New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-23
THE MONTERREY rs ALL RIGHT.
ur SCOTT EXPOSES RECENT FALSEMooDs.


. RIDICULOUS ATTEMPT TO DlSCREDIT THE
LAST ADMINISTRATION.
Irving VI. scott. Tie vice-prcsidcnt and general
manager Of the Union Iron Works. Of san Francisco
EATS that the published attacks that have been made
anon the company regarding TIE condition OF the new
eaos, defence vessel Monterey are untrue. Mr.
scott in his dcnals. is even more emphatic. for
,e describes the reports as malicious lies Mr.
.cou is indignant at the published reports about
a.. condition of the vessel, Its boilers, etc, and he
avs that tie ship is In perfect condition and ready
N 90 10 sea at any moment. Mr.. Scott was seen
=, the Holland House by Tribune reporter yester
day. and he SAID:
THE story AZ published In the East absolutely
false The Monterey had two trials. and the pitch
:, the screws was altered and everything was done
which WAS required to make her IA success She
vceoded her horse power by 400 for two hours. and
sudng the last two hours, owing TO the inability to
tsep uIc circular CRATES OF the Coil boilers In as
GOOD a condition the Scotch boilers, the steam
PRESSURE fell Off that She averaged less than re-
ourd TIE statement about all further trial trips
,.nc called OF absolutely false. and the Monterey
res at the Navy Yard in perfect condition. ready To
% N sea arg time far as the machinery is
concerned. In regard 10 the Navy Department provid
c the Monterey with tubuous boilers ii is not true.
m fact the Monterey designed to have two Scotch
and four t,buous boilers OF the type which proved
the best upon experimental trial. The conditions
q, this trial were thoroughly advertised, and all
buders tubuous boilers were requested TO forward
rrs OF their boilers 10 the Navy Yard at Brooklyn.
where they would be correctly tested by a board OF
which OK Enrneer-in- Chief Charles Loring was pres
dent, OF the boilers submitted for trial, the Ward
boiler proved the best In every respect as the eX-
norience on board the Monterey has justified. one
~ the false statements about the Ward boilers was
ION tie occasion of the trial OF tie Monterey the
evident Inability OF the vessel to develop the required
power caused the contractors to push the firing
ON the Ward boilers. SO well was this firing cen
Quoted that before the fremen were aware OF IT III"
steam pyessurcs had jumped to $50 pounds to the
souare inch. The steam gauges OF the Scotch boilers
had prior this been registering 16O pounds pressure
sDd tercabouts, when suddenly, to the CONSERVATION
Of the fremcn at the furnaces Of the latter boilers
the hands of the steam gauges shot around to the
go pound mark. The intense pressures registered
were due TO the Ward boilers. The steam OF the
latter connected direct with the scotch boilers
.In regard 10 the statement about pressure OF
steam being go pounds, it Is ridiculous, ana the
statement contained in IT, that the Scotch boilers were
suddenly subjected to pressure OF $50 pounds from the
steam of the Ward boilers Is not only false but absurd
There is reducing valve 10 the coil boilers on the
steam pipe which only allowed the steam to pass into
the main steam pipe at the pressure at which
II came from the scotch boilers. The steam was car
red high in the Ward boiler to prevent foaming ana
for 10 other reason and the reducing valve used
to equaze the difference In the coil boilers and the
pressure OF steam In the SCOTCH IL Il
evident that had the boilers carried 80 pounds OF
steam, the Monterey would have exceeded her re-
CURED horse power, she exceeded II for two hours
with an average pressure OF less than 16O pounds.
sHere is another ridiculous statement that was
made: The effect Of the intense steam pressure ON
the Scotch boilers at once apparent. Crown
sheets began to collapse. stay bolts parted and in
another instant the boilers would probably have gone
with crash tearing the ship to pieces. but Tor the
immediate shutting o. OF all steam connection with
the Ward boilers At the same time the fires In the
furnaces Of the Scotch boilers hauled the safety
valve raised and thus calamity averted. The con
decided to pocket the loss and let the dis
abed boilers stand In this condition the Monterey
exists to-day. No fault could be found trial with
the Ward boilers OF the Monterey. They stood up 10
the work required for short period without develop
ing defects but no experienced engineer would trust
these coil boilers continuous seaming at sea-.
The whole is absolutely false. The boilers
fully examined after the trial trip of the Scotch
boilers had repairs at all; the other had few
tubes, requiring caulking In the combustion chamber
very common occurrence to all boilers operated
under force draug and the crate bars replaced
where damaged under the Ward boilers. That was
all that was done. There WIS calamity to avert.
The statement in regard 10 the reason why another
trial not held. is also equally false. This ship
tried and accepted under the same laws and the
same rules as those under which every ship that the
Government has built has been tried and the same as
the DuluerS everywhere nave Decn cOmpeiIed 10 Cd
The reports file In Washington refute every
statement made By the article published. The board
reports verified after the ship delivered to
the Mare Island Navy Yard and by second examina-
ton before the secretary Of the Navy would accept
the ship. The statement that the outgoing Admin
istration accepted defective ship is malicious lie
and slur upon Administration which stands with
out an equal in the amount and success and high
character Of the work accomplished under it. The
anmus OF the whole article is probably contained
the attack upon the Ward boiler which perhaps inter
feres with the advocates OF other type
instance did the Ward boiler give trouble. In
the difficulty of keeping the crate surface clean
In the Scotch boiler owing 70 the shape OF the crate
surface In the Ward boiler. The whole tone OF the
article indicates its untruthulness and luminosity.
1t Is asserted that eye-withesses give the fac It's
published. That is another malicious lie. The
official reports show the steam pressures and vara-
tons for fifteen minutes during the entire trial
We challenge the romancer who makes these asser-
tons 10 produce his eye-witncsses. For any such