The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02

possession q tire government engineers.
They kzox ire depth OF water. the lsca-
ton CT bars ard the character Of the bot
tom Taking Eew York harocr as an T.
lslsfration. he sad;
s-sauosse ron stretch al endless cable
ron F2oeka xay over toward Long Branch
Put < further oat & that don't keep ire
enemies Sims far enough away; make i
from Fire Island 20 Spring lake u neces-
sary. Sink this cable 70 tHe bottom and
work Il around wheels jast as the bridge
cable IS wsTke6 50 that & can BE- moved
forward znd hack Insulate il so that il
can he charged with electricity. Teen at
t3ch t0Fpsdcex TO j. every z1 feet or 50, as
rear together as II IS necessary 10 make
the tang sure and effective These torTe-
does vii stand on end n the water and can
b. built so that they vii rise 70 the surface
as soon "A they are freed from the cable
The pressure % the water on theslaIshFagrn
keeps the circuit broken When the torps-
90 - released from TIE cable it rises % the
surface. AS Il rises the pressure on the
diaphragm decreases. II the torpedo rises
under a ship the force Of the impact sets Il
or and blows the snip out Of water But II
il misses the ship Il goes off when Il reaches
the surface. because the pressure on the
diaphragm being removed, the circuit would
Be completed just as Il by impact
Now. by having a long string Of these
torped9es on a movable cable il would be
possible TO hit any ship that tried TO get
in The operator q the cable 1t his inland
observatory watching the ships calculates
their position with his range finder. he
knows whore his torpedOes are and at the
proper time be pushes the button and frees
two or three Of them The result is the de-
struction Of the ship. II IL should be
thought possible for a ship 20 get by one
sEch cable il would be easy enough 10 have
more than one. The coast could be lined
with them. and the protection Of the city
would be absolute. Torpedo catchers would
not be effective against such a defense. be-
cause y they began graphing for The cable
the first touch Of their graphing irons
would notify the operator. All he would
have 10 do would BE- TO free couple of fsF-
pedoes That would be the end OF II 80.
ptdo catcher 1t wouldn't be necessary TO
hit him with one OF them. They would be
sure 10 explode somewhere near him, and
he couldn't stand the conclusion.
But there isn't going to he any war.
continued Mr.. Edison. If there is and
England fights those fellows on the other
side, she'll whip them. any one OF them or
all Of them put together. She's the great
est nation on the globe except America
She's the workshop OF the world. the ma
chine shop OF the earth. They can't beat
her"
bat how about her commerce?' asked
the sun man.
They can't destroy IT." answered Mr..
Edison. They don't know how. America
j. the only nation that can Go that We
are the only people that make privateers-
men. There never was a successful pri-
yateer VINO wasn't an American
Yes, there are a lot OF other schemes for
killing men that I've thought Of since this
thing began" he said a moment later. but
what's the use e talking ab0u; them? I've
told OF enough already TO DO the business.
Come and hear a photograph play the
piano without sounding like a tin pam"