Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-22
Thursday, July 22, 1915.
SAFETY IN SUBMARINES.

SAFETY IN SUBMARINES
 The submarine thanks to Germanys efficient use of it, has won recognition It is no longer toy but the most naval fighting craft It is looked upon as the warshp of the future Its soryceabnlty for coast defense is not questioned by the cautious pert And yet it may be that in the United States where the submarine invented and largely perfected we have yet begun realize possibilities the way of supplying peculiar needs The last congress voted money build 26 new submarines, intended primarily for defense The next congress may vote more. But few Americans appreciate how fully the under-sea boat may protect shores from attack and our terri. tory from invasion. and how simple and inexpensive it might be to supply the necessary vessels
 simon Lake of Bridgeport Conn., is said to be the greatest living authority on submarines. He may bo prcjudiced in their favor because he builds hem but he certainly about them. He the creator of the eyenkeel submarine type used by the Germans And he declares unequivocaly war has proved what he long preached van-thst the submarine is destined not only to be mistress warfare actually to stop warfare no other warships can fight or exist in the presence perfected submarine fleet Furthermore he declares that this country can obtain all the naval protection needs by a very simple method and the expenditure of comparatively small sum of money.
 We should build he says, without delay fleet of about l5O submarines the eastern coast and for the Pacific These would be best modern type. costing about S5oOOoO apiece The total cost would thus be s75Oooooo which about half what we spend our own navy every year and about five times tho price of a supcrdroadnought Such fleets, he is con. vjuoed would give us ample protection against attacks seaports and against any attempt on the part of a hostile power to land troops on our shores.
 To make the protection douby sure he further sug- eo.'s surprising innovation. He would build a small fleet of what he cacs "amphibous submarines" costing only half much as the others, weighing little more than tons capable of being transported by rail road These would be held reserve and in case Of need could be rushed overland the of 35 miles hour perfect safety any part coast where they were needed. The various seapors would be equipped with facilities for launching them Their mo bty land would make them more valuable than any existing submarines. They could be more speedily mo bzed he says, than the battle cruisers and superdreadnoughts They could shipped across the continent necessary and the crpplng the Pan Canal would interfere with rushing requisite number for the protection of either coast
 Now comes a stil more picturesque suggestion which seems like a continuation same of thought though u has been worked independently. It is from Prof Herschel Parker recently professor of physics in Columbia university of the helioscope dis unguished explorer scientist high standing H, has invented smallest type submarine existence and is convinced that win solve the problem of coas defense in the simplest and least expensive way.
 His submarine is little larger than torpedo In fact u intended carrier of a single torpedo, and t be operated by one man, or two most. It is real ca submerged boat of great speed and power Tn length of it is about twenty feet might be less IL is just high enough for a stand erect 1t i shaped like a perfecto cigar There two compar mcnts one forward and aft. The after section i taken up by si2cyHnder gasoline engine. with ir take and exhaust rising above the cran giving the the protection of perhaps five feet water when submerged Forward is a little an platform for the operator with the periscope risin above to level with the intake and exhaust pipes. front occupying a tube in the very center of the boat sharp nose the torpedo always ready for launching The operator simply faces the target and let's her go
 such craft say the inventor could be built for s5Oo and run by any man able to a motor boat For tn price of the new bateship Arizona Sl6OOOOOO comple more than 5000 of them could he built. They would held ready instant launching in every seaport The would be carried bodily by baeships. cruisers and to pedo boats and even by larger submarines. On the a