The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-06-07
SAFELY FOR SHIPS
Collision Device Now Adopted In
United States Navy.
COMPRESSED AIR IS SECRET
o. ne use. When Existing Equipment
10 Coupled Up, Water is Expelled
From Damaged Compartments
and 10 Cot Out

ontilrHhlp Nurth Carolina now ylnR
zoo the Portsmouth navy yard ls bciuF
arod with n fow simple devices
ahirh. according to her commander.
Capt g. G. Marsh Will permit her TO
llt hs big an iceberg co. dli the i'l.
lated Titanic. 90 bit ~ luHt nH hafd
aud yet 10 stay nnuut fur perhaps
long enough 20 como into port under
ler own steam 40 any rate long
enough so that tho crew could De-
clicked ~ ana brought a. safety Two
words sum up the whole story con.
pressed air
II IN the story not ~ y new lnyon
ton but NJ the new application OF
well known and WrIltuoi method
Perhaps the most vivid illustration N
what tho North Carolina expects 90 be
able 10 do IL what actually was done
In the cnse of tho Yankee
The engineers who tried 10 raise
that fouudcfcd ship and captain
Marsh was one ~ them ilrnt set the
pumps tu going Nothing happened
except the throh ihruh ut the pumps
Tho water refused to so down The
engineers we're nstoundcd They
thought II over and thoy rct out on u
nov tack
on top NJ tho Golfer dam which
reached down 10 just above the water
line they built little air lock Com
pressed MIR was forced INTO the water
nlled compartments below and. 600 the
words Of Captain Marsh. 'thc vutcr
went out like pushing q bail Tho
workmun descended into the cavity
and found the leak nyo small rly"t
holes Had there been compressed
air pumps on the Titanic simNn
miracle might have been worked
Water Forced Out and Kept Out
u have seen" writes % man who
thinks that compressed air. Will be- tn"
solution Of many Of the dangers which
threaten modern ocean going liners,
Captain Marsh open the sen cocks.
Good hts forward trimming tanks and
then by turning on the compressed
air. force out the scn water in I've
minutes. and by keeping on the com.
pressed air keep the water out. al
though all sea cocks remained open.
Every one familiar with tho wreck
Ing operations Of today will at once
comprehend the simple physical prin
ciple involved Your ship. let M say
strikes another ship. an Iceberg or Q
derohct. aud hole Is stove In her
The water PUSHES In II nnds itsel
confined To reasonably water tlgh
chsm'cr which can be shut On from
I'll a.. - $50
the walls NJ the bulkhcnd are sironl
enough the ship can 20 ahead carry
Ing the extra burden of water m
a. is better OF course to remove a.,
water and close tho hole. or nj m,
Vcry least 10 strengthen the walls o
the hulkhcnd go that they may with
stand tho added pressure Of the waite
IA pressure which NJ o depth Of -
feet below the surface ot the sci
would amount to % pounds per Hquar
foot
The proposition then II to turn con
pressed mir into the uclghhoring con
partmenis. re- enforcing them and pr,
venting water from lcnklns into Their
either from the damaged one or fror
strained plate ON the hull ot The vel
vel. This accomplished YOU have II
surcd your ship from sinking for m
time being Tho next step n to tur
the compressed air into the bulkhra
where the tear n. thus driving out N
water 20 the level NJ the bottom ,
the tear Conditions now are such IN.
Worlmcn can patch up the rrnt moi
OF loss crcCtually, after which m
rest OF tho water can be- sucked ol
Hnd the ship proceed to repair dock
Expense 10 Not Great,
IA has been said the North Car
tina Ia now being Attcd Mp so that ~
can rescue herself after this lnshlo
The new cruiser Utah h. already pr
vlded with the niece slry apparnW
Al FIRST blush It sounds as " n col
pressed air equipment which would
powerful enough and widely cnouI
distributed IN be- able to nm any hu
head ON great steel vessel with co
pressed air at moments mott
would be prohihltivcly expensive n
Captain Marshs experience is QuI
otherwise A few hundred dollars
certainly loss than thousand
eoyer the entire cost Here Is I
way Of Il
The modern battlcshlp already b
the two essential things the co
pressed air pump ana the system
pipes running everywhere. Tho GO
crossed air apparatus IL rogula
used for blowing smoke and gases ,
" the big guns the pipes are
nre mains the yentilator pipes
peclally those from the coal bunk
and the sounding tubes"--the y
tical pipes which drop straight n
The deck into the hold, aud throt
which soundlngs Of the bllge wa
are taken, Your system, then
qulres only coupling up to be &C
plete
That In a word is what Is be
done on board the North Carolina.
General Brush Retired,
To-day there are on the active
OF the regular army only three
GERS who saw service In the Civil v
Brig. Gen. Daniel II. Brush has retI
within a day or two and with his
tirsment the last general ofhcer