The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-12-07

They are to be provisioned, bNllastcd
and generally fitted up for comfortable
residences, anchored llst provided willl
Geographic and scientific Instruments
III lisa by the Signal Service, and SUR
amounted With the flag Of Ghat depart
ment. At fifty miles apart, q steamer
INCREASING the ocean would DcNof 80
out az sight Of their llghtS, 'Phcy
would thus indicate the slraightcsL aud
fshortost route across the great deep,
and vessels could easily enough keep
| to the'right, DtF gs.
Their sustaining or floating power
should ha ample for the safety OF 500
.l0lOlo pcrsonsg aiid,'fn ease n steamer
should be wrecked, The lives Of al on
board could be easily saved II the
monitor was In danger of being oYoif
! loaded, life-boats could be moored on
| the leeside until relief could be- had.
We'll builtthey would last more Than
ncuo,ttuyA With watertighC compart-
lpents,ithey could not be sunlS tIhc
ocean co6les'could pass through them,
and thus constant communication
could be kept up With the land. steam
ers in pleasant weather could hand Oy
the Cside of them for n DrieI ma
niein and receive the latest news from
everywhere under the sun, and, warn
ed by the lights, could give them a
wide berth IN storms.
Provided with type and presses the
dispatches might be printed for tnc
benefit of those "who go down tothc
sea in,ehipsn--and none are ever more
| hungry for news. IfR. A. Babhagc,
for instance, the bank thief, had ship
ped for Liverpool, he COULD be appre.
! hended before he was half way Gcfos2
returned to New York in iaonsjund
forwarded home to answer to the in
dictment which the jWics are now com
Meeting for his special benefit.
The condition of the weather on the
ocean, the approach Of storms and
icehergs, the locality OF steam and sail
ing vessels, could be evepGtGq IL as
promptly rs Tie failure Of savings
bank in Iowa, or murder in New
York city.H iltsm ocean cable were in
.jurcd, the locality of the trouble could
be determined at once, and the diill-
Guilty easily remedled. One or two, in
the track of icebergs, could be built at-
bter THO general styleof plppcilers, and
furnished With steam power, and II II
square mile or two of glacier was bear
ing down upon them they could get
out of tue wa9,llandlet it pass, which
la little surplus cable would readily
permit.
The estimated cost of such a line of
| tioating but fast-anchored Iight-ho,lsUs
and telegraph stations would be but
$40, 100000, u mere bagatelle for John
and Jonathan. IN times OF war they
could still be used for purposes not
contraband. This idea would more
thoroughly and perfectly carry out to
its fullest -fruition the great invention
of Morse, sadvancetthe interest of sci
ence and commerce with the New and
Old Worlds in stronger bonds of broth
harhood, and prove the means of saving
sllundieds Of lives. That IL is entirely
practicable, no well-iniormed man who
will examine the subject with care will
for an instant doubt.
The inventor will lay the matter be-
fore the next Congress, and ask n SUI
tiolent appropriation to test his plans,
by the construction of one of these
pear-shaped monitors, to be anchored
/ 200 or 300milos from land, ASIAN eXpe-
riment for the purpose of demonstra-
ting, that it will stay put and stand the
test efwintis, waves and weather OF
this, however, there can be but little
doubt. Like the Great Eastern, waves
"mountains high' would not move
them a single inch. -[Chicago Inter