Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-30

p ,rted by the boiler arch without stay bolts
| A certificate of test accompanied the engine
designating the power as $50 pounds pres
sure to the inch. The May Queen was fifty
four feet long, with beam of fourteen feet
and five foot hold.
OTHER UNSAFE BOATS.
Capt. May stated that he had cautioned
the officers of the May Queen concerning
the unsafe condition of the boiler. In thil
connection Capt. May said that he consider
ed the boiler of the Mary. at present
plying the lake, in very unsound condition
and that he had notified Capt. Halsted. Of
the Mary, to that effect. With regard to the
efficiency of Capt. Halsted, Cept. May eaid
that while he did not consider tina, gentle.
man a thoroughly practical engineer him
| self, he (Halated) was accredited with en-.
ploying none but experienced and perfectly
reliable engineers. In speaking of the OK.
plosion Capt. May said that the crown sheet
| of the boiler gave way first, and that owing
to the back-lash of the boat the boiler was
naturally thrown upwards.
The size of the Mary owned and navi-
gated by Capt. Halsted, was given by Capt.
May seventy feet long with fifteen foot
beam and five foot hold, the boiler and
engine being of the same make as that OF
the May Queen.
MR.. MANN's STATEMENT.
An interview was had with W. II. Mann,
a former engineer on the Mary, during
which be stated he and Capt. May had OK.
amined the boiler of the Mary last season
and found dangerous breach or blister in
the crown sheet, extending all the way
across. Mr. Mann said that he and his
father-in-law had worked on the Mary last
season and had not accepted for this year fol
the reason that they considered that the
boiler was not capable of holding over forty
pounds of steam with safety.
THE "MARY.''
An interview was had by the GLOBE repor-
ter with young man named Howard Trum.
bull, at present employed on the Mary, and
if his Judgment is to be relied upon the Mary
is in very unsafe condition. Mr.. Trum-
bull though that the Mary's hull was exceed
ingly unsound and that the boiler not
calculated to stand much of a pressure, his
views of the boat in all respects correspond
ing to those expressed by Capt. May.
Mr.. Peter Wiley, tho present engineer of
the Mary, was Endorsed by Capt. May and
Mr.. Mann as thoroughly practical and
competent engineer.
A brief interview was had with Major
Halsted, owner and commander of the
Mary, during which he said that the engine
and boiler of the Mary was of the Ames
marine manufacture, and had undergone a
thorough scientific test at the time of their
purchase. The boiler had been recently
examined by the engineer, and was consid-
cred in thoroughly sound and safe condition.
The boiler had stood $50 pound test and
with the exception of small blister it was
unimpaired aud as good as new. TIE Mary
was described by Capt. Halsted as a screw
propeller, Is feet long. with beam of six
feet, and carrying from GO to 100 Passen-
gers.
TEE HATTIE MAY,
owned by Capt. G. May, and commanded by
Capts. May and Porter, is a stern wheel
propeller 90 feet long, twenty-five feet
beam and five foot hold, with carrying ca
pacity for 400 passengers. The engine and
boiler were manufactured at the North
Star Iron Werks. The engine is equipped
with a four inch screw, with bore of eight
and half inches. The boiler is of steel,
sixteen feet long, forty inches in diameter,
with ten ten inch rivited fues. The engine
has been thoroughly tested by Capt. May,
the engineer and the head boiler maker of
the North Star Iron Works, and is said to
be in reliable condition. At the time of
the test the boiler bore $50 pounds of steam
to the inch.
Next to the Hattie May and Mary the
Saucy KATE, owned and navigated by Capt.
May, is the largest passenger boat on the
lake..
THE sAUCY KATE
is constructed in the style of a propeller, and
is Sc feet long, with II foot beam and five
foot hold, having capacity of one hundred
persons. The engineis of the Sanders make,
Syracuse, with an improved upright boiler
made by the North Star works, with all the
lues covered, and having stood test of 1856
pounds to tho square inch.
The Rambler, owned by Capt. May, is 81
feet long, with - feet beam and five feet free
in the hold This boat has locomotive
boiler, and is used entirely as freight boat
In addition to the Hattie May, Mary and
Saucy Kate, there are two small tug boats on
the lake, operated by private individuals, the
three boats already described being the only
ones plying the lake in the capacity of reg
ular public carriers.
CAPTAIN ROCKWELL,
former commander of the May Queen, is
forty-fve years old, and has wife but no
family. He has been on the lake about
thirteen years: and has COM
manded a pleasure boat
for the past six summers, being always re-
garded as a fair engineer and excellent cap
tain.
FOR THE FUTURE.
The explosion of the May Queen and the
occurrence of similar horror on the waters
of Minnetonka two years ago wildly recall
the spasmodic efforts that have
been made to have law passed
making it criminal offense for any boiler
to be used that has not stood the ordeal of a
thorough scientific test. 1t is understood
that petition will now be forwarded by the
residents of Minnetonka and the surround
ing country requesting the Secretary of the
Interior to take cognizance of the necessity
for extending the admiralty laws in this
respect over the navigation of inland waters,
and what the petition will result in remains
to be seen.
PERSONAL.
Messrs. A. D. Ellsworth and B. Ellsworth.
WinOna, at the Merchants.