New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01
! yET WAY or BUILDING A MILTON.
nov, ArAIANTIs Is TO BE PUT TOGETHER-THR
SYSTEM USEFUL FOR LIGHTHOUSE
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That "A,elantis." the newly projected enterprise
for the formation OF an Island and nation on the
cholera Banks is 10 become an accomplished fact
,hsre can he little doubt Legal authorizes have
been consulted by the projectors. and the assurance
- given that ther right to construct ana r1afT''a
the proposed summer hotel and winter sanitarium
* beyond question. and that whatever the proprie-
tors may a, Of their own accord toward claiming
rho n,otectlon Of the United States after the bold
irce,,n f. carried out there Is no legal hindrancs
to the establishment OF separate government Ola
the proposed Island. should It be deemed desirable
The business Of the concern has so FAR advanced
that contracts for the building and placing OF the
foundation have been signed. and the selection OF
suitabl. site for beginning the work OF construction
is now under consideration As has peeh saia III
published reports the Island is to be 200 Feet square.
Iron cylindrical piers half an inch TICK ana Ten lset
I'm diameter are 20 be built IN sections Of twenty ieel
m length There are 70 De thiry-six OF these PIERS
orl rho mans for building and placing them are
rovcl and ingenious. The depth Of water at the
Mace selected is about fathoms. or SIXTY teet'
and the piers to be carried at least 'n'sy Ice.
above high water mark. while enough auuuoni
length VIII be sunk in the sand 10 secure pe''eS'
stability ana safety. -
In conversation on the subject Of placing the PIERS
T., ,os,ior Charles " Coen. The originator OF the
,l,r s,tl Yesterday: YES We are going rlgh' at
work In fact we are AZ work on the pan now
Several sites have been offered Tor the pre1'''a'S
building OF the foundation and they are 70 DC eA-
anInel AMI a decision made soon Inc pan
osonte,l for this construction IS in our hands ana
letters patent have been applied for. II is perteey
feasible and easily understood and 50 enectiVs thae
the contractors for the new lighthouse 10 DC ereSN
on the Outer Diamond Shoal. or cape hd''eisS'
have arranged with for It's use in ou'ldihg vac
foundation for that structure our plan ~ t's' Inv
cylinders are to be built up into lengths OF twenty
feet and will be framed together by rectangular
system OF Howe trisses which VIII divide 1t INTO
vertical panels. The whole structure Is 10 be DUNK
on Gliding ways and when one or two OF the panels
are completed each cylinder will be provided with
false bottom and the whole structure VIII DC
launched. The cylinders will have large puoy-
ancy AMI the trusses will probably more than sup
por, their weight.
After the structure is on the water construction
will continue on cylinder and trusting until the
rs esh feet Sns fnd wis fppf them draw
about five fathoms or thirty feet or water. a.,
to deesp y Wafer nr Win Ss S%ed 70 IN dow
cylinders through valves and the whole VIII SINK
ten to twenty feet Of each cylinder Will project
above the water After that the Work is v eaIy;
loosencd. the false bottoms Will be removed ana ana
each VIII be sunk By dredging from it, ,en being
built up the bottom Is lowered Then the eys-
TGs rnssn 70 S vi "s% SR while
nders are being sunk as the Iron columns Wiz
working surface which to s extend end the so peTs n
When the piers are anchored by tneir uepth ~
the t sand and the weight Of the building on top OF
thom, the structure will stand any shock OF the
waves as little II any water VIII reach u except az
spray and there viii be plenty OF room between
the piers for pillows to roll and the trussins can
be removed left TO fell TO pieces uhcer the ~
| The plan has met the entire approval Of such
we'll known engineers az Anderson q barr VINO
ton OF the diamond Shoal Lighthouse; captain
Rohiev ID Evans L. =. N, OF the Lighthouse
board; Captain Howard Patterson and James =.
Mcclure who are connected with the company.
Ia patents
whole scheme II viii have monopoly or the plan:
and Mr. Coen has under consderauon vuflous
oPTers relative 20 lts adoption for lighthouse pur-
poses and the United states could II proper . 81,
most Important light station on the coast, wnas
| treaties the rulers of the new nation wiil MAKE
with other Governments are still a matter OF con-
| lecture and as the little place VIII be apsoutey
free and independent II will be interesting TO see
what action II any. the Governments OF the eartu
| will take relative to the wee Kingdom or empire
| or republic in the open sea. ..,,..u, En-.
| Charles NJ. Coeu. the man VINO oriSina,eu tns
| hold plan OF raising new nation out OF the ueep
| sea Is Virgnian by birth. and - about Io.rtyss
| two wears old. Since his youth he has been inixeo
and has carried through successfully several large
| roiiroad ventures Some years ago he realized
| large fortune out OF headrlght grants based upon
old Spanish patents TO lands In Texas ana srn ana
| wing obtained large tracts at nomina! p,c ,h
| piaced them on the market. and found tnat TUG
! Clear title he able to give had greatly en-
anted the value of the property. He has not az
lowed the idea OF Atalants TO engross all his AZ
tention and among his other prolects Is one ,,se I
| Founding a home for WORKOUT members or tne ntS-
saving service similar TO me sai,Nr S11s faiants
| Is a success, he says part OK the revenue nolA =
| viii be devoted to that purpose