New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-09
RUNNING UNDER BONDS
THE LlBELLED STEAMBOATS,.
WHY ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST TIlkM-ENFLANA-
rIoXs GE OMNELs AND CAIIAlNs

THE LlBELLED STEAMBOATS,.
WHY ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST TnhM-EXrLANA-
TONS OF oTVELs AND CAPTAINS.
Assistant United States D.strct-Attorney WI
son, in whose hands the proceedings aEain1, ,hc
various steamboats, for violation of the lnspeJ-
ton laws have been placed III conversation WIN
n TRIBUNE reporter Yesterday. sald ne p,oli
ceed;mgs taken under sections l,4lf. III anu
( 1913 OF the Revised Statutes. These pfoHloc loi
The inspection of al vessels and boilers once u
yror The inspectors are required 10 forward
The certificates to the Collector of the Fort, VINO
kcens the original, but makes three csrtlnSd
copies two &C which have to be placed by lne
owner or master OF the vessel IN eohSpl,uII. t,
places on board. The statute provides pehailS
of 5000 for each offence tndcIs the statute nine
lbels were Med in Admiralty and today the
owners of the following vcss Is gave tlc necessary
bonds TO secure the release Of their hoats Minnie
Cornell ~ 800 Adelphi. S25IO; wyoming.
$500 Osseo, 5000; SHADY sidci @2,oUo
which liheIs have been filed. and which have not
been bonded are the l}lackbird, the d. Il. Martin
and the Matteaw1n These are owner Wy oon bean ~,
bonded is that Mr.. Sarin'S counsel Is out OF
town The boats all bopded to-day III Nine
to allow them to start on tneir TIPS Oh tlci
schedule time so that the public might not bo an
moved The clerks and the marshals offices were
kept open until late in the afternoon 10 ACCOM-
:" mi the owners claim" continued Mr.. Wilson,
that they had applied to the inspectors Tor Ger
icates aud that IN soe cSes ere not
forwarded The inspectors III some instances
withheld the certificates until slight repairs were
made or until additional lIfe-p escrvers had been
placed Oh board. The claim OF the Government IS
that the vessels had no right to run without GER
tiicatcs, and it IL for dong so that egal pIoctcu
inrs have been instituted. In every case where
action has been taken. the owners have since Dcch
to the Inspectors office and have obtained certlh-
Gates" , ,.,, :; ~
AFFIDAVIT which he filed in the clerks office yeStcr-
day states that his vessel was inspected on June i
%, THAI the Collector of the Port informed nm
that rrrtain lifc-prcSerVcrs and buckets must DC
provided and that 50 soon as these were suppnec
the certificate would he ISSUED. AT tnc sac i1it t
the inspectors gave him permission to run ms n3at
until the rcQuistc articles were required. ana ia'
when they were on board and some sight repairs
had been made the certificate would DC lSs"cu W
him. =. Latino,
There is a strong feeling of Indignation existing
among steamboat men. from the owners anu cap
toius down 10 the very deck handS. against the
Steamboat Inspectors office ard the custom iiOuae'
Captnin Aiming smith. one OF the senior Sul"Iin-
tendents of StaTin's many steamboat mes Saiu.
:" have been i'll the steamboat business loi Owl
forty wears but tins beats anything / ever ntdIu
of This morning ras the first We could ma OUT
what had done, ana we hau thlee S!cainUo o;
lhcllcd 1t appears to he Tor lack OF IlNlectioi
certificates Now 20 regularly every year ana
apply for an inspection, and icyery year they nave
something new for Us TO do VI GouIS we We 'TiPS
mt on additional small boats. put steam pipes III
the hull in of fire. and do man small tiiiaes,
ali of which We did chccrlully. The old ceTlllcIte
of the ID. X. Martin did not expire until June ~
but to make sure all would be- right, we .had the
new inspection made on May - fOr some ISaSol
or other. though, that ccIuhc'ic was nor ll.u W
The Custom House until July ., ana therefore unIeI
the law we are held responsible tor running me
boat The Blackbird rebuilding ali last
Winter. and was inspected before she was ready
TO be put in service Some OF the painting ana
ornamental work was not hnishfui HfI S'I I'm In
cate was dated June - hut she dld not hcglil run,
ming until the middle of ithc month. Now Should
we be obliged to pay = me SIMPLY because we
could NOT Get the certificate from the Government
TO hang M on the boat The Al1ttcawan v as eH-
amincd on June II, and the Inspectors t4lI Us IL
was all right, and we could begin running. we ana
begin On the 18TH but We were KEPT waiting I1r
our certificate uu: July, and now We are 10 DC
fined for that We shall Of course resist thr calil'
but meanwhile shall have to pay for ming bonus
nav uitcd states maTshals ~ or - "A day eHch 10
remain Oh the boats and that We don run away
with them and submit, suppose, 10 any Cthcl
ridiculous demands 'hey may niakc. Ioo4 Ossoo
c. H. Longstreet owner OF the steamboat o1s'o;;
said Our boat was inspected on Tue Z'th OF
June, and found all right except thit We WIZ WIZ
ordered to Tut two valves IN the IRE pump F'pe
between decks for additional protection III case OF
fire This we did without the least delay. we
have been always ready an9 Willie 10 o,,r c renppr
e over f0urt en- years Will show. But alterations
and additions clpHOt aiw&ys he made in gay anu
though we put forth every effort, 1t took Il lew
DAYS to finish what they ordered done, ana nntii
the last trilc was finished they would not give us
certificate; was satisfied WIN mar, 9ni aller an
was complete | was still unable to get my ctfihi-
cate. ! called at The Inspectors once Tor D. nut
was told they would send it TO the Custom House
"a soon AS it was ready They did AT their leisure.
for running The boat during the tllnc th,Y hcld
m. certificate back NOu may be sure | shall not
pay such nc # | can avoid IT, for 60 not THINK
il is at all Just . -
r. Cornell White, the large steamboat owner,
eaid with emphasis: II Is an Internal outrage
neither more nor less than an lnlcthaI ouuaEc'
The FIRST | knew that two of my steamboats, were
Iihcjl,d was when | read it III the newspapers:
The Adclphi was Hbclled through some error. l
always renew nv certificates promptly. Inc APP
nIica fion to the inspectors this year made III
duc time and il j. not night that sloul ID he called
TO nav for any NEGLECT Oh the part ot the Govern
ment officials To add insult 10 injury. they put
United States marshal on my boat ana though.
had complied with every requirement Oh the law,
and the INSPECTORS bad found il So, they Dut MP a
printed notice to brighten my passengers ana pre-
iudirc the public against the bCaL
The Opin,Ons and assertions of the other steam
hna men with whom the TRIBUNE reporter TALKED
were in the strain.
The United Stats Grand jury Yesterday ap,
poIntcd a committee of nine persons 10 llslcct, All
steam vessels whose owners are required ~ law
10 obtain certificates from the local inspectors OF
steam vessels in this district. The names oi the
members of the committee are William Palmer
No. 2j4 West Twenty iourtll-St.; Arthur - McTrl-
man No IS Cortlandt-st: Reid McElyainc, No
II pipe.st: Franklin l.. Ncsbitt No. 40 East
Scycnty-irSt-st.: Horace NJ Barry, No. 10 Broad
St.; j. T.. f. Smith. No.9G Front-,t Bernard Cregan,
No 2G3 West Twenty -fOuTth-St.: {. l.. Cam
mann No. Wall-st.; and !. +. Calhoun, NO, lOo
Iibcrtv-st The committee has been instructed not
only to inspect the steamboats, IN the district but
also 70 make close inquiry and 10 hevc piIchcai
exhibition of the manner OF Inspection rs adopted
by the local inspectors of steam vessels
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