The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-20
NEW INSPECTOR OF BOILERS.
ar z B. Fitzgerald Succeeds Mr.. a.
D. Headman.

ar E B Fitzgerald Succeeds Mr.. a.
D. Headman.
v- B. Fitzgerald was appointed L nited
s.ata. local inspector of boilers for the dis
t.,c. of savannah yesterday to succeed Mr..
Fl D. Headman.
Tho appointment of an inspector of steam
.,.,ls il made by the Secretary of the
TSaasurv upon recommendation Of desig-
- hoard consisting of the supervising
!D.aastor of the district in hich the APP
-.-int1ant is made, the judge of the United
Bates court and the collector of customs.
TSs hoard of designators met at the Gus
~, bouss Yesterday morning. Supervis-
~, InsDector J. w. CAST of Norfolk, Va,
"a Collector Of Customs L. F. johnson
,~ara nresent. Judge Speer was unable to
w mere. A number OF applications were
Considered. Only two applicants, however,
oo.asantad themselves for examination. The
PFaoood application, by Mr.. Charles Gross,
nos finally withdrawn, leaving Mr.. Fltz-
,rs-old's the only application to be acted
S5non After O satisfactory examination by
tbe snngryising inspector Mr.. Fitzgerald
Vas amounted. He will qualify as soon as
his bond Is submitted and has been APP
nroveI which will be within the next week
pr ten DAYS at the furthest, and he will
ThAn assume CnaTR6 VI Lu0 OAlNos
In the meantime Mr.. CAST, supervising
;,snactor of the third district, which in
Guides the local districts of Baltimore, Nor
fJk Charleston and Savannah, the entire
torritorv from Baltimore south to Cape
Canaveral, Fla, will be in charge Of the
oajoe and will make his headquarters here.
The new inspector il we'll known in
savannah, although for the last ten years
he mas been a resident Of Florida. He is a
brother Of Supt. j. w. Fitzgerald
Of the Plant Steamship Line. He was four
years chief engineer of the steamer II. b.
Plant which ran between Savannah and
Tybee prior to 1881. Capt. W. G. Lee,
local inspector of hulls, was mate on the
steamer at the time Mr.. Fitzgerald was
engineer Prior to coming to Savannah,
Mr.. Fitzgerald was engineer on the steamer
CITY Pointof the Charleston and Florida line.
After leaving Savannah he was chief engi
neer Of the steamship Ollvette of the Plant
line between Tampa and Havana. For the
last four years he has been chief engineer of
the Indian River Steamboat Company Of
Florida. a position Of responsibility, which
he has filed with great satisfaction, Mr..
Fitzgerald left for Florida yesterday after
noon. He will resign his position with the
Florida company at once, and will return
to Savannah next week TO assume his new
office.
The appointment of Mr.. Fitzgerald gives
much satisfaction to the steamboat interests
not only OF Savannah and Florida, but will
hardly fail to be satisfactory to the entire
Savannah district, which embraces the
nayigable waters from Savannah south to
Caps Canaveral. and In which there are
upward of l7j steam vessels, in the Daviga-
ton of which over 700 licensed officers are
employed. Mr.. Fitzgerald now holds his
sixteenth issue OF license as chief engineer OF
ocean steamships.
The retiring inspector of boilers, Mr..
Headman, has been in the steamboat in
spection service twenty-seven years and is
one Of the Oldest men in the service. He is
known to every steamboat man In the
district as he is known to nearly every one
in Savannah. There are few men who can
boast Of a longer consecutive incumbency
Of any public Office. He has seen the
growth Of the steamboat service from the
war until it has reached its present pro-
Portions
The vacancy in the Office precipitated a
lively canvass and Mr.. Fitzgerald was
appointed as the most competent and best
qualified man for the office, which is one
10 (Which much responsibility is attached,