The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-13

Ayranysnasnts asvs bsen couplete9 Tor
the large NUMBER u 9eoTie Eh5 VII n
cogbfsasy gamer tals morning % witness
sae Ia8neh.uS o. fhs stses government tug
fs1At Gsos8ru Gate. a. rhe E1icyaT1 q TIE
stsrsn Bros Company. Stands u rooTJ
eea1s were os.sg put ~ yesterday IN the
shiovsrsls. ard A. T. Kerry af1 have seats
fos &C. s.sople 81 his uIIsl yards. Command
:ng Z fine view o. tae Golden Gate and The
long s48s sic EU. traverse 10 hay saoo.
% fae watrr.
Net only all the Yusilc have an oppor-
s4rffy - rrftnass the launching Ok ire rev.
eass steszner DIT s. vii also be given 4
caEacs - lnspsct fde curious looking tor
rs1o boat which hzs been growing along
slce taa Golden Gate. ana walch Ull Itself
he ready for Launching IA about t~o
sBOnths
T. j. expected that a number q st-anz gers
VII os In he city from other portions -
TIE state. ard 70 put these visitors az their
cas- aEc make then acquainted. the FOL
lowing wcIs-known men aaye been asked
40 serve "a a reception committee. Gov.
John X. Rogers. Lieut-GoV. Thurst0n
Daniels MAYOR " p. Wood, 9. = Ggnd.
J. y. Hayden. J. d. Hogs. r., Z. W.
Young. ax-oov. John II. AcGraE. lion 9.
r.. ciino Hon. p. o. Graves. ". 3.
Harlan, Eugene seFuple John Leary and
J. r.. Mstcaife. TIE officers o. al TIE rev.
enus vssselz on .hs Coast have been lavlt-
81 to De sressni. and the officers o. the
cutters Bear Graat, Perry snG Woicott
have sixTtfled their intention OF attending
Cant y. r. Tozlsr. q Port Townsend. viii
be present
The full First Regiment bard sii be on
hand and will play from O'Clock IN ne
morning until after IRE launching TIE
music with b appropriate 20 the occasion.
when the Golden Gate starts 10 slide
Grey will s,Fike fp Star Spangled Ban
nsr." and II the steel huh sticks 81 the
mud a. the bottom the band. as Robert
Moran lagghingiy suggested yesterday.
wf,l probably change to Down Went Nc
Giaty"
A platform has been constructed az the
Prov OF the vessel and on this Miss Enrlco
1unser daughter Of Capt r. 2. Munger
will Etsnd when she serves ont the BOATS
first dose Of iiauid and ehristens It Golden
Gate"
IRE time for the launching has been
esrsfsnly calculated from the government
tide tables. According To these the tide
Will stand al liz feet at n O'Clock 81 the
morning There Is q possibility the tide
may not reach is height az that particu-
Jar time. as the water has an aggrsvating
habit OF occasionally tIpsettlng the calca-
fatiOus OF the coast geodetfc survey Yes
fegday morning the tide only reached %
feet. whereas II had been scheduled for Y
feet This was owing TO q strong north
wind which had been blowing The wind
yesterday afternoon. according 70 the re-
port from Tateosh. was from the south
west. which sili have - tendency to drive
tie water IN. and Nili probably bring IL up
70 the scheduled height
The launching apparatus IL tho special
design OF Superintendent McMutra. and
has not been used before on the Coast.
There are ground ways q ~ on them e.t3-
fng ways. with packing between the latter
ard the steel hui The packing was taken
cut yesterday in order that the ground
ways might ae CREASED. First there is
thia layer OF tAliGw and then q smear OF
soft soap. making very slippery combi-
Yatiou white the packing was out the
taxboat Na@ held steady BY The building
'sAoFes." The triEEer f. made up OF two
stout pieces of oak. one On each side OF
the vessei. Those butt against the ground
mn sliding ways. a heavy weight VIII De
Tigged lp Just above each trigger and held
g. place by lines running 20 a point on the
platform When the trigger strings are
Cut ~ Miss Munger the weights viii drop
ard the Golden Gate VIII shoot into the
water. As a preparation for the launch
ms, wedges Nh - driven he.ow tho pack
ing which viii ltft the vessel half inch
above the keel blocks on which she has
blocks Viii Their be knocked away and al
will ne free for the slide. The rudder will
be held straight hy argyle bars
The hall has been Temporarily painted
rs high as the water IRE She viii be
hauled out on the Moran ways before the
triai trip and receive her nnaI coats of
paint.