The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-10
Elaborate Plans for Notifications
Already Laid.
NEW BATTERIES TO BE ERECTED
Mines Are % he Placed In the Chan-
mel and telegraph Lines % he
Censtruetel-NavaI Station IL -
He COnnesteA With Seattle ~
war.-Aa.ther Cable which II NJ
Present shrosaed In Aystery.

fsaborate plans for the Notifications On
Puget sound are IN contemplation oy the
government at Washington. The nature
Of shess plans Is being KEEP; secret ny all
officials connected with their execution. OUT
enough appears upon the surface to Justify
me prediction that before another year sne
entrance to the Sound viii De Sc protected
hy fors.fcatians, equipped by powerful bat
aeries. mines In the channel and telegraph
cables an to make impossible successfi
assault upon the cefenses by an enemy.
The Poxt-In4elligencer has from time to
time told Of the work now being done at
Marrowstone point and Admiralty head.
the government has undertaken the work
q erecting battery ernpIaeemen's and forti-
acations at Point Wilson. without the
tedious and time-consuming operation OF
advertising for bids from contractors. Car
ytages for the big guns to be set up at Mar
gowstone and Admiralty have already been
sent ta their destination. and the first con-
signment of guns. comprising two twelve
inch deetroyers. arrived Friday.
Nearly 800 tons Of explosive contact mines
and stationary torpedoes are en- route to
the Sound and will be placed near the en-
trance 20 Admiralty inlet as further
means Of defense. These mines and tor
pedoes are loaded in box cars and are on
their way 20 Seattle. They are consigned
90 Capt. Harry Taylor. engineer corps, u.
g. A.. with headquarters a. Seattle.
Two cables have arrived within the pas.
week. consigned to Commandant Green. OF
the Port Orchard naval station, and Capt.
w. w. Robinson, Jr., the assistant quarter.
master OF the department Of the Columbia.
The cables will be used for two purposes
Tho nrst move TO be made by the govern
ment will be 10 place the Port Orchard sta
ton in communication with Seattle and the
outside world by the laying of three wire
cable between this city and Bremer,on
The cable II enc ard half inches In diam
eter, Of the latest pattern. and is now at
Port Orchard. The work Of laying II along
the bottom OF Puget sound viii be begun
vitn.n the noxt week or ten days. The cost
OF this important Improvement Will be
N.oo
TIE other cable Is OF different character
Its purpose Is to some extent enveloped
In mystery. None OF the residen. govern
meEt officials can be induced 10 talk about
this cable or TO say for what purpose 1t Is
intended. II is pretty definitely known.
however. that II Is to be made part OF the
system OF mine and torpedo defenses for
Puget sound.
The tive guns which arrived from the
East Friday. consigned 10 Assistant Quar-
termaster Robinson, are loaded on two
steel-trussed fiat ears. They lie a. the
Of Third avenue south. Yesterday they
were visited by number OF curious people
The guns are twelve-Euch and are thirty
six feet long. one OF the ours weighs
llsNs and tho other IiS.,2o pounds They
wero made IN Elizabeth. n. ]. Each will
throw a 6oe-pound proiec,ile twelve miles
ono of these projectiler. filed with ex-
plosives. II It struck squarely on the deck
Of an invading battleship. would blow the
sh.p and crew TO the spaniards' home.
The guns are painted dull black. The
metal is steel ana shone brightly before |.
was painted a group or men gathered
about ,he guns yesterday afternoon Some
of the assembled w!ghts tried to explain
why the government painted the runs
black instead or putting "a bright polish on
them.
III they were polished said one. they
would make a bright mark for a Spanish
warsiap. That's why they are painted
black. They are not expected 10 shine.'
Paddy. OF the railroad. who WAC greas,nx
q turn IN the track little below tina guns.
came up at this ftincturc.
II ,eil ye when thin guns are expected