Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-10-20

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When the vessel was e0muieued. rlie
designer Thought it wouid DE Il inc
Gerfpancsice Ia have the vessel plunge
under water As sine left the ways and
make a short grip before coming 10 the
surface. Accordingly he instructed
rvo of has most jnteltigenr slaves how
90 operate the vessel w1en submerged.
aud sem them On their way. Abour n
EeaI,s iarer when tine Mississippi was.
being dfettgea at New Orleans. this
aoac VITA the siseietuns Of she two
negroes, was found buried IN che mud.
Il WAS about this time thar Iohn 2
i10iiaud came upon the scene Bol.
ano was born IN Liscannor I,eland. in
icS.+. Ee came To the United States
before rlie Civil war and the oattie
between tile Monitor and Nlsrrimac set
him to thinking On the sub lect Of SUBJ
narnes. "a ESTJ. after neariv 10
years VI stlaT ami experiment. he sun.
mifret his ni:ias To the United States
navy department The naval engineers
VINO examined them pronounced them
to De practical IN every way. but gave
il as rheir opinion tfat men could not
be found To eisk rlleil. lives IN me ex-
pertinent.
Soon after this he omlt the "Honand
No. One on che PasssIc river. near
Peterson. N j. She was "A feer 8
inches long 5 feet wide. and ? feet g
inches IN Depth holland made ez
perimenEs wie1 this boat. but engine
rauble caused him 80 abandon I'd as
petroleum propelled craft. and stsan
was substituted The old she'll new
lies at the bottom ac the Passaic river.
H0liand continued his series uf ez-
0erimenrs. He built eighE boans be-
tore the construction III the ~HallanT
No. q the first submarine craft ro De
bought and officially commissioned 1v
a national government
She was built &C the Crescent yar,f in
Eliza3eChport. n r She is So feet to
inches long diameter 10 esee 9 INCHES.
ana has a submerged displacement Of
70 tons.
She was propelled on cae surface By
gasoline engine Of 50 horse power.
and when submerged. by 80 horse pue-
er electric motor. On the surface SIZE
could make six knots under gasoline en-
CINE. and about eighr knots undar the
nocgr Submerged she gould make
abear 1--we and q hal1 knots under the
motor. Her armament consisted Of
9ne bow 5grpe,io tube. enc bow pneu-
maric projection gun, and three short
Whitehead Eorpedoes.
After she was launched, she was
lowed I'd Perth An1oav and it was from
there she sailed far Der irsr dive. and
proved 70 t8e public that she was &
reality A cerribls weapon OF war. ant
NOT the mere senseIess coneoeeisn DC q
Dreamer.
The story Of the first dive Of che
/. Holland No. g. rs sold BY The Haveu-
yer himself IS
''0u March T. 1888. we Lett the pier
I for aur initial diva. It was about three
g-cinck when We started. The slSv vas
I overcast and 4 few drops Of ruin par
rarnG apon ehe wafer. B1It Just De
I fore we got under way d strong wind
4 sea rrered the clouds aDd the sun eame
I cur sgr0ng Also. 4 rainbow appeared
4 This was pointed 3uE by many as i
I good omen fer the success 9E tlle resc
4 abouc t0 be taken. Regarding our Feel
+ i1gs AZ che rne. Z seic confident. aav-
1 iug designed me boat Ny crew. while
( they trusted me 20 see Ehe5u tn-ou2h.
I were more Or less shaky. Il must at<o
Be borne in mlnd tha- they bad never
been Hader wafer before. They we're
4 Courageous alen. rtssstng eiletr l1gss To.
help me preve to the w9rut the value
Ct my Invention
AT rhe signal from Mr. Norris. rne
( eoEpaET'S engineer. W. started CUR
meter. east eE and gfideG away from
4 our ugsrtng place
we ware rifi1g 50 1gw In me water
that the bases Of ths azasts were wash
e,3 - occasional swelIs aas1nsfn.s ever
ths sHperstr-erEre. This WIS account.
sss for By ne saer thar we had sboar,t
aboGr 40 pounds q pig irou as ezra
ballast. As seen A. we arrived on shs
course marse6 az- tyr che dive. I sHe.s