Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-25

PEELED by atwenty-horse power Brayton
motor which can be run with kerosene,
naphtha. or petroleum. One of these
motors has been put into a launch
which belongs to friend of mine, and
he makes ten miles an hour all day long
on less than ten gallons of Kerosene
The machines are very powerful. There
is one point about Hollands ram that 1
know nothing about-his invention for
purifying the air. The very engineer
he has on board of her is ignorant of
his secret. and he's too shrewd to allow
it to slip out, There is no secret. how
ever. about his torpedo. 1t is shot
through n tube in the bow like ball
from rifle, after the method invented
by John Ericsson. The inside of the
boat is filled with machinery. She is
steered by the aft rudder by means of
lever, but the side rudders are worked
by complicated machinery. These side
or horizontal rudders enable her to
shoot up or down at any angle in the
water. and are very essential.
How long can man stay under
water with her?"
About five hours would be The
maximum. The speed attainable is
not more than seven miles an hour be-
low the surface. It's very hot inside,
with all the machinery clicking about
ones ears and the steaming motors I'M
der ones very feet; but the water in
side is cold, and serves to equalize the
temperature. The jacket about the
man trap has two windows fore and
aft, and two on each side, so that
man can put his head up there when
he steers and look right into the heart
of the river. The glass is an inch and
half thick in this jacket TO resist the
heavy pressure. The principle on
which the boat is constructed is well
known and thoroughly tested"
"Who paid for the boat?"
1.-The Fenian John j. Breslin was
at the yard every dav, and watched
the work with the utmost care but l
am not prepared to state. in fact. l
don't know, whether he paid for her
or not. l only know that he was con-
stantly on hand. have been out Of
town for some time, or | should have
gone down in her. will go as soon as
| get an invitation from her inventor,
for l believe in her all the way
through"
A Paterson Land Lacquer and former
neighbor OF Mr.. Holland says he has
made a submarine trip with Mr.. HOl-
land in the boat. lit was on the 18th
of july" he said to a Sun reporter
yesterday. 1--WE started down near
Judge Van Brunt's place. and went
fully half mile under water. Holland
h.a a. 81 h.,
it to do. There is q dial on one side
that denotes the water pressure and the
depth below the surface. He can keep
a level course at any depth he desires,
and can ascend or descend at will. An
other gauge indicates the steam pres
sure. Still another shows the speed
and direction of the vessel. 1t was a
hot day, but the air was fresh and pure
in the boat, though we were under water
for an hour. The light that came in
through the bull's-eye lookout made
everything plainly visible inside We
sailed at depth of sixteen feet from
the surface, and could see everything
in the water for some distance. 1t was
a sort Of twilight. We saw the bot
toms Of steamboats, and sailing YES
sells beneath which we passed. Only
once was it dark, and then we
ran into mud bank at the bottom.
That sent up a clond of sediment that
turned the water into ink. and it was
some minutes after we assembled a little
hat we ran out into clear water. The
.orpedoes are pushed ont from the in
side by an ingenious arrangement so
quickly that with six wooden dunn
mics" only three quarts of water get
ntO the forward compartment. That
IAN easily be pumped out again, for
he boat is raised and lowered bv let
ing water into the compartments or
it out again. The exploding
orpedo does no harm TO the ram.
several real torpedoes have already
'een discharged from it. Itcould blow
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