The Ordway new era., 1914-04-17
HOPES bRAIDL MeIIIANI(

uNVllIlHX been broached some ono
ii WllV has come forward with
an array Of figures that
z apparently placed the
project in the realm OF
the impossible. OF late the idea has
been revived. and now comes an en-.
gtneer With scheme that can boast
an element OF the probable, provided
The circumstances are quite as favor.
ahae az he imagined them to be.
ParadoIically. the man that offers
the present solution has his home pret.
y nearly a. far away from the sea as
Z 70 possible to get here in the United
States- Charles A. Smith. the author
Of the plan. lives In Denver. says the
New York Sun. Briefly It Is his pur-
pose to make use Of q great many
powerful electric lifting magnets,
which whom energixed will cling to
tAe steel body of the Titanic like 80
many monster leeches.
When these magnets are firmly At
tached 20 the skin Of the ship lines
leading suffaceward will be secured to
built especially for the purpose. and
then the inventor counts upon the
cumulative lifting force Of all these
cylindrical tanks to raise the Titanic
clear Of the bottom 80 that the wreck
and the floating camels can be towed
into shallower water.
Each time the Titanic 10 halted by
the rising sea bed the connecting lines
win be shortened. tho vessel raised q
few feet. and with this clearance she
will BE- towed nearer land. Thus step
by step the foundered ship IN to be
raised and moved shoreward until the
next to the last stage of the opera
lions finds her in water OF such mod
erate depth that the ordinary diver
can be employed.
This would involve bringing the tt
tantc from her present supposed rest
ing place. two miles down below the
surface OF the sea. and transporting
eian coast. where temporary resting
place could be found at depth OF not
more than 100 feet
Bat great physical obstacles lie In
the path Of Mr.. Smiths project. To be-
GIN with. Il would take an immense
anount Of hunting to locate the wreck.
WRECKS have . way OF shifting even
aftsr they reach the ocean bed. and
this y ons Of the puxzling asIects Of
. submarine problem Of thia sort =.
Take your atlas and trAcA ~the
ccurss q The, Gulf etrseH - Il
hrpyGuss 5naAsl1Daer,aAe the White
3tlH liner eolhAs6 with that death
dealing iesbsrx. You WIN hnd that
this currsnt Of warm water sweeps at
that point on % the southeast, and
somewhere below tho Gulf Stream the
great volume OF the Labrador Current
lows 70 the south and west. bringing
with It an unceasing burden of sand.
In this fashion both OF these ocean
rivers have carried sand to the point
whore they meet in conflict south OF
Newfoundland. and thus out OF this
battle has grown that steadily rising
submarine mountain Or plateau called
the Grand Bank. II II possible that
the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Cur.
rent have In the past two years sub
stantialiy buried the wreck Of the IT.
tanic. II such be the case, the hulk
may never be located. s
Again. II IL not certain that the II
tanic lies on q sandy bottom. There
IL q reasonable probability that the
ocean bed at that point may be rocky.
This brings us to the question OF, her
probable condition as likely subject
for salvage, assuming that II be hu.
manly possible to get down to her and
to attach lines or cables for her lifting.
The question 10, so far - the salver
is concerned. Which Of these ways was
q d.. ~ N~ 4.
ly halted at the bottom OF the At
lantic? II she lies upon rocky bed.
then, II Mr.. Smith can secure his mag
nets to her and command suficient
lifting force, the chance of her ulti-
mate recovery brightens considerably.
On the other hand. II the ship has
forced goodly part Of her body into
the sea bed the situation IL entirely
changed. There Is no reasonable hope
Of dislodging her from that anchorage.
The Titanic. like her sister ship. the
Olympic. measured upon her longest
deck. ss2 feet and her beam was -
feet. A rectangle Of these dimensions
would have total area OF S1.144
square feet. OF course. . plan view
of the Titanic's body was ship shaped
and not rectangular. and let US sup
pose that goodly part Of II ID buried
bow first in the sand. and that only so
per cent rises above the bottom. In
that case approximately 100000
square inches would be exposed to the
downward thrust Of the everything two
miles Of sea water.
At depth of 10.500 feet there IL q
hydrostatic pressure tending to crush
or to hold amounting to force Of
$40 pounds to every superficial
DREW KNIVES OVER AUTHORS