The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-04
NEW POLAR SCHEME.
A Submarine Boat to Go to the
Arctic Circle Under the Ice.
INDIAN HEAD TO BE BLOWN UP.
The Historic Point on the Palisades In New
York to he Disintegrated by n Huge
BIast-Declares He Can
Make Gold.

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 31.-Albert
Riedel of this city, who is an enthu-
siast on the qualities of the submarine
boat, the Argonaut, and a student of
arctic exploration, has, after n thor
ough investigation, come to the con-
clusion that the Argonaut furnishes
the emily practicable means of reaching
the north pole. Mr.. Riedel has sub
mitted his plans and theory to the
scientific members of Johns Hopkins
university's faculty. Inventor Lake
and Mr.. Riedel met the faculty in
President Gilmans office, where Mr.
Lake related what his present vessel
could do under the water and what he
could accomplish in the construction
of such boat as was required for the
purpose, and gave the details as to the
mode of operation. The outline of the
theory of the promoters of the scheme
for reaching the north pole is this:
A boat is to be built based largely on the
principle OF the Argonaut for submarine
travel but with u number OF decided changes,
owing to the different conditions to be encoun-
tered When built, the vessel is to be taken
somewhere in Canada where the surface OF the
water has become frozen for n long distance, or
TO Sptzbergen, in order that q test may be
made for travelling 100 miles or more under ice
The tanks for compressed air are to be OF such
capacity as TO last for period TO cover 100
miles at least When the contents OF the tanks
have become almost exhausted and u new
supply must be drawn on, II Is planned
to ascend and. either by the use
of some powerful screw drill, espe-
by the use OF dynamite, brake "A hole in the ice
and IL Us obtain another supply OF air After
the air tanks have been retilled the boat shall
again descend and continue on its course to-
ward the pole. Storage batteries arc TO be
used for purposes Of propulsion. Mr. Riedel's
theory is that from the point where 1t shall be-
come necessary to travel under the ice the dis
lance to the pole is about $40 miles, which, he
thinks. will require but short time TO traverse.
INDIAN HEAD TO BE BLOWN UP.
New YORK, Jan. a. Historic Indian
Head, on the Palisades, opposite One
Hundred and Eifty-Fifth street, will
be disintegrated by simultaneous
blasts Of number of dynamite mines,
containing in all $4,000 pounds of the
terrible explosive. The amount of
rock that will be loosened by the eX-
plosion is estimated at 300, 900 tons,
which is the biggest blast on record.
Ninety feet from the top of Indian
Head a tunnel has been constructed,
running back 100 feet. In this, at in
tervals of 25 feet, are four shafts each
20 feet deep, Each shaft will be loaded
with $500 pounds of dynamite, and on
top of the Palisades there are to be 100
machine holes, % feet deep in each OF
which will be 40 pounds OF dynamite.
The entire blast will be set off stimuli
taneously by electricity.
DECLARES HE CAN MAKE GOLD.
New BRUNSWICK, n. j., Jan. al
Frederick NJ. Ayers, a jeweler of Bur
net street, New Brunswick, claims that
he can produce an imitation gold
which will stand the tests of pure
gold BY the aid of a secret chemical
process Ayers claims that he can form
aluminium and copper into metal which
will answer the purposes of gold and
! will stand the test of l2-karat gold.