The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

T ' . .,'. a?" 'TT't , .... . . _ m.----. trt, "a. " .. Ne-- "all a STATION I INEERS l 594' il a l ' i """"t"""""""""""""" ' li' WANT AUTHORITY io ENFORCE ' "mm ACT. ', k W i .Ask New Legislation to Safeguard: Human Life and Property from! , Boiler Explosion and Improve the; Standard of Profession. I A deputation representing station-i ', aiy engineers waited on Hon. J. 's.; Duff, Minister of Agriculture, and ask-l it " for certain amendments to the act I respecting stationary engineers. l " They urged that all engines and) i, plants having a capacity of 25 h.p. or: over and a steam pressure of ten: l pounds or over should come within/ the Jurisdiction of the act. At. present:,' it only covers plants of 50 h.p. or over; . or a steam pressure of 20 pounds. 1 1 They also asked tor a standard by? is, which the imp. should be figured. and' l suggested that a h.p. should mean 1:. square feet heating surface for tttlui- lar boilers, and 10 square feet for water-tube boilers. This, however. they pointed out, was merely asuggesul ttion, and they would be quite willing! ' to accept any other reasonable detin-) ition so long as it constituted a stun- l dard basis for figuring. ' Another request was that the Board, of Stationary Engineers should he} i given power to enforce the act. andi '. they likewise requested that hence-I l forth two years' practical experience: ! be one of the requisites for passing: the examination. i They aim asked for an addition to the act providing that it cover persons operating a hoisting plant in any building in course of construction or' having charge of steam rollers or. other construction apparatus in any; town or city. i The objects of the amendments were to safeguard human life and propt'rty from tho danger of boiler explosions and also to improve the standard or stationary engineering as a profession} ' Mr. F. W. Barron. Secretary, was; jehief spokesman for the engineers} "The Minister discussed the various ooints involved in a, very friendly. anner, and promised to give the sutr-l estions more detailed consideration; t"' . 1 . --.l.-.---trqq. I