New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-29

the "ever-fathful ISLE. dealing death AMI destruc-
ton to the foes of liberty. .. ..,,,
build a vessel 100 feet long She would be able le 70
carry over 100 men These men would % c rsain
absonteiv without motion. except the forward one
This stability of the inner part may seem s.Tan an
Weighted that II could not be turned The cylinder
the outside would reyove al Spec snirel
fange would drive the vessel. forward at an enor.
rate OF speed am AFRAID los TO say ,a NOW mods
speed 1t seems almost Incredible, but won T.,
say that the Atlantic Ocean couldn't be crossed j"
Elm ship 100 feet long the diameter of the y,
the inner and the outer shells there would be
space Of fourteen inches into TINS space man
''Friction? No. that wouldn't cause the insi size
shell 10 turn bit. The outer shell w1rHs on oal,
bearings entirely. The motive power from st9 ,,
batteries would be transmitted TO the Glter cyr S
boat naturally goes faster under water Than IL Il
does when Il is partly submerged, because all parts
OF the fange operate on the water at once cd NE
men inside the boat. when II IS uhiei Watc'' cou'
easily be supplied with air by using S'oreu oNE
Here the inventor took up. small bottle con
tanning thick liquid with when ne mas peo" e.
THAT'S l!quihed air. contained in OIL he said.
TO BORE THROUGH A sANDBAR.
Mr.. Gresham then explained that the model when
tried for speed, had made absolutely no commouoh
in the water and left practically no wake. Then
power he says his vessel would have. lie affirmed
that when it struck d sandbar while moving under
wafer it would worm It's way rlSht through tne
sand. His model. he said, had penetrated mud IN
Jamaica Bay to a considerable depth. Mr.. Gresham
also sees no reason why his mysterious invention
would not worm itself over dry land for some dis
Suppose" said the reporter that while the yes
sci was going at full speed II Should strlke 'he
beach at Long BrancnY -,
Mr. Gresham shook his head. I'm almost afraid
When it struck the bluff wouldn't 1t be tilted up
in the air, II ii tried TO walk the landE was asked.
Mr.. Gresham admitted that the effect OF the angle
on the in the boat was unpleasant 10 CON
template.
lie said that he had two years service
in the Army Of the Potomac and eonugh OF war.
consequently he hoped that his vessel would be
pointed bow in front, and torpedo tubes handy. II
would prove to be terrible engine OF sea war ihe
the vessel the inventor hopes TO build In It's place
there will be fin keel at each end OF the cylinder
of access and pilot-hOuses and coming towers
would be placed near their mouths.
Gazing at the painting winch showed MS serpent
like ship bravely ploughing through tremendous
green waves. Mr.. Gresham said that he hopes 10
have vessel OF his construction aoat IN sh3rS
time. He has been thinking out the ldea oi II io'
thirty years ..b t,,.
application for patent in the Lhitel states '''s
been accepted he says, and soon as he gets al!
answer from applications for patents III ~ an rfVal
Britain, Portugal, France Germany ana RUSSIA re
will perfect his patent rights IN this country hy
believes that his remarkable craft VIII he adapted
especially to mail-carrying purposes. ohe c9u,d
matches and corresponding openings IN thr TWO cS'
inders freight could be taken aboard and carried
.'Td ike TO take a boat down TO Cuba ana give
the Spaniards good scare. at all events he de-
Mr. Gresham says that his model works perfectly
in every particular. and he sees no reason why an
Meanwhiie, Mr. Gresham takes life easy" and
deyotes much of his attention 10 the manufacture
of putty, paint and powdered beeswaN'