The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-06
BRIDGEPORTER
 WILL SAL WAGE
 LOST EMPRESS
Represents Company That Has Contract to Save Part
 of Cargo.
MUCH DEPENDS ON
 POSITION OF SHIP
Divers Can Reach Ship If She Rests on Her Own
 Bottom.

ssridreuort Is to take part in tue ef- forts to salvage bodies and cargo nroKAl cha sun4xen Empress of Ireland, ana Bozasoly raise the sun1zen ship from it's resting placNmin the St. Lawrence ,-,var rAe1t. Commander Richard Fl. 7r T7rbinson. general manager of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company pr enls city. d marine engineering expert oh wide experience in the raising Of sunk s,7 vessels. and identified with one or f5,= r,,rsf 4,rogressive salvage companaes in the east, has already obtaAneo contract for salvaging a certain DOT ton of the valuable cargo consisneu fa Europe on the ship, and for the re- covery of which thousands or oo1s- ls-. -vs1l be spent by the insurance com r,a1sss He may get the contract tc salvage the entire ship and raise the 1,odses in the event of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company relln- ctifshfnfz it's rights in the wreck Ine Lake Torpedo Boat company O el.-9 citv Is not identified with the enter prise
 TFa1,t. Commander Robinson, who for over a year has occupied the posi- 4icn of general manager or rne AtAhe wlant. in an advisory and technical 'capacftv was formerly connected with the United States naval department as assistant to the chief of construc- fion. with offices in Washington, r. e. He is al naval expert and through interests and developments of patents 4r connection with the raising of sun ken vessels with which he has come in close contact for the past fourteen 1ear-s is considered one of the best as1tlaorfffes upon ways and means or raising submerged ships He IS a4so connected financially with a New xork rs1vaxe company which undertakes the most difficult marine salvage opera 1fons.
 a reuresentative of this company is already at the scene of the wreck, where an effort is being made to secure che sxact depth and position of the boat, immediately following which op- ersttous will begin Representative of the Canadian Pacific and other S7recking companies are also there, but 1t is the belief of the local man, upon whose shoulders will devoive the lay snR of plans for the raising of the ves- gsi as soon as definite information of her position is received, tha this com ranv through patents they control. will be awarded the larger part Of the contracts, if not the contract for rais- ang the whole vessel.
 Tt Fm inc general belief. from news paper reports, that the Empress of Ireland lies in about 12O feet of water more or less, half way between Father Point and Quebec, Canada
 n n Q1SASIGTS there ways of letting contracts for salvage f,v inc underwriters The two prin- ieipaI methods are to award contracts Tor stipufSted expenses with a bonus, where all wrecking and salvage com iraufes compete The other, which Is customary in eases where little nope for the raising Of the vessel exists is to let the contract, 'fNo cure, no pay' which VII probably be invoked in this Instance. In this event the salvage company bears all expenses and the reward is enormous, where a large Bhip Is raised
 Inc methods of raising ships ddfrer. The pneumatic tank system, which is utilized under the direction of. Com nnander Robinson, Is most efficient when properly controlled This meth Dd is to close all compartments that water and i'll with compressed air. Dwf1rg to the great difference in pIeaE- nres as the vessel is raised towards Rhe surfacs 1t has often happened that mt the sea-leveI, the vessel explodeS like a big bomb
 The only existing patents for the regulation of this pressure are said ko be owned by the company of which Commander Robinson is a member. For tfafs reason it is the belief Of all naval authorities that they will secure khe contracts for the raising of the Empress of Ireland with her cargo of human bodies and valuable freight, if there fs found a possible chance of sver bringing her to the surface
 CoRunander Robinson though a com parativeIy young man, is said to have HIper1nfended the raising of over a Bcore of large vessels on both the eastern and western coasts His rec ord with the navy as well as while connected with the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of this city is enviabIe He resides with his family at the Hotel BtratdeId in this city.