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December, 1909 "TRAE MarRINE REVIEW Fast SINGLE HANpbED STEAM - LAUNCH throughout. The thigh pressure and first intermediate valves are driven by one set of valve gear; the second intermediate. and low pressure valves being driven by a second set, the two valves respectively being on a com- mon crosshead. Automatic pressure sight-feed lubricators are provided for every part of the engine, con- trolled by a single cock, and these require no attention while running. The exhaust is carried up the fun- nel, and owing to the large number of expansions obtained in the en- gine, is quite silent, while sufficient to create a draft for 'the burners. The steering wheel in placed abreast of the engine on the starboard. side, and the burner control levers, revers- ing 'lever, stop-valve, 'etc., are © all placed within easy reach,: so- that with the perfect control which the liquid fuel gives for the fire, the boat is easily handled by a single man. She has obtained a speed of 23 miles per hour, and is thus the fastest boat by far on Lake Windermere. When at full speed, as will be seen from the photograph, a good deal of spray is 'raised, but' there' is: very ttle " wave-making, and unless the wind is on the beam the boat is very dry. MOSHER BOILERS FOR KEAR- SARGE AND KENTUCKY. The Mosher ' Water Tube Boiler Co,,;.:30:. Church St., New: York, has been awarded contract for the in- stallation of new boilers in the bat- tleships Kearsarge and Kentucky. Each ship will receive eight. boilers with a total heating surface of 31,360 sq. ft. and grate surface of 725 sq. ft.; Buitt BY SIMPSON, STRICKLAND & Co. length of grates, 7 ft.; tubes will be 2 in, outside diameter No. 8 B. W. G... Boilers" qill carry a sworking pressure of ..160.. 1b. per, sq....im.. and are known as the "B" marine type. yi, STEAMER SENATOR AT FAULT. Charles: (M. -York and Charles » M. Gooding, local inspectors of steam- boats at Marquette, have rendered the decision in the collision case be- tween the. steamers Senator and Nor- man B. Ream, finding the Senator at fault. "No blame is "attached: to Capt. A. C, Chapman, master of the: Ream. The inspectors have suspended the license of W. K. Nesbitt, master of Senator; & for) thitty. days: «. The collision occurred on Aug. 23, 1909, and the Senator was out of commis- sion for three months thereafter un- the to mavigate | 527 dergoing repairs which were very extensive. The decision of the local inspectors in quite interesting. The circumstances surrounding the acci- dent are very clearly told in the de- cision as follows: We do not agree with your counsel in construing this case as one of special _ cir- cumstances and that, therefore, rule X of the pilot rules does not apply. While it is admitted that in narrow chan- nels, obscured short bends in rivers, crowd- ed harbors, etc., conditions might arise which would render a strict compliance by steam- ers with the provisions of rule X unsafe and unapproachable, yet we, can find no special circumstances in the case under con- sideration, which, after you had received the danger signal from the Ream in answer to your two-blast signal denying your request to cross her bow; giving you due notice at the required distance that she would or could not agree to such maneuver that authorized you to deviate from the require- ments of said rule. The weather was clear, with no wind that at all affected navigation. You saw and noted the movement of the Ream a long distance away; the signals exchanged be- tween the two steamers were seasonable. The Ream was on your starboard bow and therefore the privileged steamer; the col- lision, occurring, if anything, to the east- ward of the chart course, and about half way between Sweets point and Pipe island, there was sufficient depth of water and am- ple room if reasonable precautions had been taken by the Senator to have checked, stopped or passed astern of the Ream, and we cannot see what conditions there were at the time which did not admit of the Senator executing either of the above ma- neuvers. The Ream being the privileged steamer, it was not required to answer the Senator's two-blast passing signal with a similar whistle, nor was she obliged to conform her naviga- tion to that of the Senator. Although your two-blast whistle signals indicating your wish otherwise than in accord with rule X, and cross the bow or ahead of the Ream, were responded to by that steamer with danger signals, which was a_ distinct refusal, in our opinion, to enter into any such agreement, and also a notice of the danger of the undertaking, yet you still persisted in the attempt with-.the result that the col- lision occurred and the Senator was sunk. In the absence of an agreement between your- self and Capt. Chapman to depart from the provisions of rule X, upon this first notice, or danger signal, you should have adopted the safe course, and gone astern of the Ream. When a master and pilot of a steamer without actual necessity adopts a dangerous course, and fails in the purpose he is charge- able with fault, and must bear the respon- sibility. We are convinced from the evidence in this investigation that if the steamer Senator had navigated in strict compliance with the pilot rules of the Great Lakes this collision would not have occurred.