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r THE MARINE RECORD. s'l'EEI. AND IRON IN jICM.KH CON- S'l MICTION. Tlio I'xplonlon of tliu boiler of tlio tug Joli n 'S. "Robinson, wlileli occurred on Sojitembor 28 ln»t, wlitlo ilm bout wiibIjIiik iilonuddu - -hor wlmrf lit Albany, N. Y„ UJIkuly to re new tlio controversy tin to tlio Superiority or Ktebl boiler-pinto ovoi Iron pliite, eapotilnlly slnco tlio just published "lteport of the United Stilton Local Ijmpccl&rn of Steiim Vos- buIb "In reference to the ciumo of tills ex- plou'lon, leiivon thU pnrfleulnr Isnuo entirely out of consideration. Tlio IhcIh In tlio oiuo »ro limply these; The cxpldUed Dollcr whs "built by Hobert Mvlngston, of Albmiy, In February, 1!*B2, tint or the baft quality of . "Pine" Iron and "Black Diamond" steel, was tliorqiiuhly braced and stayed, and left nothing to bo ilcsli oil, either In regard to tlio material thai entered Intolts construction or Ha workmanship. It was subjected to a liydrostallc test of 160 pounds and allow ed » working steain-pres*uri' ot 100 pounds. The Koblnson was walling lorn tow which was uxmcteU t0 "rrlvo '" llU0Ul-4 or B "' m- "or tiro was sliced and covered over forihe night, the wnter gauge and gnuge cocks showing the boiler to be full ol watei, and her steiiin jmiieo showing 80 pounds ol stoaili. At 1 o'clock n. in., Fiedci li k I.. TliiBlnr, lliu engi¬ neer, culled (.'liny, the llreman, to relieve 1,1m and BtBiul Ids usual wntrli. JUiliu s»ears thai at llili lime he tried the gauge • <.dcks, and that lie had time solid gauge of water, and that the steam gauge Bbowcd a nrcssure ol 50 pounds. Tlil« is the last leli- ,,ble Information In Ti'giiid tojlio condition of tho lire, ftenni vnuge nnd « nter gaugo und water-gauge cocks ol the Robinson which could be obtained At 2 80 a. in the boiler exploded with Itrrlllc l»rcc, entitling the loss ol three lives'and considerable damage to ndiiicont shipping and pioperty. There can hardly be any douBt tlmt tlieie was plenty of water In the boiler at the time of the ex- plosion, Blnco the back-connection orown shoot which wiib subsequent"? recovered, tontalliud the fusible plug liiBorlou It. It, intact. On the other hand, Hie Investigation proves conclusively that the engineer had screwed clow u llie pop-vnlve so that It would not blow at a'l, and as several witnesses swore that lliey never had heaid either ol tho safety-valves of tlio KobliiHon blow at tliiHBwhen sliewns cnirylng 120 nnd 130 pounds ol steani, li seems certain that the Icier-valve was also preveuted fiopi blow¬ ing, either bv lashing down, wedging, or the adding or extra weights to it. 1 he Inspectors, j» therefore, arrive at the loiiUiibIoii ' that this cxuloBion wiiBiljie to a direct violation <jl thei rules on the pint of the engineei In tampering with and hindering the worklnij of the Biitety-'vnhcB, and to the negligence and carelessness uf the tlieinan in allowing tho boHcr to create such an Immense amount of steani as to explode It. The hitter's nulun can be onlj accounted lot on the them j that, iiltci starting uj> his tires and closing hi- furnace doors, he must line lallen asleep al his post." Tho foicc of the explosion- was so great as to liteially teai the bollei to pieces—send lug parts ot It in all directions, one piece wiighlngaboiil two u>n«. being eairled J.'iO feitovor telegrajili wires and Housetops, another, weighing three tons, being sent In unuther direction abdut the same distance. The recovered parlfVrcsent soino pi-eiiliu features of fractuic, which the ndvocntes of Bteel boiler plate have promptly seized upon In support of their predilection. In the Hist | phue, In the port of the shell thrown ashoie the Iron fractures were found oxidized, w Idle- the steel fiaciures wcie clean and bright Kiom this clrciimstanci' it Is argued that the Iron was ruptured bj the lone of Ilia steam pn-ssiirc, while tin liiiclure ot that paitlou ol the Bteel plate Is asi i Hied to the c onciisslou oljhe fall (II the hcavi mass. Moieover, m the lines ol separation btlwien the Irun and the steel |ilale, tile rlwl holes In the steel plate show no elongallon, hut lemalii per¬ fectly sound the toiu', ot the explosion Inn¬ ing sheared off the ilvcts, which ntlerwaid bad dropped out ol the stci 1 plate Advoi ales ol iron plate foi boilers point, on the olhel Jiiiud, to the Inct that the accumulated steam pressure, which caused so tcirlllc an ex- plot Ion mustol necessity ha\e been so great that noknown material of nianufacliiii could have withstood It, and maintain that If e\ei) part or the boiler had been made of steel, the.iesnlt would Iiiimi been the same, oi pti- baps even inoredlsasirous in Its ellccl I he olllclal lestol Ihesjcel plale innlli Im this bidlei by I'lnki'liony-A Co , of the Hl.uk Diamond bteel Works',*ol I'lttsbuig, Is as follows: rlilokncu ot Miii|iUs, la/1' ■ , [i Width " l Hlrulu on which runturu iiMiirml,i>.|iiMlii 10 JI0 hlnlu por xiuaro Inch iifiwillou, 'I «W IU»Iukx1 willlll of uuipll '"'" "" • lliUkuua '■ ' -" lUnliiclluii »t arcu, pur colli *' '1 lit- iidvocstcs of steel plale point to these tests as evidence that tho slienglli of Ihe steel in Ihe boiler was so much gleater than that ol the Itou, that probably some *bf the tubes would have blown out prior to the giv¬ ing way of the boiler, nnil.tlmt the relief Ihus obtained would lime averted the filial consiciucnces and dcslriicllvencss of the ex¬ plosion. Neither pari) to Ihe argument seem", ho »o\<r, Inclined intake Ipio con¬ sideration the obvious lact that the slccl, lu- Ing slmngci iliari tin hou, nudl|ii\iiltlmaie slieli"tll of the lion having been uveidul b\ JhC' foicc of the steam piissure, It Is but 'natural Hint the debris of steel plale should bo found In a better condition than those of the lion rTfato. Whether or not the conceded better qualities of steel plate would have been nble to lesson thedestructlvonessof tho explosion will probably remain an open question, and lemiuds us of the experience ol tho man who had Invented a patent safety elector. Having Anally secured Its adoption hi a newly erected building, tho patentee and his thrco backers entered the cage, nscended to the top ot the building and there, to show Itsjihsolutfi safety and Independence of tlio hoisting rope, cut the latter, reiving solely, upon tlio patent nppllanco to Innil them siilely at Ihe bottom. The' result of this proceeding was even less satisfactory Hint surprising—tlio whole party landing "all li; a heap" at tiro bottom of the shaft As soon as tlio unlucky Inventor hail re coveicd his senses he was met by the ubiqiil '(ltd and sympathetic reporter, who asked, tor "particulars.." "I all It 'Four Lives Saved' said tho inventor, it will maku a good head¬ ing, and certainly we might all have been killed."—.VB{nnn/cs. LIABILITY OP SHIP OWNERS,FOR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE." A very inipoiHint decision lelaling to the liability of ship nw tiers for medical assistance to sailors iiijuied on shlpbonrd has recently boon given by the Supreme Court of I'enn- sj Ivanla. It was an appeal from the ( ourt ol Common Pleas, Philadelphia, and Ihe judgment ol the lower couit wns afllimcd. It appears <that Ihe engineei of n tug boat I) lug alongside a w harl, was seveicly scald¬ ed bj a bum of steam from the cj Under head. Medical assistance was Immediately summoned, and the injured man wns at his ow n request taken home, Instead ot to the marine hospital to which plate the master o.f the tug offered to take him. Tim tugboat owners were called upon to pay for medical attendance to the engineer, but refused up¬ on the plea that the marine hospital service was oftered to t|ie man nnd his refusal to ac¬ cept It absolved the vessel owners from nny liability for such attendance. This plea would by many shipowners be held well taken. .Jim-tire lower court decided against It upon the ground that the acts of Congress relative to the marine hoBpital seivlce"do not supeisedo the right ol the seaman under the general maritime law to bu cured at the expense of the ship to which lliej belong of aU sickness or Injury occuiring to them while in the service of Hie ship," 'I he Su¬ preme court takes the Bamo view Tho lla- bllily of the ship lor medical attendance to sick suaiueu is well settled. Tin lug owners claimed, bowevei, that the'ship Is. not ic- sponslble If the seaman be taken home from the vessel, that the sailor should remain with his ship and that if he Is removed he cannot ol his election iboose for his recovery wbiit- evei place he may wish. This would leave the election as to plnco with the ship ow net — a posiilon which is untenable. Upon this point and ui on tluil ielating to medicine chests and medical attendance on shipboard the Supicme Court gives an opinion which Is good law, and what is better, good sense. In the tlrst place it shows that a seaman foi Injuiles luciiircd in Its service is cutltled lo beciiied at the expense of Uie ship. It fur¬ ther pointsout the fact, which ship-owners often overlook, that hospital dues collecied lor the support of the mitilne hospital ser¬ vice aio paid by the sailor himself and havi teallv nothing whatever to do with the ship A hiillof Is entitled, upon propel application, lo free hospital service, but that Is not a set- vice ltirnislied*by Iheshlp-ow uei. The Bail¬ or call take It or not as he elects. It is a \\\nl piovision which Ihe law has made compul soi) upon hint, not upon the sldpownei II is not a provision made by shlp-ovv i eis "hi reliel of lheli'liability under law maillhiie " Ihe maritime- law proiects the siilliu In all the sens ind senpiutsof Ihe woild. 'llicuia line hospital senile is confined tn some few ofoui homo-ports. Tho seveial nils ol t on- ■gresn relating to hospital dues aie-theicfoii, onlj auxlllarv to Ihe ancient inarlilme law giving Injured seamen the rlghl to he (ured al the expense of the ship, and simply alloid ifauien an additional safcguaid This view Is generallv adopted by the louits.—Jftiri- imir UrijiHtfi ____ « Some of oui lilend4 may not bo aware that a good deal of (hue In section lining [lacings foi blue prints uin be Saved bv la) lug a wash i pou the liaclug. This wash—oi, In fact, ail) wash shading—will pi hit upon hluc pa I it r just an «i II as solid lilies, and If an null¬ um) shaded diawlng, innde either b) lead pi ui II, i ra) on or India Ink, can be made tiaiispaieut, blue piluts can be taken from llwlikh will reploduee the oilglitals with ver) ifioat peificlloii. Inonoor two shops we have seen blui piluts made which were not reversed. The oiighui! thawing had been made with a view to this use, and Ihe shades had been put on accordluc!) ■ '1 he blue piiit then leptu'beutcd thoughts and shades of the machine pieclsejy as they would be represented in an Ink drawing. In Inct, they "eiu moielv blue drawings on a daik blue ground. \Vheie iilany copies ot a drawing are uiiMleiKjind it Is deslramo tn s"c lid 11 it-ill oui In those l ml sklllid In leading a lilue pi hit this method Is a v<i) dcsliahli one. As Ihe washed shading takes consld i rahl) less time than the l(iilng,and as clay on shading, Ihoiigh not assiuonih as lining, piodnees a itsu't so elleitlvc and so very cheap, It would seem tu he dcsliahle loi \ \ draftsmen In their shop draw lugs to occa¬ sionally adopt this system, foi ihcsiikoof the certainty and clearness which it gives tile, wnikmenln rending the drawing.—.En- l/ine rtnq. A NOVEL STOPPEfi. The Clnclnnntl Business Observer: The Pclladelphln, ii low (iresstire "boat, built nt this city in 1820, Was grounded in lSilOln Union's eddy, nt tlio font of Washington s rcot, null cut (u two nnd lengthenc'd 31 left. The Philadelphia wnB floated oft'. WJicn the wider came lo llont her alio bad stonm up nnd .ready tn take her place nt the tv harf for business upon the first rise In the river. The boats ot that day were pinvldcd with uuU wliters, howspilw nnd figureheads, n fash¬ ion abandoned inoic than lorty ycaruigo on steamboats, but hot until ree'ent'y on ships. As Hie Phlliidelphla, turned fiora tho shore hcrcutwater utijiclfii passing coal boat, mak¬ ing a gieut hole in its side nt which tlio Wn¬ ter poured In. There wns nothing at hnnd to stop It. David Gilll'v, Lavias Huron nnd E. II. Fllmore lumped oil the steamboat on to the coalhoat.'picked up one of the/coal boat hands and crowded 111 ill down Into the 'hole, stopping the great How of wnter, shov¬ eled the coal oven to make the break above the wntei, landed the boat and saved the coal. It is doubtliil II tlieie is another In¬ stance on-record wbeien man was used to stop a leak In a sinking boat. ----------------------•* 1.---------------------- ' , Tho scholastic philosophy began In tho schools founded, by Chnrlemngne, and pre¬ vailed In Europe from the ninth to the tft- teentli centuiy. BETTER THAN EVER. The Inter Ocean for 1884. More new features have been introduced in THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN in the last twelve months thun in Qi>y other prper in tills country. 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