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South Norwalk sentinel, Saturday, October 12, 1878 · page 1

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second Stands, in each month

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nectar Divine service on Sundsy showings
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cannula: is celebruted end there is no service At
night. but evening prsyer ls ofi'sred st but! pest four
in the afternoon with instruction to the children.
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wetsr run into the‘boilera hours on aster-
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Rowan: V. KAnnANo.
Olicr on steurnsr Adeipbi. sud noted as us-
Isteot to the engineer; we: on the Adslpbl
when tho petch was put on the boiler, and
saluted in putting it on; boiler meterbsino
on bosrd bout At New York snd came to
Norwslk;='don‘t know first be ‘ looked st
leak on the wsy up; my brother told me to‘
cede! the bolls-Nestor; I use to slwsys as;
slst the boiler-ulster. hsd no special instruc-
tions for um sight; sometimes sfter bad
mods repairs my brother would not mehow
I found things; suppose he gonerelly usked
use or the bullet walker how the boiler look.
ed; first thing After we at to the dock blew
o! steam end heeled themes; don“t remem-
ber whether the tutor vrss blown out of the
boiler or not; it bad lobe cooled off; don’t
know when the bolltemstsr commenced
his work. but before he called rue: don‘t‘
know that some eke assisted hint; called
us shout widehbt; std sst teen sslrrp up

blot put on the puck; took A light with we:
Undertaker said nothiu About seeing the
“nth“ them the clock; didn‘t soy he
wished he‘d Wt “other piece, of iron;

dids t try to bolt tbs patch on without put-

slwsye potspirceof irosou the insideof
s soft pitch; sever helped the Milwaukee:
putspstehou the boiler of the Adelpui
wheebepst A piece of iron on the it»
sideof the pstob inthstwey; did uotusk
him what the pisoeof iron was for; netted
hint «nothing “out the pooh. but don‘t
know whet it wee; sometimes I would no-
tice how” thick the lots wss when putting
one psteh; did eat ssy Anything to the
holler-use“ fibril! it twin: pretty thin there;
don‘t rye-ember his style: “white to me
smut it; don‘t venom whether I noticed it
V“ thir; use is the boiler lit or :0 minutes
pmbsbiy more; eornfortshly warm in there;
bed to none out me or twtce; tmktnc
iron that lens the inside of the patch with
me the dret tints I went in; took in the
bolts. the red led weson the retell; it was
drilled on the deck ; suppose the boiler-mm
kcr drilled the holes in the boiler; don‘t
know how he put thorn in; tank n hummer
in with me tqknoek up the bolts if I could
not put them through with my fingers;
Msrkey dld‘nt ssk rue to strike around the
bresk ; did not ask me shout stsybolts; took
the sockets out and cut of! the ends; pit-ed
them through from the furnsce; did not ask
me how the boiler looked; didn't here to
take out any of the long braces for me to
get to the pines; had one bolt in and could
notgotpatch up to piece, and Marksy cups
in to help me; don’t know whetlwr he took
down braces or put his band in; he hl‘ld up
one end till I put the bolt tbrnuub; Murkry
didn‘t. sny anything about its being but; soon
us got the bolts in position bulb come out;
be screwed up the bolts. and I went on
deck: next time I saw him I asked him if
everything was all right; did not leave any
word with me for my brother; don't know
that )1“ku islksd about the leak coming
up an the bout; saw my brother in the morn~
lug; was up All night; wont to bed next
morning after we not out of the harbor and
slept to Market Sh; don't recollect whether
my brother asked me about the patch in the
morning or not; Msrkry was on the bout
when we put the pstch on the bridge W1”;
don't know of his putdug my other pstchcs
on the boiler of the Adelpbl; don't know of
our other perches having been put on the
boiler; duties didn‘t cs‘l me into the art-
rtmrr: ; knew but very “ Jle about the boiler;
have had hslf s dczzn. itl'erent firemen since
I have been on the host; don‘t know wheth-
or it is customary to have oilere on steam-
bests help the boiler-maker; no one else
sround but the holler-mater sud me when
the pitch we. put on; the patch nor thick-
ness of the iron of the holler have not been
talked of as I know of; John Haley was are.
nun ; wus hurt by the explosion sud went
home; never ssw Mersey drunk ; bsvs nev-
er seen him under the it fluencc of liquor;
have helped put on patches on Nelly White.
Americas sod Adelpbl; lust winter rsn don-
key engine on Ste-met Neptune; have put
on patches where the piste hes but on the
inside; did not hsvo to into down the feed-
pipe to put on this patch; we filled the bal-
lsr here nights with fresh wuter. end used
suit water on the wsy down sud beck; did
not blow the salt water out of the boiler.
but run in fresh water end reduced it till I
could drink it; it wss fresh enough not to
test! too bed; the gouge gloss would be full
when we begun to fire in the morning; don't
think it wss necesssry to pump water into
the boiler between the dock snd Gregory‘s
Point; the fires were prohublv stsrtod about
6 o'clock; it use about hslf tlio Eridsy
morning when we went out ; run the fresh
water into the boiler At the top: while the
fresh ~wstcr was running in the blow of

toot wster from the hydrsnt or the dock;
let the were on hslf furor; our boss wu et-

teebvd tee pips stteobsd to the hydrant.
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wutsr cause in right oft of the obiuney.snd

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the boiler tbst heroin; notissde leek there

dot leek otter the patch we put on; min;
at did not tell no to reports” lost to him;

Merrick filed with me first time sbout e
west end s hslf. second line stand s ol- d
Guys; left becsuso he couldn't stitnd the

Merritt isn‘t s nervous mun. but he don't
know much shout stesmboetlsc; wss there
when the push wss put on; Merritt wss in
my place for 8 or d dsys abouts month ego;
I've reported s tube forking and one in the
neck of the chimney. which I helped put
on; the lost in the bridge was discovered by
the engineer; bullocmnker has some” up
with us 8 times I sat cousin; couldn’t ssv'

gisssthls summer; Heady was with me ;
qotbtug else ever blew out; engineer told
the if I ssw any locks to report them to blin‘.
never told me if it got to lusting bsdly we‘d
be blown up.
SATURDAY.
«10ml W. BLAH.

Boiler Inspector, residence Jersey City; on-

gineer; made my first scquslntunoo with
steamer Adelpli in Msy or J not). 1877; when
I first inspected her; the law says that to-

spocturs shall have 24 hours notice in wrib
lug when appliesth for iuspmli-mls rustle; ‘

it is not the custom. but sonic
times certain inspect-we ere
asked fut; there are oases where tbry

will ask for the inspector bundle“; iii the
tune of the inspection of the Adelphi boilers
in lsfi‘. there was no particular circum—
stances why I was selected to inspect her
billet; never knew John Smith till 1 boots
up here to inspect the boiler; the Adelphi
was to be honours in biscuit. and I still
to Mr. Natthews I would like to some hero
and inspectiorboiier.sslsedtneuyttisu«ls
soveJithr hers; I undertook to
pit the hydrostatic pressure on the boiler
is New Turkic ml. but couldn‘t get it
been” of leaking velvet in the origins. and
not bemusedefoet in the built»; the next
eight. or the next but one. I came to Rior-
welk and Wed the boiler; doth think I
etude eny “potentialities to the engineer
of the Adelphi st that time; there was until»
the nee-int; in 187? when I fixed the pressure
ut mitts. I was governed by the rule pre»
scribed by lsw. sud l IleIilt‘ sure I figured
thxnpmum on the w“ up; as l “slutty. do
to see tint I am within the “it“! of lh!‘ law;
I had “to puccdlng cautious to allow um
the iron was sttmpud. which is allowable
browse it is slntost impossible to dimlver the
stumps alter the boiler he; bwu used; this
is s cnnnnnn style of routine boilers around
New York and on the Hudson River; lll'tny
boilers of about same diameter; this boiler is
sbout the some prtlportiun built-r tits! is
used in connection with similar engines;
don’t know the size of the engine now. but
there wss nothing about it to attract Mirn-
tlon; the spice in and around the boiler is
not more than usually crsmpotl for getting
around it; the law now requires s sptco of
18 or 24 inches around marine boiler; went
into efl‘ect in 1872 in new vessels; dor‘s not
apply to new boilers in old vessels; I came
to inspect the bollvr this year at the desig-
nation of Mr. Mtitliewr; I was detailed by
him to come here; in inspecting the boiler
this year. Icarus to my impressions by tin
oxsmluutiun of the boiler; I had my lust
yoer‘s certificate before me; don‘t. often cut
the pressure down on boilers two or three
ycsrs old; very rarely put it up. 1'.) Answer
to question if the Adviphi builvf‘ is 12 feet
diameter over the tire, bl feet the other end.
(‘1, iron. 50.000 pounds tensile strength, wbut
pressure ilic.gchrutucut allows. Mr. Blake
figured; inking the 9g; feet portion, single
rivited. as A basis, “lbs. to the square inch;
figured on the small purtinu on the plesutnp-
ilou that the 19 lot-t shell Wits sutiicieutly
braced to make it equally strong With 0;}
feet portion.

While Mr. Blake was figuring. My. Lil;
Count was (Xunllued and swme that the
boiler was 12 fem wide across the front; the
circle wts of 6 feet radius; did not. measure
the rear eui of the bUllt‘I‘; the 12 feet. dome
wss single riveted.

Mr. Blake rt~sutued:—-Wo figure upon the
cylindrical shell without stays, and deter;
mine the pressure by Allowing ulhei‘ ports of
the boiler to be stsyed to hold the pressure;
the 13 foot cylindrical shell without. any
stays wouldfisnd A pressure of 36 1-10 lbs.;
in exsmlnstlon of new boilers I am always
particular to know that they are stayed, in
my judsment, equal to the shell; in examin-
stion of so old boiler I mess to examine the
stays. but in many cases I can't very well
get All puts of the boiler ;_ I don’t want
to shield myself, but it injust to myself to
soy tbst there are csses whore b Mon 1 or 2
years old here Just been covered by felt
costing $200; I wouldn't generslly feel jun
tlfled in cutting that tell. of! to see if the
boiler wss properly braced unless I saw evi~
deuce of weakness under hydrostatic press-
ure; if I wss examining s butler where they
Wnnlod the pressure raised I would rx'tmlue

less I had inspected it when it was new ; I
might except one other use; if I go aboard
to inspect e boiler end find it out of repair.
end it needed A Guy or two for repairs. I
would reduce the pressure till the "pol",
wore mods sud then lacrosse it 'sgsiu; when
I mete recommendations for replies end
they ere not rustle. oertldcsts ls withheld; in
summer when very busy we do not Always
see thst the repsirs are made. but scoop! the
osths of licensed oflosr; I. suede A recom-
mendstioo for repairs on the Adolpnl' s bol-
lor. Reed from disry: “Went to Nurwslk.
June um. lsrs. sod inspected “sensor
Adslphi. Found U stnnii isek st been of
steern chimney; otherwise in good oondi-V
tlos;“ did not subsequently excuse repslrs
being put on chimney; nor never did in soy
cuss in my life . recommended A patch put
on stesn chimney; told the engineer—
[Here Pursues Hill ssksd the clerk to
read the engineer‘s seldom upon this point.
not Is. Blake requested him not to es he
didn‘t went to know whet he bed sold nor
ssyoos else. as bed retained frost restl-
leceeysbiu‘rtbet bed been testified 'to be
csusshgwuntsd tohsnnb'isssdln his own.

Wshedlsdst Rorwslk on the as: of
weed sensuous steam-ital; I wee
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tbs first tints when we put tbspstoh ed; did‘

did not tell us to wstoh titst psrbeulsr its“;

work; assly bee been there sheet 8 months;

whether he came six times ; burstcd s ranger

thoroughly endgoul the felt if necessary, any

out for them by the engineer;

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the “that w ‘tmiblzéd deck“ I ssksd
whet scolded ii ' she‘s blown
ill to pleural};I ubndsy‘ I seem the ones;
first went for old certificate; clerk ssld thst
Mr. Strsttou. prsrvlslng Inspectorbf tile
bistrlot hsd It; wont to Mt“ Btrsltobbnt’ he
hadn't it. but hsd it looked up; iI ontnlned
tit sod found it lied merited on it "Hdld Ioo
tliios'te for perch on base of steam drums“
scum strengthened; don’t know why 1 ud-
dod seam to be strengthened s: it’ wins in
ns'neobsnicsi expression; when I recom-
‘dsd e repair on s stem chimney or
toilet end they don't‘ ii mute
. we report the. ‘ “thing ~3 to
the custom buuso.sud the custom house puts
e marshal abcsrd till it is done; we tell them
to hold csrtiflosto for repairs; our click I04
ports to the custom house; I undo snob s
report to the custom house in this one; I
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snowing sfter the explosion‘ ad
tow the recommendstlon on the old
certilcuto in nu bendwrltlog;

patch could hsvs been put on on Buudsy
during the day sssy enough; if I bed tbouxt
it very serious would not hsve allowed her
to run until Sundsy.

Forenun Hill here rcsd the following
section “the laws governing steernboet is-
spectioo:

Sscrtox 4448. All encore licensed under
the provlskute of this title shell Assist the in-

urs is their nomination of soy vessel
to which such licensed officers helm. sud
shell point out all defects sud imperfections
known to thorn in the “ulna“
boilers. or machinery“
shall metro knows to the inspectors. At the
earliest upwrtuttitv. All scoldouts or occur
looses producing serious injury to the. vet;
tel. her boilers. or machinery; end in do
fault thereof the license of any such smear
so neglecting or refusing shell be revoked.

Air. lists Nationals-no defects or in»
perfection were reported to sue st the sinus
of the WWW“: the law says than the es»
pincer sud tracers shtii sitl use in the lib
emotion; but found on“ where engineers
try to cover up defects; it is not the custom
of engineers to report pstohos they and in
the boiler when they teks the bust. unites
the putoltvs m male in It dungeons wsy;
if the engineer bud shown those puobwsuutl
wicket wetness. they hsvine been put on or
cracks in the iron. I should hove laid the
bout up; no reports of any minim bowing
been etude on the bullet ofthv Adeipbl beve
in my knowledge been mule; the following
Way; utter the em of June. the eagle
eer conveyed to use the impression that he
bed done what I entered; out not rmsltlvo of
this; no notice cum to the valet- sbout other
repairs being put on the! built-r that I out
swure of; as soil patch in it bridge wsli ntuy
be evidence of u crack, thin iron, or in some
instances. a "puck murk;“ have seen iostsn-
Css where one single bolt would snake it
tight; the immediate csuso of this thin tron
or cracked iron in bridge Wallis not neccs~
snrlly the rvsuit of hard firing. the border e
boiler is cred the more liable creeks are to
eppenr; st time of my inspection did not use
Any soft patches on bridge wall of Adelpbl
boiler; under ordinary circumstances a suit
p “Ch is not the proper wsy to remit s
crack on the iron in the bridge wall of n
boiler, because the bobble so intense, and as
there are two thicknesses of iron sud red
to id putty. making the 'distsucsi so great be
twt on the ureter and theflre that the bolt or
bolts which secure the soft patch are liable
to be «worm-stud and their ends burned off.
fret-lug the rival) over the 'npcrturs and
causing a rupturmsnd I never allow u vessel
to continue to run with it»; ssoft patch is
justlilsbloon s hridguwull at m. or under
uxtsnuuting circumstances; I would put on
a soft patch for one tlipor in an emergency;
would not consider it prudent. m’put such a
psicb on for the settled purpulb of running
some time; in cutting a boiler. pressure down
I usually reduce it 5 pounds; never out n
boiler 2 or 3 pounds for safety; in making
mv vxtmlnntious of Mr. White‘s boot he
nor none or his employees have ever btulud
to me to let things slip througb’nsy; never
received any presents from them; it is not a
usual thing in putting on e
suit patch to put I plate on
the inside; if the iron is not thick enough
to hold the plate it. should be replaced with
new iron and riveted; an injury to s' bolle‘r
of such extent as to necessitate the cutting
out of n plecouf lrou after an inspection.
should be reported to the inspector‘ s omce;
if I were engineer on board of a vessel
when it was arousal-y to put on A soft patch
on both sides of the boiler. end the owner
should not allow me to remove it and put In
herd patch, I should rrptm it to the owner.
and if they didn‘t report. it to the inspectors
I would report them; iron 8 83 of an inch
thick is not strong enough to fasten 5 soft
patch to; it might be made. tight but it
Wuuld be very unsafe; in putting on s patch
there i. of an inch thick, end the boiler 8 853
of so inch, you would spring the iron in the
boiler to the pttcb rather then the reverse.
or the proper way; the patch should never
be thicker then the place to be patched. but
I don't mean by ll-st the! I Wall” put I
petcbon a place 3433 of an inch thick. un-
isssln I use of emergency, where I could
put stsys through the patch to another part
of the boiler that was of sufficient strength
to hold the pstch; no cheese to do such A
piece of work where the rupture is in this
boiler. becsuse the line 'of rupture is shove
the line of socket bolts, judging him the
photograph shown. s skilled boiler~ntskur
could not go through iron 338 without
knowing it; he would“ u feel tbst would
do it; it is the duty ores engineer roost ss--
surediy to see how u boiler maker does lush
work; boiler makers are es intelligent es the
sversgo of mechanics; but there is s oertsin
discipline on stosutbou'tsibnt all mutilation“
bound to m; ordlnsrlly.bo
when they some. shoved host have we“
in inspecting
e boiler the lsw requires that there be s by-
we have gusto in the
cues for the purpose of testing the boiler.
but do not slwsys tske ll. ‘ quits positive I
brought my was here; when I go out of
town I Al y it; girl inspectigg. new

boilers I mm s'oe on they comply with

the luv in mud to stomping of the iron.
wt“ sess- end we:

“uphill le beck connection of belles)
then I put on the hydrostatic procure“

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m It in lie“. 10%”! a";
I user: by style: a in We tint iodine-
amine double owns ms or» m
slideutle listed; one on photeerspblfs
single riveted; sceordlng to «stiletto sit
the loiteltuliusl some should be double
riveted; “so of this kind often occur
by olsrlesl doors; osetii'osts of “18.18“.
18W.'m Insrksd double riveted;
which in “mail; the smiles» of 1818 ex-
plrod June 11th. 187?; next isspsoilou wss
made Junsfltb, 1077; it is impossible some
time in llfl. ts lusts Inspections At time
required; ofl’t «count for the disorspsney
in these two‘fitlflestss; the osrtlncsts msde
June still. M end expiring June 17th,
187?. silowtmut telesrry 87 lbs. of
stem: being to {0 III. I cannot
sxplsiu. es 1&0 not remember rsislng the
pressure; ”It inspect u vessel without
hsvinc the We“; 1 must have raised
the pressure“; ndvsr rslse the pressure it 1
cutetentefgt. .bbtvssssi ownersbsveoer-
tsln rights: {we on bound to respect;
didn‘t know Indus; I wee not lease-«d by
hint nor an suy uses influence use to also
A ore-sunshine whet I think it should be;
when I handled the boiler I. wee within
tbsllllt of the luweutbotlfeetehsll; I
here ssld their! sever not Ir. Smith before
lwoutoubsugthestssnsr Adolpht. bntl
luvs en Won list I night here Inst
hltu on not“ bout; tbeISMIIeIId
the Adeipbi ieuutepurtioululyweilbuced
shell; if tbebdisswssusde toossrymlbs.
pressure it limit but headlines-ow
buttbehrsessweuld uotbs so think; the
bracts must there to hold theorem sleet.
butsttbsssuvune in nyophioutbsy
strengthen thesis“; ulstphtsiuuhetlsr
should bestsyedsll ever; Ituesbssttskse
e chow ford it is nests-sly to meson
upon this tbiubusu of the tree for strength;
is figuring undue “leftist“!
should slisw fl‘tboursustbsftbsblusss;
tsvsofteudeuru ltse; luvs su eupssisd
once now berets the inspector
whereI would sllowthsprssssrs wsutsd;
wouldnotslio whet wss denuded for
brsoos; watts pressuretobssllowsd
nponthisboiloqregerdlsuofthenssnlous
“in. end seeingwhst breossthsresreiu it.
tbsproperouetwiguretls arduo- would
hsvobosutheflhutsbeli. “New
st the timofhspcotionlthoucht unto
lbs. wee not toofiuoh pmureforthet shell;
don‘t measure us Miler. but tote it from
cortiflosto; ell tusoertlucstssosltlte} tut
shell ;‘ did not a in the boiler st sit; think
tit. Smith told «Its when I tit-w isspscssd’
the' boiler tbst they bed but! l it
etude for s first-ole. boiler;
think the fires who banked when I inw-
ed it last; look“! bummer end touched the
side shoots of the? hrnsce; when inspecting
A bull" shove fair or five ymrs old I luvs-
risbly hsve the flue heated; in boilers under
that see we don't deck for their being worn-
out; boiler osnnol properly be tested with-
out A bummer; if u boiler is over four yours
old I never inspect it without A bummer;
low dose not recite no to 39 in assholes;
I regret the” met so into All manholes;
I would not ”for deteriorstlon in boiler
where lt oeonfgb‘lb‘li'WM-i‘! mass:
the pstcbes nor bsvo soy knowledge of then;
if the rest of the boiler is good. sheets not
eaten up; I should ssy that It wss some
chemical notion on tbst iron beyond my
knowledge; government vsivc don‘t require
to ho locked now; Ibo safety valvvs are not
taken out of the control of the engineer of
tbe Adolpbi; don't think R. C. White would
allow s man to run a dangerous butler; it is
the duty of the engineer to tell us of every
patch on tho bollur; he should have told me
that those three patches were there; en en-
gineer is often sfrsld of his position; 40 out;
ployors out of 100 would discharge their on-
gineers if they did their full duty; engineers
are liable to keep dangerous defects to thorn-
selves.

 

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touched—I remember s ctroumstsnoe which

proves that my theory that it was impossi-

ble to get all of the salt water out of the

boiler on taking 06’ one of the bend holes is

correct, us on further examination of the
boiler I found it deposit of stlt in one of the

legs between the furnaces.

Punter: MARXIY.

aged 41 years. 140 Lewis BL. N. Y., boiler
maker for over 22 years; now in the employ
of Quint-mi Iron Works.--Palmer & 06..
employed st everything the: comes slung.

run not no outside fort-inseam s journey-
man boiler maker; when I work on Mr.

Pesss’ boats be snperintends it, sad I do it
satisfactorily end he gives me work ; don't
know as I have my other line; Mr. Palmer
never puts me in charge of u gang of non to
make repairs; some times the‘ torsion}: ‘of

boiler shop puts me in churns of s‘aeng‘of

men for s few days. not frequently; insure

user time I gonersily do ths‘work on this
line; in winter they sometimes let iton son-
trsot end somttlmcs they don't. Forum-n
of the boiler sin-p ls Louis Sherder.‘—when

I go on White's hosts to make repairs in'
winter Mr. Passe is in chemo; in the sun-

rner time the engineer on the host sends for

me And I come unmedislely- , we generslly

consult together es in the best way to repair
the boiler; when the engineer euros to the

shop for me to repslr the lest/on the Adel-

pb'l'thsl osused the rupture. it was the night

the firemen cums up to pends. (Sept. dill);
when he come stld there wss some leske on

tho side of the- boiler; be vested us to

shout two feet in}; brought A plugs or

itb use in two to put on
‘ib'ollsr; ind benefits so as; tails.
Lérstheissk In! before; dlduotpst'on
the previous pitches; puton the pstcli I
thouht in u very sstlsfm mutter; it
wss' thin eronsd the belt. but! thought it
we; . am by' ; working of the
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pstoh iron about two factions sud slabs A

the holes were there end I need then; sous ';
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tits shlfitfitbsns the
rm gbdd ss 1 over our. end I thought It wee
mellow. 7 spatullr' in to M
crews sh's‘st perplndtonlsr; use;
st to brine fist pistes . fluently put bolts
esoh side of ucrsok over which we put u
psleh; the sheet in. solid shove sod below
the creek; if it had been in the ssrly pert of
the mean we e’d out it out And put in herd
pitch; got the patch on very close to seven
9 'olo'ck next morning; engineer was there
before I got through; to put I hurt! pstch on
the piece of the suns slit it would tske s
couple of «Mrs; could bird patch I boiler
with sixteen Inches specs erouod thg boiler;
sites I lied put on the patch sad (at my
breskfast I went to bed end slept
to Thirty-third street; I went down st the
englnoet’ s request before I went new to
see whether the notch inflated I big-ht bsvo
told hint tbst it we: ihlu' waned this docket
bolts; didn‘t put son met on the sum
well; don' i believe there‘ is shy there; it it
not s good pleee‘to put A soft pslcb on the
bridge well; inbpectors don‘t sllow soft
pstobts put where it console contsot with
the fire if possible; don‘t believe Ir. Peel's
would silow A soft peteh put on in A bridge
well; Mr. Rose is s very csreful list; he
wouldn‘t lot A host run with s «Aprons
boiler ”‘0 use. om" been optimum hm
lines this summer to put patch on boiler of
Adelpbi; put three patches on the tiling in
pieces stoned the chimney; one on the In
due: trod smplsefsooket butts in the
book connection. end this other nefottuuete
lob; not where the explodes occurred. for
the pstou h stunner-liming to the
yous; us who helped no “but the this;
ssssoftbeirou; in puttlegouthsboltswe
found euctbiuwsttheretrousdeuseftbe
sockets end to km the bolts be. dtswieg
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extend theirs»; trust networks-that;
when weputouthteopetcboswepnt the.
unjust for the plea; “engineer shows us
the crock sud tells us to shut ltup; yououu't
so running sound the best. it tskes All your
time to do the work; hevo sees the engineer
of the Adelphl since the sootdcnt. end we
hiked shout the secidsut. osn‘t tell whet
sold; nothing psrtioulsr said shut the on
plosio rt.

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