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Show I New York, March 18 Irving M. Scott i president of the Union Iron worki of San Francisco, builder of the .coast de Tense battle ship Monterey, who Is now In this city, emphatically denieB the truthfuluess oi the, statements concern ing the vesael 'which were published yesterday. Mr Scott says, alter an ex haustive examination and trial of dif furont tnlinlar boilers at the Brooklyn navy yard, under supervision of evehief engineer Lonng of the United States navy department, as the beat upon trial. Then the Monterey highest steam pre sure on the ffard boilers was ITS pounds to the square inch and not :50 pounds as stated in the article referred to. The pressure cn the Scotch boilers is les sened by reducing valves between them. Some slight repaifa are generally nectt saiy after a tual trip on account of the great sliain pr.t upon new machinery Iu the case of the Montere it was neces sary io lights n up some tubes on lie end of one of the Scotch boilers and put some new grato bsisln the furnace of the waid boileis. The Monterey is read,' to go to sea whenever any such order is received. |