, 1884-04-19

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said: After the LIST Discussion on this
Draft had been closed, Il Committee was
elected to report on it, and he had been
appointed Speaker of the Committee. The
Draft before the Council is simply an ev-
tension of the new Danish Laws on the
matter, particularly those of oath March
1875 and End April 1880, with only a few
alterations Of minor Importance. Those
Laws OF Denmark are based Oh many years
experience and on the technical results of
experts. We have not at our disposal
here any large staff Of technical men, and
it is very unlikely, that we would be able
to make any arrangements for a better
control with Steam Boilers on shore than
those established IN the manner stated in
Denmark therefore it had without doubt
not been expected that the Committee
should propose any alterations Of impOr-
lance in the Draft, but merely investigate
how far local circumstances warranted or
called for changes in the beforrnamed le-
gal enactments. The principle itself is
already established for the colony by the
Ordinance Of 9th April 1882, but hitherto
it had not been carried out practically it
was not till the year 1881, after a series Of
accidents had occurred here, and which
showed the danger arising from the neglect
of efficient control with boilers, that a Com
mission was appointed by the Government
to test boilers. Such inspection and tests
are TO the real benefit and interest Of eS.
tate-owners, and they are nee, ssary for
the protection Of life. The question is now
to obtain the best possible control in those
respects and the Committee felt confident
that The best way is to extend the sa Il law,
as is now proposed, and it ought 10 be no.
ticed that the examinations and tests re-
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for the parties. The Committee had 10
amendments to propose, and it had there
fore not considered it necessary to render
a written Report. but it had agreed to re-
commend the Draft in its entirety for
adoption by the Council. But in reference
to the Publication, which according TO the
Ordinance is to be issued containing de-
tailed rules for the quality and construction
OF boilers, and copies Of which accompanied
the Draft, there are some points which
the Committee would like to see altered
as the Publication is not put to The vote of
the Council the Committee can not propose
amendments, but would merely beg to Sug-
geSt to the Government to effect altcra.
tons, and he would now beg to mention
those points. In s 3 2nd part, it is said
elf the water guage and The guage- cocks
are not separately fitted Immediately on to
the boiler, the joint communication between
them and the boiler shall be- effect d by
pipes of not less than 3 inches in bore :"
now, boilers lately imported and others in
use here are not furnished with pipes Of
such large diameter as mentioned here; if
these pipes are from l to 3 inches in bore,
this must no doubt be considered sufficient,
and the Committee recommends an altera-
ton to that effect. In the last part OF the
same section, it is prescribed "lhe said APP
paratuseS (guagecocks or v~aIves) must be
placed in such a manner as to be easily
seen by the fireman.; on estates here the
heating furnaces are so located, that the
fireman cannot see the boiler, and hence he
can not nave any control Of the said appa-
ratuses; it would be preferable to put the
responsibility on the engine driver. This
alteration would be required not only in
this place, but also in ) I2b. and 5 Is, two
places. Then again 5 4 2nd part says
"When the supplying Tube"-lhe Feed
.Pipe-Opens into the boiler, the boiler shall
on the outside be fitted with a separate
selfclosing valve to prevent the water i'll
the boiler from running out through the
feed-pipe." According to 5 p, the Gov
eminent can grant exceptions from this
rule; but the Commute e thinks hat there
ought never to be allowed any exemption
from that rule of course, it is always left
to the Government to give ii or not; but
it is the committees opinion that it should
in 10 case be given. Then 5 s provides,
that ''upon every steam boiler the Trade
Mark and current number of the manufac-
tory, or any other mark atfOrding positive
,,coof of TIM idnntitv of thp hOjlpr. etc. -