The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06

billings have unique intcrlocllng iea-
turc Viewed cndwise-l c.. seen ,,,ll IN
cross -Soctiuns-cach OF them looks iiNo
long, slim wrist terminating AZ ,hnn,b er,r,
! bent and the line of tic fingers curved
So, II you were TO look down upon ,,, ,ne
cofferdam its top edge would LOOK likc
an endless cha in Of hands. each claspinS
the other. These iutcrlockinS Joints are
selr-callling and ronder tfe steel wall
watcrtjght no matter whether they arc
set to describe straight me; ~ "urve
or an angle. They need no riVctS. screws
or bolts and Hs soon as one has been
driven fifteen feet into the harbor bottom
the near edge Of the bottom OF its neigh
Dor will be fitted into The adjacent groove
at its top and dropped Then Che pile
driver will do its work. And after the
Maine has been recovered the pilinss Will
be pulled o,N one at time and. very
probably. sold back 10 the rolling hrm
which Is supplying them
Once More on Her Keel.
The water inside the big coffer6am.
before pumping. will average about 30
feet in depth and there Will he alto
gother about d.I25 600 cubic feet OF water
10 be pumped oGt. After this water has
boon sucked lip tho wrcck Will he bracel
all around and the portion Of the hui
that is found buried in the mud VIII he
uncovered with shovels and waller lets
the while, until finally tho rusted aud
battered man-of-wAr. redeemed from
moro thnp n dozen years strata Of silt
and mud. sits high and dry upon her
keel as she would he Ia dIydcCk. After
ward the entire bottom Of the cofferdam
will be dug into and explored for freq
ments Of wrcckago lying alongside her.
Before holr of her has been disI Irbcd
government board will go down into
the coffnrdam. examine her and deter
mine whether the court OF inquiry. which
inquired into the disaster Immediately
after Its occurrence in iS?S. was correct
vel ben IL that s'iltD Muin NJ
stroved by the cNpltsjau ri a subnra rinc
mine, which caused tho explosion Of two
or moro of her faJward magazines"
Spain Invited TO Watch Work,
Spain has been Eniitcd. to send to Ia
vana representative. who will bc given
dam has been unwatcrcd. and similar
invitation has been sent TO Cuba. The
international aspect of the undertaken
was one cause which moved the preSi
dent TO in;rust the delicate task To ,he
army engineers, rather than 10 conirac-
tors. Economy wns another consldcra
ton. for Cuba had offered our govern
rnent the storage yard. dock front. steam
holsters dredEes. pile drivers and pump
ing apparatus needed for the work. and
thrsc have since hccn accepted. More
over. the government already had the
services Of General BINbv, WHO is rcco=-
nized az the most distinguished water
way engineer of this country.
Indeed, for this branch Of engineering
the government especially trained him at
the beginning OF his career. for as a r. =
ward for his graduating at West Point
at the head OF his class he was sent 10
France and given a post t-graduate course
IN the National School OF Bridges High
ways, River and Harbcr Improvement.
He has been president OF the Mississppi
river commission for several wears. aud
IT was he who had charge OF all tho great
haroor and channel improvements on the
Great Lakes between Buffalo and Du-
luth. including the channel connecting
II oil. IL
Sault ste, Marie lock.
He has also had charge of the improve
ments of the entire Ohio river as well as
the upper Mississippi. and last year he
was assigned as special advisory nnrlnce.