The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
4 SUBMARINE BOAT TEST
Graft of the Holland Type to Cross
the Ocean.
Trip 10 BE Made in the Heaviest
Weather and Roughest Sea Some
Time in March-Inventor VIII En-
deavor to Prove the Assertions of
Foreign Experts to BE UnfOunded.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-To test to the
utmost the capabilities of the Holland
submarine boat. one OF the six vessels of
that type now building in the Nixon ship
yards, in Elizabethport, is to be taken
across the ocean. That is a summary of
what John P Holland, inventor OF the
submarine boat which bears his name,
said last night Five of the six boats be-
ing constructed are for the United States
Government and the other is for the Elec-
trio Boat Company, which controls the
Holland rights and patents. It is expect
ed that this one will be launched January
next, and active preparations viii then
be begun for the proposed transatlantic
trip. Mr. Holland expects that it will not
be later than the middle of March.
While / don't regret particularly that
you have heard of the proposed trip,
said Mr. Holland, I'VE had hoped to keep
il quiet until the starting time To be-
gin with, ! maintain that every Holland
boat now being built can cross the ocean
under her own steam. When the one to
be launched in January is ready we will
wait for the toughest sea and heaviest
weather We can expect, and then make
testing trips of from one to two thousand
miles on the deep sea One of the trips
will probably be to Cuba. We will man
her with full crew. which is ordinarily
seven men. / will be on board and one
other member Of our company, who is
anxious to make the trip, will also be
with us He does not care to have his
name mentioned now. There will be plenty
of room for us, as we could carry twenty
men If necessary.
AS the long deep sea trips will be en-
tirely experimental, we will, as a prs
cautionaTy measure have a tender. de-
spite the fact that We have no fear of the
result. This viii be a ship OF probably
fifteen hundred tons burden, and will carry
an extra crew and all machinery and parts
which would become necessary to the
submarine boat under whatever emery
ency
Some time ago an eminent German ma
val architect, Prof. Busbey, in a lecture on
Germany, said absurd things about subma-
rine boats, which include ours Among
others. he said that their low stability
would make them uncomfortable in heavy
sea or weather Prof Busbey, Thornley,
croft. OF England, and others. who have
belittled the submarine boat as a thing
OF practical and valuable use, do not seem
TO appreciate the merits OF our boat. For
that reason proposed to our company
that We cross the ocean TO demonstrate 10
them that our craft is dif -ctIy the oppo-
site TO their general deseyIxuon of sub
marine boats. that It will SAL he rough
est seas exactly as does a raft. that it
cannot be easily discovered when at Sork
in haTbor or elsewhere, and that # IS
the most comfortable passenger carrying
vessel that could be constructed, and, of
course, the fastest.
We viii prove that our boat will not
pitch or roll in any sea as well as We dis
proved the belief at Newport that tor
pedo or shell would crush our boat like
an eggsheH without even striking It,
when we make the trip across the
ocean we viii take the southern route
touching at thu Bermudss and going
thence to Lisbon In our trips heretofore
we have arranged TO conine our opera
tons to a radius OF 500 knots. but by
crossing the ocean we will also demon
stTate the fact that we can carry a large
amount of fuel without inconveniencing
cur crew or hindering the speed of the
boat
Mr.. Holland is thoroughly confident OF
the success Of the proposed trip, and be-
lieves that the possibilities il viii develop
for submarine craft of the Holland type
viii surprise the naval world.
But" he said with emphasis, I'VE first
went to show Busbey, Thorneycroft, and
other foreign experts that they don't know
all there is in naval architecture