The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-16

a drawbridge. describing a circle twenty
feet In diameter. on which the gun is
placed 50 that IL can be revolved in any di-
rection. At the same tirne the carriage -
80 constructed that 1t can DE raised or low
cred.
Still another consignment of five car
loads OF material is due to arrive by the
Great Northern in day or two. and these
win be followed by still others. As to the
guns themselves. Capt. Harry Taylor. to
whom all the shipments are consigned.
stated yesterday that he had thus far re-
ceived no definite information. and that 70
far as he knew the guns might be already
on their way across the continent. or they
might be al Sandy Hook.
"The carriages" said Capt Taylor twill
be shipped 10 Msrrows,one point and put
in place just as quickly as possible. Work
Is now in progress there getting the foun-
dations for them ready. OF course you
will realize that az an officer | do not care
to give out certain information about the
carriages and guns. The department does
not care to have II known by the world at
large Just what kind and size of carriages
are being put into these works True. a
casual visitor might see these pieces OF
machinery iust as they now are in the
cars on Railroad avenue. but unless he
were az expert he could tell very little
about them
Besides the Ave ilat cars that came In
over the Northern Pacific. there were two
box cars bearing the government; seal. con-
signed also to Capt. Taylor. -Four OF the
flats contained the Dix circular east Iron
bed plates on which tae guns are to rest
and on which they revolve and are raised
or lowered. Two of these were of medium
size the other two a good deal larger. The
two s,rnalier plates are supposed TO be for
mertars or for smaller guns than an s-inch.
With each OF these two small plates on
the cars was an iron aiming platform ard
many of the smaller separate parts OF the
carriage securely boxed and packed The
afth fiat car contained a very large bed
plate, and also A small derrick for raising
ammunition. etc and the holder in which
shells or cartridges are lifted. There were
also a number OF mysterious looking boxes
and chests on the ear. The large plates
were numbered and . and the small ones
! and 3 All OF them were 80 large that II
had been necessary in packing them TO cut
holes in the bottom of the cars, so that an
arc OF the circle of the plate swung
through underneath the car. reaching al
most 10 the ground.
WeyIer Hurncd I'm EtHgy.
Gen. weyier. the Spanish butcher. was
fremont hotel. The demonstration was
witnessed by fully Coo people, who gave
vent To their patriotism by a series Of
cheers as the efsicy OF weyler was being
ereu,ated. Elaborate arrangements for
! tho event were made yesterday. and the
people who devoted their time and con-
tribused money 10 defrsy the expenses for
the celebration were from nearly every
walk Of ife. Every person who actively
participated IN The display OF patriotism
is pronounced In the belief that the free
dom 81 Cuta should bs established. Phil
Snowden was selected as master OF cere-
monies. and he did his work well.
IRE ef'igy OF Weylsr was taken from the
he1si al O'Clock. \ rope WAS placed
around the neck OF the butcher. and a
h.ondiker. who halls from Maine and has
est tree in the country. was selected as a
+ suitable pvrseE 10 climb telephone pole
.