The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-02
While Divers and Deep-sea Out
fits Are En- Route Work
Here Continues
GREAT DIvING-BELL
| TO HAVE HARD TEST
Operations 70 Recover F-4 sus-
pended Pending Development
Of Pontoon Plans

o. >
Operations to recover the submarine
"a virtually are at stanastill. Elk.
eept for the final tests Of the big div
ing bell this morning, nothing win be
lone until the scows and gear for pom.
soon work have been placed In shape.
ihis Is being rushed at Pearl Harbor
nder the direction Of Lieutenant
Commander .. A. Furer, naval con
structor, II may be FIVE days or so be-
fore all has been completed. ~
While work il being pushed here,
divers from the Brooklyn navy yard
are on their way. They are due here
IN April 10. They will bring the best
equipment available. In this only will
they snrpass g. B. Evans and Jack
Agraz. They viii be able, 2ith their
special armored suits, tolwork at depths
Of about 800 feet, at which Agraz and
Evans, without protection, could not
work.
Jruiser Maryland Coming
Associated Press advices from San
aheisco yesterday afternoon. were that
he cruiser Maryland had been ordered
TO Honolulu to bring wrecking party
md equipment. In the party will be
>. p. Drellishak, chief RunneT's mate,
itationed at the Brooklyn navy yard,
Who holds. a world Is record Of 275
sect; and four other gtnner's mates
md Gunner G.. d. Stillson and Surgeon
g. r.. w. French also were ordered TO
ONE on the Maryland As the cruiser
viii wait at San Francisco until Drel-
lishak and his party arrive, and as they
left New York City only Wednesday
light, IL win be nine days or 30 until
be help from the Coast win come. BY
hat time definite results may have
been achieved by Lieut.. Charles u.
smith and his forces.
ei.'ing Ben Is Tested a x.
Lieut.. G.. s. Bnrren, engineer under
commander q. w. Parks and Agraz
spent Ave minutes in the diving bell UNI
der thirty feet Of water yesterday af-
ern6on. They tried out the telephone,
&hieh worked perfectly. There was no
eakage, except for one small hole.
" about pint Of water was found
III the bell yesterday morning, after Il
had remained the second night under
the water OF the harbor. 1t will be
tested In 800 feet this morning. 1t wai
loaded on the tug Navajo from the
srane yesterday
Whether Agraz win descend into the
sea in the bell after its final test today
ID not known. 1t would take some time
70 get the California in Position az
feetly above the submarine, so that the
bell could be lowered In proper manner
Buoy Marks Position
Nothing was done yesterday where
the F-4 lies except to mark its position
with d buoy, which was attached Will
light line to the wreck itself. Lieu
tenant Smith said he would not re-
sinne work until ne saw the scows com
pleted, since all he could do would be
to drag and get lines about the wreck
and then he would be under the neces.
sity Of working to prevent losing then
again. \.
Commander Parks superintendent tn,
test of the bell with men within. Il
was lowered from the crane, which Il
docked at the navy wharf, into about
thirty feet of'water, until it rested o.
Boston OF Harbor Muddy
Lieutenant BunelI and Agraz wer'
In it. Although . pressure slightly i
excess OF one atmosphere was placed
on the air supply, lieutenant BuJfel
said he did not notice the change
Electric lights on the outside Of thu
bell were burning, but their ilsumiha
ton was not Observed from within
The bottom Of the harbor is yer,
muddy and filed with coal, however
and daylight filtered down, so the light
may be Of assistance in deeper ant
cleaner water outside the harbor.
tits very comfortable place I,
be- the lieutenant said. Any strang'
sensationf None al ALL" Z.
Better Bell Test Today s.
~ The Navajo, with Commander Park
aboard, win 60 to the harbor entrance
early this morning. The bell win b,
lowered to 500 feet and allowed to re
main 4 long time, perhaps as much a
M hour. When drawn up, 1t will b,
given Its final careful scrutiny. IL MIR
Parks finds II all right, he win tufI
| 1t over to Lieutenant Smith. Its Us.
then win rest with him.
Heavier cables, ranging from two Il
two and one.half inches, are being gath
cred up. Some will be turned over b,
the Mongolia, which will arrive today
and others will come from IIilo Sunday
Two scows As Pontoons A
Two big scows each having o ca
, paeitys Of 600 tons Of mud, win b
used for the poht0on work. They ar'
water.tlght. Perhaps as many as dv'
lines will be run between the two un
der the submarine. They will be fillet
with water, which win leave their top,
slightly above the water linej the slael
win be taken out Of the lines, and thl
tcn,inch centrifugal pumps win empt,
them. This will draw the snbmarin,
from its bed and 1t will be towed Ii
until II strikes bottom again; then th'
| process will be repeated. Each scov
Is lO6xs4 feet and Is thirteen feet deep
They have been used IN the dredging
work AZ Pearl Harbor. "
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