The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14
MAINE SOON TO Be RAISED
o. ESTION ~ TO 70 40 % RETkED
HtRSHIP To No. SETTLED.

caused the destruction .of the battleahiT
Maine In Havana harbor twelve yea m ago
This 10 Ia he accomplished by raising
the Maine. The plan adopt 81 by thu
hoard ~ army engineers appointed 20
consider ths removal Of the wreck was
submitted tn President Taft to-day bv
Major-Gen William n Bxhy. chief 81
engineers Of the United States army.
and Was indoTaed nv Mr. Taft Gen
BiNhy expects Ia have the wreck uncov .
cred and free for inspection nv February
IS neat. the thirteenth anniverAa ~ ~ the
dest ructiOn Of the big vessel
The impartial spirit IN which the work
81 determining the character Of the eX-
plosion IL % he undertaken il indicated
by the fact that Spain has been asked
by the President to have a representative
present during the entire progress OF the
work. Ths same courtesy has been
extended TO Cuba. and IL is practically
certain that both Governments will
accept
President Taft considers the discovery
~ what caused the explosion Of supreme
Importance and has directed in the raising
81 the wreck that everything else he
snbordinated 10 u
The President obviously intends that
this Government shall free itself 10 the
charge that u has feared To have the
Maine raised because Of the possible ad-
verse effect upon the findings Of the old
court 81 inquiry This court. appointed
zoon after the destrIct ion Of the battle
ship, gavrr a. IFS opinion. after eXamin-
ing the wreck with the aid - divers that
n had gone down as the result uf an eE-
iernal explosion
spain also had tho wreck examined
and itS representatives declared emphat-
ically that the Maine had met - end
through an internal explosion since
then Spsniards and some Cuhans have
not hesirated a. charge that the ina elton
VI the United States IN r-Ear,i to tn.
wreck was due q a fear 81 the results
Even among some United States army
ana navy men there has been a disposition
Inofficially to question The accuracy of the
findings % the old court NJ inquiry. which
hased 10 decision 10 external explosion
chiefly on the fact that on. 81 IN" keel
plates was driven through the upper
teCk
len B'yhv conferred with Mr. Taft
Tor about an hour thi~ afternoon and then
ave out tins statement.
Tn" Hoard IT engineers appointed 20
consider the removal of the wreck - the
Ma me- from Havana harbor has submitted
. report which has been recommended
Tor approval 10y the chief IT engineers
md the acting Secretary 81 War and has
received the final approval ut the Pres
tdent
The rlan 81 the hoard provides for
the using ~ Golfer dam 81 interlockInR
steel pilinEs within which m. wreck i
irSt 10 ~ exposed by unwaterinR and
Ifterward 10 b. removed bv bulkheadInR
and floating N" unda ma ged portion and
by hoist ing the ia ina ged port ions niece.
n"al. all work 10 he done by hired labor
md the purchase 81 materials IN open
market using the plant now on hand
and hiring other plant necessary The
officer m charge - - h. free from all
int erfer"nCe a. regards rs method ~
purchasing matsrltl and 20 he fr..a to
tir""' labor and Use all the plant within
reach without the n,,c.SSSitV 81 formal
contracts T. d, expected thar IN. wr..cs
vii h.' eNpo~'sd Ia view thus winter ~
lime for Congress to d.cids regarding IN.
actual di-pO@ittCn - the eXpo<..i wTerx
and 20 make such further appropriations
~ may pe ne" SSary to deposit n IN deep
water
tn" indurS..m-rt - the President A.
given on by Ii-u BlNby was a. follows ,
BEVERLEY October -. 1910
y fully concur IN ~" observation-disclosures I
= IN" board and ~ the chief ~ engineers :
and ~ the acting Secretary ~ War and .
approve not only the plan but also the .
method ~ DOING she work by hired labor .
ind purchasa ~ materials m open market /
m order 20 ss-'ur" due spssd | believe
ongreS- Intended that This work should |
10 done as promptly as pusSihl- and also
Indsr such conditions that Information
~ exact a. possible should be ssNrur,si IN
t.sps~c' 70 III. Gauss. - the explosion and
hat hes" cnnslde-ai ions should hav.
nor" weight m determining the plan u
procedure than even those 81 ,SrOnpny
% retain comple'" control ~ IN. work in
he hands 81 m" army engineers will
u rem gth"n public confidence IN the re-
'Ilis shown WILLIAM II Tar
Tn" army engineers who will have
barge ~ m" work naV"nt been de-ig-
aJ'-d vet
In line with the Presidents desire 10
emoys all doubt a. 20 the caus. 81 IN.
Nplo-lon full publiCity will be gwen
q the work n " progresses BssIde-
he army engineers there will also he an
Nicer ~ the United States navy present
'lring tn" work on IN" " r~Ck The
Tmy engineers will however he SUI
rene and the others will he there merely
~ ~ courtesy
The corerdam method consists in
ml'iing a hug" box of steel piles about
he wreck and then pumping the water
vt This watertight box will he as
.~t long and ?75 feet vide az the widest
lac" u will leave fifty feet clear on all
de- of the wreck and this will take IN
he t,Irret of the Maine which was blown ,
n in the explosion
A. the water IL pumped out and the
reck begins 70 show. photographs will
. taken 81 the huge mass II steel and
1ese will ne displayed and explained 10 \
ewspaper correspondents or Others in
're~ted in publicity :
The greatest care will be taken nv the ,
ngineer- not to disturb any par ~ the i
rsCk until the whole has been uncoy cred
nd carefully examined. Then the badly /
rocked portion. which comprised about ,
1e-third Of the battle~hip. will he raised
piece at a time The remaining two
birds will he bulkheaded and hoated I
possible and II not. dis iointed and =
moved piecemeal The army sngi- :
-ers win recommend 10 Congress tina,
- entire wreck he Transferred TO deep I
ter and there have q decent. formal {
Irlal y
The War Department since Congress
,propriated $500 .OO Tor the raising ~ n
- Maine has received all sorts ~
OposItiOnS from private individuals n
ho wanted to exhibit p&yis 81 the
rocked vessel One man offered 10 q
psrintend the work NJ raising the