Part 55 (1/1)

There is, in addition, a small electric crane on the nose of the submarine so that heavy objects can be borne to the surface Meeker does not expect to gain much in the way of heavy relics of the lost city, for certain parts of the sea bottom are so covered with ooze that he believes it only possible to clear it away through suction hose long enough to hts which will help this work are powerful Tungsten lamps enclosed in a steel shell with a heavy prismatic lens at the bottom These lamps are connected to the power plant on the steamer by armored cables and will develop 5,000 candle power each

The generating station on the parent shi+p of the expedition, as the rusty tramp is known, is as extensive as those on a first class liner or a dreadnought Little of the poill go for the benefit of the steaing Tungstens and to charge the great storage batteries of the submarines

These batteries run the many motors on which depends the success of the work If it were not for electricity, the searchers would be handicapped As it is they call to their aid all the strong ic of modern days