Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01

7,,ros ore also arranged to prolecv, u .
tean henn' Of lirht to either side OF the
Ioat Toati 90 that objects may be seen IN
the vicinity OF the Tesscl as sn' p''O
along. ,.,. 70 ra obout
o;abt miles an hour on the surface anu anu
e eSan+ five miles on the bottom. one
%IUN SriIl have gu electric storage capacity
s,.' son n", nm Of about 1000 miles. The
ouaw aUa will consist of captain, an en-,
rineer and four divers: 1t IS claineu nnoa
That one man can handle her IL ne'0'
sary. ,.o,r-
,naa mnSu FROM wrecks along the coast, she
% ;s to run on the surface of the sea WIN
her string of barges like "tugO9as 1n,f aaT
her tow. She is also to SINK herseu at
and barges to the bottom OF the coasS M ~
and I rnn over the hard sands as II sne
,vere w a locomotive with train OF cars.
" Tbs inventor of the craft proposes
- for some of the 1000 vessels
UNI w. ia and the 800, 900 lost annu,
u ally at sea. The boat may also oG I:nnt oSTu
1t in LAYING foundations for piers, nsmS SrS
bonses bridges. docks, breakwaters'
etc She may also make Journeys amons It
I,a1s Of coral and sponge for business
s",,oeas D1 or to take down sclenhh'
pnd Measure parties for an lnsla'
view Of old Neptune. Inc Do"S of 20 90 a
be able to descend to dep'h VI w y
feet or more, aud is to be SUNK .
- rsised at the will of the OPERATOR :.
The Argonaut will make her tii'
y hin in the Chesapeake Bay durln
A tha u,p next m few weeks. Probably tn
y Grst @ vessel that the inventor VII! a
tempt to finds the New Era WI;
vent down off Asbury Park, n. D.,
1889 with 200 passengers anu i@fs
amount of specie aboard; ,oo..;
6 Another queer craft which elec'rl
~ ;tv has made possible, and which l :,
Ivy .Sntor 4or Knapp. who constructed it, /
lieves will revolutionlze the spJeua hoa
ocean travel, was recently iaunorien lon ~,
Toronto. 1t is called the foller =,
ond is certainly novelty, though
exactly the first of its kind. g
Owing to the strange nature OIL
oroft a large crowd gathered to see
mass @ oi steel drop, OF rather roll,
mass IS ., rater ater No doubt many of th
u expected to see the boat olSappI~ sup in
" Of sight below the waves anot ouS an
"A thew we're disappointed. Prepar,m,.
to the launching the huge PUN I'm
cylindrical steel rested on stocks 81
t, eS Slinh faat hack from the edge OF
write slip, and in order to iauncn @ nes ware s'l
we'll creased with soft soap Tefe we of
from @ the stocks to the edge OF
lron notar When all was ready pl
MaSel' aua removed until the cylinder
cries. held by but single support, ,a al anu =
given signal this was hn9oh1u 10 dowr -
Slowly the cylinder started ;Um tOml
tT"fs tSs faster it leaped into the watr
u We arsot rs snlash. The waves it CT
soeened ered' biph III on the opposite side
slip aud the crowd theie @Ds ove
1nnu freely sprinkled. Over anu anu otI tI
SSHS craft rolled until she touched ~
'"'"' nosite side of the slip, anc "a ~
pS p'as oniet on the waterit was see
%"s S,'a How hut n little over two
+ water. 20 Init
ship. Mr.. Knapp's Ideal iot "a :
GER service would be no aoou1 oe. 10y lon,
meter and nearly sOofeet 10 lonI
e,,a, sna;nes that would make GOO
MADE .n .;nns minute. The tria! boat