El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-23


I purchased for all Americans to see.
II now rests on blocks before the
! Commercial museum in Philadelphia.
; Those having the matter in charge will
start Immediately the delicate task of
cutting her into three sections for
purposes Of shipment These will be
carefully Joined together on arrival in
New York City
For one year the public will be able
20 view the boat m the Bronx Inter
national exposition here and then IL
VIII be moved to a new public museum
which IS being planned by several
prominent men here TO house relics
showing the developments Of remark
able human achievements in industry.
Tn 1904. William Bourne. OF England.
constructed submarine II sub
merged and that is all that could b
said Of h. Ia 1777 Prof Bushnell. a
Connecticut man. invented a subma-
rlne which was termed the American
turtle i was like a large clam shell.
III the center Of which a man sat pro-
peliing the device formed BY leg power.
ana then when il had reached an en-
envy ship. boring into its side with an
auger projecting from the front This
was before the day Of iron clads
Next in the history Of the submarine
comes the efforts OF Robert Fulton.
the inventor OF the steamboat. Even
ueIore Fulton had sent his first ship.
the Claremont- up the Hudson river.
ne had been in France trying 10 con
could assist him in the conquest Of
England by the use OF submarines
FultOn's Submarine Succeeds.
IN ltSs Robert Fulton constructed
Tor the French emperor. a submarine
boat which succeeded in STAYING under
water four hours and twenty minutes
and, placing a torpedo under a hulk
arranged Tor the purpose. blew il 10
SmIthereens- As a reward for this
ruhon was considered 20 be a little
\ al
= America TO construct steamboats, on
the Hudson.
The history Of the submarine then
took long lapse. 1t vas not until
$50 that a Bavarian by the name of
Bauer built submarine in which the
method Of control was by shifting a
weight Forward and aft 20 dive and
arise The boat collapsed in the har-
Dor ~ kiel on one OF its trial trips and
remained partly buried in the mud an
III 1897. when IL was located during
the deepening OF Kiel harbor. and tax
en- - Berlin, where III is now in the
museum Of OceanOEraphy-
It was not until the civil war forced
the Confederates TO attempt some wav
10 escape the blockade around the
were heard Of
Civil War Effort.
Tie first or these was The Huule--'
a cylindrical shaped craft about 80 feet
long and six feet in diameter. with b1v-
and stern shaped to form a stern and
stern post respectively Wafer ballast
compartments were located at each END
OF the vessel She was propelled h-
hand power eight men turning cranks
which operated the propelle rshaft.
Ihis BOAT was sent out OF New Or
leans IN an endeavOr to run the block
lde, but lacked longitudinal stability.
ana during her experimental trials. .
love headlOng to the bottom. She was
.ocated and recoyered each time, but
90 late 70 save the crew. In this way
the designer and % other men met
ieath
Sinks BattIeship.
The "Hunley" was finally fitted with
spare torpedo. On the night Of Feb
-uary IL. 1854 Lieut. Dickson succeed a.
ID in approaching the L s : Housa-
.onic and sunk her by exploding a
orpedO under her bottom
This probably was the first instance
II batueShip being sunk by a sub
marine, but the wave thrown up bv
he explosion swamped the "HunIey''
md again she was sunk with all her I
rev.
shortly after this another submarine
vas built 10y the Confederates. its in
entiOns being - destroy the blockad-
ng northern ships This was known
Is the New Orleans submarine When z
he vessel was completed. the designer
hought II would be a fine perform
-nce TO have the vessel plunge under (
gater as she left the ways and make
short trip before coming to the sur
ace Accordingly. he instructed two
4 his most intelligent slaves how t.
'perate the vessel when submerged.
nd sent them on their way. About
20 years later, when the Mississippi
vas being dredged at New Orleans,
mis- boat with the skeletons OF the two
.egroes. was bound buried in the mud.
Holland begins Experiments.
II was about this time that John p
iOlland came upon the scene Holland
-as born in LiscaunOr. Ireland. in 1874
te came to the United States before
he civil war and the battle between
he Monitor and Merrimac set him TO
linking on the subject OF submarines.
n 1875. after nearly Is years of study
nd experiment, he submitted his plans
o the United States navy department
The naval engineers who examined
hem pronounced them to be practical
n every way. but gave IL as their
pinion, that men could not be found to
isk their lives in the experiment
Soon after this he built the Holland I
20. 1 on the Passaic river near Paterson.
T. J. She was IA feet 8 inches long; |
feet wide: and feet s inches in
epth. Holland made experiments with I
his boat. but engine trouble caused }
i'm 70 abandon il as a petroleum pro-