The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-02
GREAT PROBLEM is HOW
TO BREAK NEPTUNE'S GRIP
Diving Bell Constructed For Use In Saving
Operations Is StrangezL looking Apparatus
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struggling to hold their prize In the
soA those on shore were working
equally hard TO complete the prepare
tions for raising the hulk. The massive
diving bell. whish has been under con
structfon at the Honolulu IRON WORKS
under the direction Of q. w. Parks
civii engineer in charge at Pearl IIar-
Dor, was completed at hve-thirty
o'clock last night. Night and day
since Sunday afternoon ct four o'clock
every facility at the command Of the
big plant was placed At the disposal OF
tho navy department. Skilled mee ifa-
nits worked night and day on the Job
aud after forty-niue hours Il was pro
rounc ed complete. The big diving ben
was Efted onto trutk with the aid Of
a powerful crane hoist and no time
was lost IN getting n to the naval
dotk There one Of the smaller cranes
was brought into play and the ponder.
Gus device from which Il Is hoped to
dirett survey OF the sunlken subma4
rino was lowered into thirty-five feet
Of water. II was securely sealed
TESTING BELL FOR LEAKS
This morning II win be raised and
examination made for leaks. II none
are found, II win be loaded onto .
barge and towed BY the Navajo to the
scene Of operations. JaCk Agraz was
present last evening 70 watch the bell
being lowered into the water. This
morning whom Il q towed out to sea
be win accompany It, willing voiun-
teer to descend IN the pondefous, Jules
Verne-lik subteffancan carriage. Ev-
cry mathematical calculation known to
the men who make this work their spo-
tiality shows that the bell can with
stand the terrible pressure under which
II win be subjected at 4 depth Of three
hundred feet. II Is estimated that the
entire surface must Withstand a pres-
sure Of more than one and one-half
million pounds At depth Of three
hundred feet.
I'VE have every reason to believe Il
viii stand the test. = said naval on
Ger yesterday afternoon. .'But it Is not
possible 10 guarantee this Only the
test viii show, and the man Who goes
down In II Is taking a great risk.
II am only prepared TO lot the ben
be submerged TO . depth Of three hun
dred feet, though We have three hum
bred and nifty feet Of air hose. ;, said
Commander Parks, as the work was
nearing eomplefion last night. sQ
TUGs TO RESUME TASK
TIE tug Navajo and probably the
Malkaala win again resume the work Of
sweeping in the viz nifty Of the wretk
this morning. Gables win be fastened
TO the IA II possible, not SO niuch to
sttenpt to raise Il, but to keep il from
drifting further out. The diving bell,
around the outside Of which win be
fitted cluJers Of high-powercd electric
lights win be lowered TO tho bottom
and with the aid Of telephone tomfnu,
ritstion Agraz viii inform those ON
top just what he AN sec through the
TX glass portfolios and IN the
best way possible direct just how those
above should proceed with the task Of
getting q strong cradle Of steel cables
beneath the sunken hulk. II the div
ing bell works, say those who have hit
upon this method Of viewing the
wrefk preliminary plans for raising
the hulk can be quickly Completed.
A number Of conferences were held
-t.serday In IN effort to devise upon
the nlozt p-att ieal pan Of raising the
IA or getting IL into shallow water.
1t Is believed that these plans have
been cabled to tsc navy department at
Warrington, The secretary Of navy
win probably pass upon their feasibili-
~ and expense, and quick action Is ex
pected from that end as to whether the
work shall be carried out along tho
hres agreed upon
1t is understood that tie plan as de-
tidcd upon yesterday consists Of bring
ing a number Of pontoons into pay.
- believed these can be secured on
oLhn OF at some Of the other islands
Elder two or four Of these win be
uged. This win depsnd upon their size
ard the number that can be obtained
re pontoons VIII be flooded near the
seene OF the wreck, and sunk to as
treat q depth as they win 60. Then
the cables attat he'd TO the cradle in
vhifh the IA win be rugged, win be
fastened to the pontoons They In
tnrn viii be pumped out, their buoy
ausy lessening the lifting power neccs-
sary 10 raise the submarine from the
he'd Of the Dream. Thus suspended the
wreck will be towed inshore until IL
fgain touches bottom, when the same
psocsdErs win be followed, until finally
TIE fubmarine is brought where q sec
ron Of the drydotk can be submerged
beneath II and thus bring It TO the sur
face. How Icing this win require could
ROT evsn DO estimated BY the naval Of
ftiais yesterday.
II consider this plan for raising the
fpbrtrr'ne F4 as entirely feasible"
fa't Rear Admiral O. B. 7. Moore yes
rday, u. 4s
ecf all the pans submitted BY those
rho would aid in the raising or the
d r theirs arc only q few Of them that
won'd not be praftieai and proba bly,
y r'tt esTfnl II we. had one hundred feet
Of vater less 70 contend with, p said
flother nsrIal otncer who has been en-
Flged IN thA reWne work constantly
t.rfc last Thursday afternoon
3 'tFt sofpe one touid ten us how we
frH'a ovsrs ONE that handicap Of q hun
cycd feet Of wster the rest would be
s,upi-, ~ tha IA had gono down in
t-vo hundred foot o. wster instead OF
r'rca hundred ard II we had strusk her
~ 80 ftgs dry Ike we did at the pres
e't 4 ptb. she would have bsen raised
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