The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-24
All Approve EdisOn's Ideas.

tory which Mr.. t.disou has In mind
and his IDEAS were received with hearty
approval by three Rear Admirais. all
heads of departments, as vel! az by the
eutlre board-ConEress viii be asked TO
app opriatc sl,400.0c0. This sum Will
pay for the ground. consisting OF about
100 acres AT udewater' tho pui'u4hs ana
It's equipment.
Naval officers OF high standing said
that such IA laboratory was not only n
serious need but that the expenditure
Of the sum needed for II would be an
economy. NJ bic commercial Institution
or organization OF size requiring equip
inent. except the navy, pre'ends to DO
business without such an experimental
station. said the officers. and thty pointed
out that with such a trial shop at
rand experiment Oh en-Nes. &c. 10 be
installed upon "a battleship could be car
ried to final test simultaneously with the
building OF the vessel.
AZ things are now a method of pro-
puls!ou or what not must be installed
during the construction of the Warshlp.
Somet.mes. after three years spent in
building the battleship, "A new device.
not thoroughly proved as to its worth
! because OF present lack OF facilities for
experiment, IS found lacking in what
was expected OF 1t and must be ripped
out.
Would End Uncertainties.
Thu laboratory would permit OF tests
under the zane conditions which would
surround the device on the finished yes
sci and therefore there would be no
uncertainties In Offering his plan Mr..
Edison said that he would DC glad to
have all the plans drawn and the blue
| prints made by experts In his own pant
- -.-.fl .-aVV aAa. NA. NaFan Df I'LL thn
draughtsmanshlp and O!ue printing HIM
self.
As chairman OF the Naval Consulting
Board. Mr.. Edison theoretically presided
at the meeting in the Administration
Building of the navy yard yesterday
afternoon. Because of Mr.. Ed!son's
deafness. however. his chief engineering
assistant ~ the Edison plant, Miller
Reese Hutchinson, did the work OF con.
Quoting the meeting.
BESIDES the twenty-five inventors, en-
gineers and workers in kindred sciences
attending a. board members, there were
present Mt the meeting and. inspection
Of warships Rear Admiral II. W. Taylor,
T.. 6. ~. chief of the bureau OF con-
struct.on Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss,
L.. :. ~. chief of the bureau o. ordnance.
and Rear Admiral X. S. Griffin. L. 5. ~,
chief of the bureau of steam navigation.
Chairman +. r. Sprague of the cleo
trical committee of the board reported
during the meeting that his committee
since the general meeting of tho board
AT Washington last October had been
studying the possibilities of supplement
Ing "A torpedo driven through the water
by an electric motor for the compressed
air motor which now Is clicked into
action as the torpedo leaves a submarine
headed tor an enemy ship.
u. =. Torpedo VOW Equal 10 Best.
Il should like to say, however," re-
marked E.mcr A. Sperry OF the same
committee, after Mr.. SprIgue had eN
planned that the advance in electrical
motor construction suggested the change.
that our committee believes that the
torpedo now IN use In the United states
navy IL the equal oi-and perhaps is
better th0u-tho torpedoes used In ,he
other nayies OF the world
The member of the consulting board
were conducted by naval Officers Of the
yard during the forenoon on an inspec-
ton trip aboard the submarine E-2.
which rs equipped with the Edison stO1-
age battery. and the III. in which th2