Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-22
GENERAL NEWS,

GENERAL NEWS.
Business fair.
Signal service report: River 25 feet 5
inches.
Receipts by river yesterday, bales cotton
and 800 sacks of cotton-seed.
The City of Providence cleared yesterday
morning with fair trip OF people for St.
Louis.
The Belle Memphis departed yesterday
m orning for Vicksburg. Sne added 20 tons
of freight here.
The Paris C. Brown will blow high whistles
when she comes down again TO attract atten-
ton 10 her new chimneys.
The Vint Shiukle departed last evening for
Cincinnati with 334 bales cotton, 10000 feet
ash lumber, So packages Of sundries and 20
cabin passengers.
Johnnie Robinson, general bill-colIec.or of
the Achor-Line wharfboat, went up passenger
on the City of Providence yesterday. John
ME wants some fresh air.
Captain John J. Darragh, it is said, denies
that he will command any steamer bearing
the name of Will S. Hays, sold Ike" and
"HanDah TO the contrary notwithstanding.
The U. P. Schenck, from Cincinnati,
passed down early yesterday morning for
New Orleans with good trip. She put off
here 10 packages freight and added 20 tons.
The appointment of Captain Garrett to
the position of supervising inspector has
been confirmed, and now we await the an
nouncement of his successor in the Memphis
local inspectorship. Who will draw the
lucky number?
Local-Inspectors Garrett aud Raiston have
revoked the license of w. G. Brown, m xster
and pilot, and indefinitely suspended that
held by Leander Huff, mate. First-En-
gineer w. A. Rhoads was refused renewal
for working after his own license had expired.
Captain Darragh's new Arkansas river
boat is TO be named the Ida Darrsgh. Her
name, of course will be the /. Darrab, but
the common sentiment will be "i ddre.her to
come down here and try to excel her prede-
cessors-the Katie Hooper, Hattie Rowland,
Marlin Speed, etc. She will accomplish won-
ders to win as much fame.
The United States local inspectors at Gin
cinnati having revoked the license of John
Bateman, second engineer OF the United
States snagboat E. A. Woodruff, as being TO
blame for the explosion of that boats niger
boiler recently, the Marine Engineers Asso-
citation will soon publish report of the
committee that it had appointed 10 investi-
gate the cause of the accident, in which
Bateman is held blameless.
The PAYERS have nearly completed the
work between Union and Court streets, and
soon the expanse, all the way from Jefferson
to Beale, west of the railway tracks will be at
the service of the river people. There are
some improvements or corrections TO make
in the old wharf from Union to Monroe, in
elusive OF the latter street, that should be
looked after-which, when completed, will
make Memphis able to boast the finest river
front in America, and don't you forget it.
New Orleans Rcayune, Tuesdi y: During
the prevalence of the storm at o'clock Sun
day afternoon, a wharfboat aud barges-
Nos. 5, 81 and 5S-all owned by the Mis-
sissippi Valley Transportation Company,
broke from their moorings at Cochrane's
wharf, in front OF the Merchants Ware
house, in Gretna. The vessels drifted acros;
the river until they reached the head of st.
Mary street, where a number of citizens,
aided by the harbor police, succeeded in
catching the vessels and making them fast to
this side"
Cincinnati Commercial, Friday: captain
John j. Darragh came up from Madison yes
terday, to contract for swinging stages for his
new Memphis and Arkansas river packet,
building at Madison, and which is to be
completed September LIST. The directors OF
the company have named the new steamer
Ida Darragh, in compliment TO Captain OAR
ragh's eldest daughter, an accomplished
young lady. Captain Darragh denies that
he will have command of Captain James n.
Reefs new steamer, Will S. Hays, building
at Pittsburg for the Cincinnati and New Or
leans trade, aud which is 10 be the fastest
and finest steamer ever constructed for the
trade"
The following from the local inspectors
opinions concerning the explosion on the
United States snagboat E. A. Woodruff, may
be of use to the fraternity in general: eve
gather from the evidence that the exploded
boiler was used for various purposes, in addi-
ton 10 those usually required on board OF
river steamers. 1t was what might be
termed 'shop-boiler,' furnishing power TO
several machines on board, lathe. drill press,
etc, and was used unfortunately by the
Dgineers, strikers and greaser occasion
required, and where such a number OF per- |
sons were allowed to operate ii, probably 1t
was permitted 10 deprecate to a somewhat |
greater extent than it would if managed by |
a fewer number. Although we think that |
Chief-Engineer Enyart should attsome time |
have critically examined the boiler to ascer |
tain its true condition, we are unable TO con- |
meet any action or inactien on his part with |
the cause of the explosion; he had been alb |
sent from the boat the greater part OF that |
morning, and could hardly be expected to |
anticipate such action bracing down the |
safety-valve, and breaking fdown the fire |
sfterward, beside we are of the opinion that |
even were the boiler new it would have been |
exploded under the other conditions then |
existing. Our conclusion is that the explc- |
sion occurred for reason that while the safety |
valve attached 10 the boiler was shored or |
braced, and while there was sufficient water to |
ubmerge the tubes and crown sheet, |
Mr.. Weeks, the person sent from the hold BY |
Second-Engineer Bateman, TO attend to it,
did SO by breaking down or stirring the fire
while there was a considerable pressure of |
steam, which we believe was at least forty
pounds, there being at the same time a gen.
erous supply OF fuel in the furnace, and
while in that condition he closed the fire
door and left il, and while absent the pressure
of steam was increased TO an extent I'M
known, as The steam gauge was not observed
afterward, but il was sufficient to tear the
boiler into fragments. The evidence indi-
Gates that after Mr.. Weeks left the boiler,
and until the time of explosion, there was
4 lapse of time that would permit a great
increase of pressure, and also that the boiler
on the previous day withstood pressure OF
eighty-fve pounds. While the evidence
does not render it positive that Second En-
gineer Bateman ordered the carpenter, who
did So to actually brace the safety-yalve,
his error consisted in neglecting 10 give
explicit instructions in regard to il, as he
should have felt obligated to do, and we hold
that the explosion resulted solely from mis-
neglect a. the boiler had been and was |