The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-28
TO RAISE THE MAINE WHOLE
PLtN JOHN o. OROI RkE ~ H.
WITS ron iR mr. iRrWENT
u Would Cost More Than Congress HAS
Appropriated. hut N"uid BTIng ~
the Truth AIonE wnh the ship and
save the ship. SAYS Nr. O'Hvurkc.

John T O'Rourk" president - the
O'Rourk" Engineering Con-tructinn Com
pany. announced yesterday IN" "details
of thu plan that he las submitted - ths
War bvrartm"nt for RAISING tho battle
ship Main" from tho mud hn;'nm Of VA
Nana hArbor II his sCh"u- II adopted.
says Mr. O'Kourk". his company will
/ swing m" lattl"ship above IA" SURFACE
81 the wPt-r from cables. and then th"
Navy Department may make repairs
which viii enable M" war-hip 80 sail
out Of the harirpr and bach, 20 tho States
under her own steam
she won't even need a tow said MIR
O'Rourke
MIR. O'Rourkes company estimates
that To- raise the ship hugh and dry will
cost $50. 80 congress appropriated
sJln.oO following ia" ACT - MAY o. 1917"
providing for the raising If III" United
States nattlt-hIp Maine IN Havana har-
Tor and To pruvidr for the ntnrm"ut 81
ia" bodies therein
Tho cur"rdaiu method Il getting ~
IN. work MIR O'Rourke slii yesterday.
would cost about 81 .BDuD and would
result only ~ leaving a hulk FAR down IN
IN" mud where she Cpuldnt ~ raised ~
AL ana would hay" to h" broken up -
g"t her material - the surftr"
mat hunk down thor" contains a YER
dict and can bring her up ~ putting
cables under her and then l.AN" her swing
inS ont ia th" air without "a hulr or "a don't
IN her hulI except tho-,. she had tn. Sht
-h" sank COST Well. | think tins Cuun-
try ~ tnG enough and rich enough .ud
decent enough 10 ia" willing To- pay Tor
n nth
Some II the Original ideas ~ engineer
ans. a. Mn Is
20 IA" work II IA" War department award,
IA" cont rj1at To- M nTiu. such A. a dn'u
81 Pneumatic Cal>~rnS nth r,ufIu IuI,
masonry. Tor instance. n" has s.'r'a H.
applied successfully ~ thr deap collar
81 tn" stock tNrtapgr budding a.I
other Nurh the "u.ulauy has don" Since
tn" idea ~ raising ia" Man" vas ID
r"Ctty brought To- th" attention ~ IN"
firm Tea months Az Mr. OEpurkc hAS
gwen much tim" tu the study - the prob
lem and has applied for uaf'uty for a
number " appliances ~ hr used on th.
work and which b" - confident are f,Iit.
pra'tIcAi
Mr. - Ruurk" -lri Yesterday thai IN"
War ll"pAgtmeut nov Agrees with h,m
that the - u ours" plan Ut r. iziug tn. SHIN
v means Il III" WEf.rt.Rnt masonry
lam. pumping cat tn" water and then
l'.ohing her up ~ the beet that has been
offered
he would huld whAry.s ur working
i'hAtl'tIilN on itl's IN" lF4Elh ~ lllr NfF'N
IA "lthrT Sld" h- sI,d first 4 all and
t"tw"'-n these platforms and IA" MAN"
Do" wouli Sins cal-~ lu- with arr cham
h-'rs sunk fellow the k,"l II tn. wreck
Through 10" NUT and fellow III" keel
b" would -hn." pipes every four feet,
IN" ends pi each pap" lrutrvdiEg into
AR chambers uu IN" POT
and star.paTri sides Of the t.uat
SINAI. cables now would n" thrust
through these pipes amt 20 th.,. cables.
after their PAP" covering D. removed.
larg" lifting 'ahl"- ar. next atta"h..d
and drawn under and around th,. la'tl'.-
ship and their "rd- brought up 'u IN"
squads IT atuui l.Usu men manning ~"
lifting apparatus on 10. StaruDart ana
Uort whary"s uu a. the -urfac,'
After IN" preliminary wo~N 81 adjust
ing the cable, and bringing th" ship
TO an even keel have t.,.n finished d."
actual raising can - accomplished
according ." MIR n'Rour<e ~ less than
a week fVI@r'"nC' has convinced Mr.
q RpurN" that IA" OIL and paIri with which
IA" machinery II 49," shin Na- covered
whom -h. sank nav" protected th.. part
from serious injury during the tw"ly"
wears - ~" Nam" : -y'n"r-iun IA salt
water