The sun., 1901-03-31
ADVENTURES OF A DIVER.
ONE or THEN VAS WIN 4 CARGO
OF ~ NkEN DlNlNITE.
4 rCkiish .'oh Performed In the Hudson River
AZ Another Time lie Caught InqusitiSc
Fl.h While Helping Crank 20 Locate some
Copper walk on the East Rivers Bed.

The divers vocation deSccndS in families
much more generally than l. th" Ca~" with
other calling. The son of an expert diver
seldom looks outsld" of the HON" ITuin--i -ion
for his lfa work In certain family owning
their own home m one oi the slips nv the
East River thprr have been three genera
ton. IT, wear ;ha rubber suit There are
hundreds ~ divers working with IN" bug
wrrcklug companies Who are foreigners.
Swcdr- and Norw"gIaus who embarked
in the calling more or less ihoughtleSsly and
with no particular aunt,on- regarding H.,
But III" New York dlvera ~ business for
them. .nlves are for tho most pOrt responsible
citizens liking th" work Tor its own sake and
proud nf any reputation they nav have
gained N H.
on days when the wind is very high or II =
unusually cold these divers do not work
bat put in their time cementlug patches
on their suIts or maNlng up their HocoIntS
by the ho-nltHbl" stov" That j. feature OF
the front oHire Then d, tho time TINT thoy
can be Induced = unlork their -t"r" u rK-
porianros and AFFORD rhmp-e~ of thN rvorv-
day orliulTy affairs in tho divers world.
Il know the underwater tracks of the
harbor and m" rivers about here o, well as
know ia" civ streets ~0id tho conservative
East River diver on" day. Il hny" tr,Idgod
up the bed of the East River more than once.
aud only lately went hunting for some car
wheel, that had mmbl"d of freiVhthoat.
They were thoucht To have been lost some
whore between rhlrtv-tourth street and tho
Battery and the whole distance lad 10 he
gon" over
Tn" whrels were vauable There ucro
thirty oH thnmHo be hunted Up and u wasn't
light lo'. The cables IN the riv'r hang seven,
eiGht and ten foct from m" bottom Tho
diver might walk under them hut for N"
lifeline. climbed over "verv cah" on tho
rout" md nay man holding ~" signal rorc
In the boat that went along with w" had 10
llsc great care | located the whrols but
when got home I Wa sore IN "vcrv ioiut
This Is great business for l.,alug
crauks, h" added after while Visionary.
fightv-mu'"i people are always hating
on spun homo hv which the tr"asGros NJ
the deep are 10 be turned into thor hands
! went hunting once for la " Erie copper lu
fourteen rtthoms Of water Nv omployer
was private party. nm inventor much IN
,ore-tcd In the subject Of lost cargocs He
camcou - N"w York - engage mo- pprpo-r'v
because I had ropIta'ion for doing very
thorough work
~" ma i11l ih"r" was GOOD proof that
$50 tons ~ copper ai gon" down IN q certain
boat in LAX" Er'c tllrty-0yr years ago and
that ha had invented an instrument guurau-
tccd 'o point ouf ~" "NHtf spot whore tho
copper could boz found Nv u1rf W1s - 80
down 90 ih" hntf0n ~ The rlAr" indicated.
nal tho CORNER with my spear and send m
enoughof n 80 tho bpsr 10 b" pred 70. ,implo
He offered fair rly, end sad ho had gone
over tho records -p often and So thoroughly
that he Was ~nti .'od thor" could he M mis-
tNke = 10 the lDTNtI0U Nlltn I.a negllp WttIIld
she uS
Vol no chartered = fnc hont and We went
ou' - . place ON the Lake about ten NJ twelve
miles from 49," "toWn u Erie and "shed around
prr-f-to"t" lpr thre" Who'll" dav> a. the point
whore IA" treasure was .lpu"'rl Ia b" But
no sort of wr"CRage could ! end, no trace Of
efhpr hoHt or copper Each fInle that |
expressed my self ~ being certain there was
no cargo 70 be found. my emrloyer would
say thn, ~ -" ,nstrgm"nt hnd E,ys7 new