The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07

any attempt to intTosluc. something involy
ing experiment. hut ON the contrary | ha W
ronnu.'d my self To things with whirh Ne
have had great prartIral eNp-risn'e TIE
wharf building. the cai--on sinking. the
EASING of pipes between air ChAinbers. the
raising of cables underneath and arOund
III. ship the construct lou of the hfiing
structure Snd the nttinR and operation OF
the screw Jacks are all operations we'll
understood. easily rarri-d Uut and ndr
pendent of any questions OF depth Of mud
ar condition % the ship The mud. how
ever deep. does not comp licate the quest ion
or add materially 10 the cost. aud should
! there be Ob-tructiOn- ~ any point prevent
, ms the passing VI the cable. tunnelllng to
aud removal OF the obAtTuCt ion IL . simple
matter Damages To tho ship. hoSeV-F
great. would not prevent It's being brought
up intact beCauss OF the di-i ribution OF the
~eiRht and 'hs n-NibilitV. oontiRuity. a.
we'll a. riEidlIy Of th. means employed
! IN. method. however. IL entirely novel.
and the USES made of all the well know
! OPERATIONS employed are new
The plan OF pumping water nom the
! COneTIans OF the Cais~on- Of weight
| equivalent to that to he thereafter applte,
| TO them u way Of conducting operations
1 over = mud bottom possessing NO depends
bic support ing power aud der wing from he
water pressure under the bottoms . sup
port efficient aud reliable a. solid rock
The whole plan il one OF great simplicIt,
and though IL perhaps would he better
appreciated by an engineer than layman
Il h easily understood by everybody.
In sinking caiasons alongside large build.
inss supported on ducksands tho writer
Devised aud patented q method OF conduct
Ing the compressed air escaplng from the
air chamber up alongside the caIsson on
the aide opposite the building. leaving the
support OF the latter eniirely andisturbed.
Some Of tho larRest buildings In New York
that are supported over spread foundations
on qulcksands have had "lis>ons prov ided
with this high cutting edge on the distant
side Of the raisson sunk alon gside them with.
ont producing any settlement what"ver
10 - proposed 20 u-e this device on she
cai-aon~ surrounding the Maine. 80 that "a"
mud underneath The ship would remain
undiSturbed until the ship 10 "srr's'l ON the
cables There are numerous other i'm
provemsn's in "ais~on work devised by the
writer that would also he employed 50 that
the work would he carried On with emit
safety. certainty ami speed and the res ats
sought would he obt aimed without question
IN the same manner that ahv other great
engineering operation 81 The usual character
would be carried out
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