The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT
RAPID IN UNITED STATES
~ GREGORY a.. DAWSON.
late Lirutrnnnt-to ON ma ndcr nitcd
states Navy.

FOR centuries. history tells us. man
has a,p.rcd t. travel III the third iimou-
.,ou-to navigate the air. imita,ius the
SD and To- ttaycl beneath the water.
,ri..iu. the nah These ideas are,
therefor. not new. and many attempts
=, accomplish these f,ats have been
nude Eut IL was reserved for the
n cscu, generation to see these attempts
eu,lly rr,Nned with practical success.
/, =, happens that the credit for these
g., ,oIi,,cm,nts belongs to the NriHht
,.,.p.rs. who were the first successful
s.aio,,. and to tho late John l.. hol-
land. ssh, designed aud built the first
successful modern sal marine.
Hollands first submarine. which was
v.r, properly named the 'lloland.' vas
en-. .l.,-.I hv the United states navy
,,,. Thorough tests which fully demon
.,..,,d ,hr practicah.lttN Of his device.
TO secret of Hollands success was that
he was the hrs; TO apply e. an under
,,,e- craft the electro storage battery
and motor for submerged propulsion and
the Internal combustion engine for sur
face rrcpu.ion.
., III. submarine In the United states j.
r,i.h, with '~,'.rcst and romance, but
.pa,e viii not permit OF entering into
a.. details. Biicny. the pioneer c"tn-
:, ny was formed and Wts known aS the
llo,and Torpedo Roat Company. u was
.hs company which huilt the Holland.
and her immediate successors. winch are
still In service and are known is the ~
i.onrs. II the original Holland company
belongs the credit OF dcNolup.uc n in
PRODUCING. against heavy obstacles. this
,roIcru tyne OF warcJatt, which has only
recently demonstrated to inc world its
,,sl Importance. ono of the Creates
OILS, with which the Holland conn
many had To- contend was natural COM
sr.,at~r. accompanied in some c's's by
IGNORANCE and prejudice onscttIug these
forces there was happily for tho industry
\ l,-r0 amount OF announcement given
b, certain officers of the navy ana also
hy broad minded, far seeing business
men.
As tho development of the submarine
rrew the Holland Company WAS pur-
.roscd and merged into the Electric
Boo. COMPANY. headed by N" late !.
/ Hi-e. who invested IN the enterprise
III IfNA| 'N ANF no We
Wf,r tho additional financial backing
,..e oh'a ned the Electric Boat COM
r,,v enlarged its field Of operation to
Include no. only tho United States hut
snre of the urincipll countries Of the
World. A, IN. same time the Electric
Boat Company undertook to perfect
and enlarge It's technical organizltion.
The services Of l.. V Spear, then a
naval constructor in the United States
navy. were secured, and from thai time
20 the pr.S,u' Mr. spear has been the
head Of the technical organization. To
Inn hclor-s tho credit for the con-
,e-sur logical development which has
taken r'ire during the past ten years
ami which has now reached a stage
which surrnysrs even the mos, ~sanguine
l.oos Of I'M. or .Eiuil promoters. From
'.ma 10 time the technical staff of the
T.,'rir Boat Company has been aug
r. tod until to-day il r the largest
~ = hind ,u On" world and contains
mo very best talent available. The
% r.gll nature of the work was such
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