The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-04
FOR LICENSED ENGINEERS
LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE AMALGA-
 MATED SOCIETY ASK IT.

An Effort to Have City Ordinance Govern- ingsteam Boilers Amended-Councilman White Favors State Law-Many of the Supporters of the Amendment Heard Last Evening.
 The committee on ordinances consid- cred, last evening, the proposed amend ment to the city ordinance governing steam boilers and engines, A large delegation of the members of the Anal gamated Society of Engineers was given hearing. The amendment was that those who wish to run engines after the passage of the ordinance will be obliged to pass a satisfactory ex- amination. When this is done license will be granted to the applicant It also provides that the board of super v.sors of steam boilers shall be consti- tuted a board of examiners, with au- thority to issue the said license, The proposed amendment contemplates that the examinations be made by a com ptLElhL dllQ pl cbCllNetl CHS lAiSSAs AAC committee last evening heard among others, L. D. Behler, engineer at the First National bank building. He ex- plained to the committee the operation of the license system in New York and Brooklyn, and also the methods of it's execution in the state of Montana, where state law had been enacted.
 The ordinance did not contemplate any fat position for a political ward heeler, neither was it to furnish a place for any engineering society in the city. Chairman Be1den asked MT. Behler if he was of the opinion that the appli- cant should pay fee on receiving his license. The gentleman thought this matter of small consequence. What the society was looking for was better pro- tecton for the public. He did not think any first class engineer would ob- feet to a fee The examiner should be paid and the fee would help do 1t. MT. Behler did not think that it would take more than thirty days to examine every engineer in New Haven. After the first year the time would be much shorter.
 William F. Burdick related an ex- perience he had short time ago when
 
 examine boiler which had eighty pounds of steam on and the water set ting back into the city main. This had been the condition of things for about thirty minutes The injector would not work He told the man who was running the engine to fix the injector and he was told in turn that it could not be done. Burdick continued: T saw that I had to fix the injector. I started it working, but gentlemen, l want to say right here that I went out of that engine room in double quick time" The fellow in charge of the boiler and engine did not know enough to realize his danger. The men who are given charge of the boilers in many of the school buildings are in- competent. I know of one instance where tn. man in c arge Is constantly calling uepn me and ,ther engineers to help him fix his boiler 7
 I. W Wright engineer at the J.. Gibb Smith company's sash and door mill. explained the system under which the marlne engineer worked. The ex- : amining board had the power of revok- ing the licenses for cause. At present
 
 ing of license. The fee at first was $5 It was afterward reduced to fifty cents and finally abolished. MT. Wright favored the license system for the benefit of the public. He was con fident the Engineers association could take care of themselves.
 William H. Wakeman of the Board man Manual Training high school fa- vored the amendment. He said that examinations were required of men who wish to be appointed to the police force. Tn many of the different classes of business a qualification was exacted. He thought everyone would be benefited by the amendment
 B. H. Gates, engineer at Belle dock, related an instance where a man rum ming an engine in the city did not know enough to start a spare pump when the one in use had become in- operative.
 Councilman White of the Eighth ward, who is a. practical engineer, was heard in reference to the amendment. He favored a license law, but thought it should be granted by the legislature and should apply to the whole state. He thought that if the proposed amend ment were passed or defeated 1t would work to the damage of the proposed state law. He did not think the board of supervisors competent to examine men to run engines.
 MT. Wakeman differed with the coun- cilman. He could see no reason why the passage of the proposed amendment would hinder the passage of the state law, which he heartily favored. He re- ferred to the attempt to get law through the legislature just after the Park hotel explosion in Hartford. Many of the members stopped at the hotel when in that city. Notwithstand- ing the fact that their temporary ab- sence at home saved them from being victims in the catastrophe, it was inn possible to get license law through the legislature.
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