The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-07

! people TO his way Of thinking.
The first experiments were carried on by
means of a small model boat OF tin. This
/ weighed thirty pounds II was loaded 20
| its full capacity, punctured full of holes
/ and sunk in many feet of water. A small
/ rubber hose had been inserted prior TO
I sinking, and through this Grant sent his
| lifting force. The tin boat at once ross
to the surface. Then arrangements were
/ made tc- "c.k CT e sc-ne~het larger scsle.
The experiments are now conducted by
means of a rudely constructed boat with
| hull four feet in the clear from its fat bot-
/ tom to the top of It's deck. The boat is
/ twenty feet in length and five feet in width,
and is constructed throughout of common
/ ftr boards. It is pointed at either end and
the cracks between the boards forming It's
sides and decks are open enough to admit a
free flow of water. only the bottom is con-
structed with any degree Of strength. In
each Of its sides, half way between the bot
tom aud the deck, has been cut a hole two
feet square, as the brothers explain, to rep
resent hole stove in the ships bottom by
a rock"
RISES AT WILL.
Inside the rude hull sacks OF gravel aRgre-
gazing a weight of five tons has been placed.
Surrounding the deck is a structure intended
70 represent the cabin Of steamer. con-
structed of lattice, so that 1t may not be
said to be an airchanber. No part OF the
vessel is tight enough to conhne ei.her air
or water. At all stages of the tide this
vessel is on the gravelly bottom. sometimes
beneath twenty feet OF water, sometimes
high and dry. When the tide is In it only
rises to the surface when the Grant brothers
will it.
The scene Of their experiments is on the
Narrows. about seven miles west and south
of Tacoma, at Lemons Beach. When the
Grant brothers get ready to exhibit the
work of their device they repair to q log
raft, IT float, anchored near the sunken
vessel, with small and curiously shaped
machine which they will allow no one to
examine, giving as a reason that patent
has not yet been secured upon 1t. This ma
chine is not over eight inches square and
ten inches long.
A long piece OF ordinary garden hose is
taken with them, and diver takes down
one end of the hose and inserts it in the hold
of the vessel. The other end is attached to
the machine. Then the operator of the
machine is concealed beneath blankets and
In five minutes the sunken vessel rises to the
surface, where 1t floats with its deck raised
an inch above the water, aud is tOwed here
and there as far as the length of the hose
will permit.
CHEMICALS USED.
Mr.. Grant was interviewed recently In
regard to his experiment.
How do you accomplish this result ?" was
the first question.
by expeliing all the water from the hold
of the sunken vessel. Its natural buoy
ancy is thus restored and it rises to the
top"
But you raise it with an immense
mot more than the vessel would carry il
water tight. l could not raise it if it were
heavier. All l do ia TO relieve the vessel Of
the waters weight"
What do you use"
81 use chemicals-two chemicals and a
device by means Of which they are con-
veyed to the vessels hold through the
hose"
"Is 1t a fluid or gaseous substance that
is conveyed to the holdp
THAT is my secret. do not propose 10
make nv part of the secret public until
have patented my invention in all the great
maritime nations. | am anxious that the
world should know exactly what do and
how l accomplish 1t, but not until my
rights are all protected.
II will tell you this" continued the in
ventor. II can part the water on this
beach here so that you can walk down on
the sand into the sea without wettinq
your feet. l can take tin pail, punoture
it, sink it in forty feet of water, expel all
the water from It while it is yet under the
water and IL will rise to the surface, and
when it Games out there will not be a drop
Of water in it."
'Do you mean to say that you can create
an air cell under the water at any depth and
that the air will remain in that cell without
escaping through the water!'
81 don't mean to say anything about air.
| mean to say l can make great bubble
down there
''If you iosjst on your ability 10 part the
waters so that one may walk on the bottom,
people will think you insane"
mot when l demonstrate to them that
can do 1t. By the use OF the principle 1
have discovered propose to invent an ap~
paratus whereby one may walk upon the
water with as much ease as upon land"
BACKED UP BY MONEY.
Among the believers are two men suffi-
GENTLY confident in the process and in the
Grants to invest $40, 900 each in securing the
needed patents in constructing the models
and in experiments.
These two men assert that they have been
let into the secret, and are not only satisfied
with the process but surprised at its sim
plicity. Some OF the most prominent men
in Tacoma have examined the workings of
the apparatus and are convinced of the
efficiency of the process and the sincerity OF
the men.
THOMASVILLE TOPICS.