud securely GOV
cred with haEglDg o. similar fabric;
nor shall gugp3WGeT be carried on any
| such veseei, except ia case Of special IL
cense granted by il p3cEOrs; nor shall
oil OF vitriOl, niIIic acid, CT other dan
gerous chemicals be carried on such
steamers, except o The decks or guards |
thereof
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IEFLAMMA- |
BILE FREIGET MAY BE SHIPPED.
Refined petroleum, when in good |
hermetically sealed Il eta1!c csses, Sc |
eurely packed in b lXes or eafks, or when
In iron bound barrels, and such cases, !
boxes, casks or barrels plainly marked |
with the manufacturers name, the |
nGms of the article, and the tempera- |
ture at which it will ignite, which shalt |
not be lower than one hundred and fifty |
degrees Of fahrenheit, if put up IN iron
bound barrels, nor lover than one hun. |
dred and ten degrees of fahrenheit if put |
up in goSd Theoretically sealed metallic |
casfs may be carried IN such part of |
any steamer as the local inspector shall /
designate in writing by special certifi-
cate, stating the particular location in
which the same sasll be carried, the |
precautions adopted for safety, and any |
special condition S, if there be such, re-
specting the stowage thereof; oil or spir-
its of turpentine, mastic, or other Va--
nishes, when in good metallic cases, or
in casks or barrels well and securely |
bound with iron; friction matches, when
secure ly packed in strong, tight chests |
or boxes, the covers of which shalt be
well secured by locks, screws or other
reliable fssteniDgs, may be carried on
such steamers when slowed in safe part |
Of the vessel, at O secure distance from
any fire or heat. No products CT petro-
leum shall be used on any steam vessel
for Illuminating purposes that will ig, |
mite at lower temperature than one
hundred and fifty degrees fahrenheit:
Provided, hcWeVer, That it shall not
be lawful to transport, carry, or convey,
ship, deliver Oh board, or cause to- be de-
livered on board, the substance known
or designated as nitro-giycerine, or
gyoin oil, or nitrated oil, or powder
mixed with such oil, or fiber saturated
with any such article or sub stance, or
other similar exceptional con pound or !
mixture, upon or in any vessel employed,
in the transportation of PASS engers on \
any waters of the United Slates. For |
the wi1lful violation of this provision |
the penslty shall be a fine of not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, or i'm
prisonment not exceeding three years,
or both, One-half of the fine for the use
OF the infOrmer"
THE MODE OF PACKING PRESCRIBED,
Sec %. That section 475 of the re-
vised statutes of the United E5tates shall
be SO amended as to read as follows:
Sec. 4475. All guDpowder, nitro. CIV
cerine, camphene, naptha, benzinP, bf,n-
zoie, cOsl'Oil, crude or refined petroleum.
Oil IF vitriOl, nitric or other dangerous
chemical acidS, oil or spirits of tpfyoen-
tine, friction matches, aud all other arti-
cles OF like character, when Shipped or
offered for shipment, or when packed or
put up for shipment, shall be securely
packed and put up separately ffom each
other and from sll other articles; and
the package, boz, cask or other vessel
the same shall be distinctly
marked on the outside with the name
or description Of the article contained
therein.
REFINED PETROLEUM,
And no refined petroleum shall ha
put up or packed for shipment, or
shipped or offered for shipment, on anv
passenger steamer, that will ignite at q
lower temperature than ore hundred
and fifty degrees Of fahrenheit II mt |
Up in iron-bOund barrels, nor lower than ]
One hundred and ten degrees OF fahven-
leit II put up ia good hermeticaliv-
,esled metallic cases, which temperature {
.hali be plainly marked on the pack
ages"
SPECIFICATION OF penalties,
Sec. "a That section 4476 of the rel
yised statutes of the United States shat
e so amended as TO read as follows.
"Sec, 4476. Every person who =
packs or puts up, or causes to be packed !
n put up, for shipment, any gunpowder. !
csmphene, naphtha' !
)eDZine, coal-oil, crude or refined ne. l
Toleum, oil OF vitriol, nitric OF other :
dangerous chemical acids, oil or spirits
II tUrpenrine, friction matches, or other
articles Of like character, othergise :
han as directed by the preceding sec
ion, or who knowingly shall or attempts l
o ship the same, or delivers the same to !!
my such vessel as stores, Unless dUlv :!
acked and marked, and giving at the 7
ime Of shipment or delivery to The YES. u
el written notice to the master, clerk. :
gent or owner OF such vessel the tr1s
hsTacter thereof shall be deemed guilty
4 a misdemesnOT and punished by fine
lot exceeding two thousand dolIars or r