The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-07
Officers of North Carolina State
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uasfer-S. b. Alexander, Cha rlotte
Mecklenburg county.
Orerscer.-N. b.. Whitfield, La
Grange. LenOir county.
Lactgrcr.-T. IL. Robinson, Concord,
CabarruS county.
.SfetrGrd.-D. II. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
Asst. Ste1rdrd.--Hil Z. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
Chaplain.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
son northampton county.
%r2dsurer.-D. w. &. Benbow,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
.Secretary.-Joseph L. Porter. Tar
boro'. E~dgecombe county.
cate keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
CereS.-Mrs. 5. b. Alexander, Char
Iotte. M~ecklenburg county
Pomona.-Mrs. y. b. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
FYora.-Miss Eugenia Robinson,
Concord. Cabarrus county.
Lddg asst. !Ste,cdrd.-Mrs. III. Z.
King. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
state business Agent.-Dr. ID. W. G.
Benbow, Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE.
s. Is. Alexander, Ec-OGicio Chair
man.
q. L. French, Wilmington.
l.. L. Polk, Raleigh.
w. II. Cheek, Warrenton.
j. Z. Porter, E.c-OGiciO Secretary.
LIST Or DEPUTIES.
LIST Deputy District.-Wm. b. Shaw,
Indian Town, Currituck county.
End Deputy District.-John \. Davis,
Tarboro',~ EdgecOmbe county.
3rd Deputy District.-B. /. Hooks,
Goldsboro', Wayne county.
4th Deputy District.-Bill E. King,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Raleigh, Wake county.
9Th Deputy District.-Frank N. Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
eth Deputy District.-Dr. ID. ~.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. W. B. CT ment,
Jerusalem. Davie county.
9Th Deputy District.-T. II. Robin
son, Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. p. Rein
hardt. Hickory. Catawba county.
18th Deputy District.-TO be sup
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
Down Among the Dead Men"
A reporter has been watching the
unloading Of a sunken ship in New
York Bay. The following description
of the process may be of interest
By / o'clock everything was ready
for work. The sea was a little higher
than agreeable, and the schooner rose
and fell on the waves in a manner
which rendered the ecent more diff
cut than il would otherwise have
been. Charles Cooian, a good looking.
athletic young fellow, with shoulders
broader than OLeary's and limbs as
hard and muscular as a prize lighters,
was the frs to go down.
His first step vas TO put on several
suits of extra undertaking to keep
off the cold. The average temperature
in 100 feet of water is 4Oo. Then he
drew on an air-tight suit of white
India rubber, terminating about the
shoulders in a heavy iron breaStplate.
When safely encased in this, a ponder
Gus iron helmet, weighing 80 to 40
pounds, was brought out n screwed
on to the breastplate, until the whole
formed a perfectly water tight cover
ing from head to foot. There were
three openings. or little windows, in
the helmet, each of the area of several
squareinches and eaci carefully guard
ed by narrow iron bans. Particular
attention is paid to the thickness of
the glass and the stoutness of the ba!s,
for on these depend the divers fate.
The face glass is circular, and Is
screwed on last of all, just as the man
steps over the side. Henceforth he is
shut up IN a living tomb, which at any
moment may become his coffin.
From the top of the helmet issues a
rubber pipe about the size of garden
hose, only several times thicker n
stouter. Through this the air is forced
by e of an air pump worked by
hand. The valves of the pump are
surrounded by ice N order to keep the
air pure and cool so that wrecking eX-
peditions are often forced to put back
ilto port for lack of ice. Inside the
helmet the noise of the incoming air
sounded remarkably like an immense
buZZSaw.
Besides the waterproof suit and
iron helmet Coolan put on a pair of
shoes-the most remarkable part of his
equipment. 1t would make a Broad
way shoemaker smile to see the soles
OF this extraordinary foot gear. Each
conn oied entirely of lead about two