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Show Vor Cuiut lefnba. A very novel suggestion for the construction con-struction of forts to defend onr seahoard citieB comes from Mr. Anderson, tho head of the engineering firm which has contracted with the government to build the lighthouse on Outer Diamond shoal, at Hatteras. His proposition is to sink caissons upon tho sandy shoals which exist at the month nf nearly all oar rivers, riv-ers, and upon them to erect forts of BOO fer-t in diameter, bnilt of solid concrete, with walls fifty feet thick, with a bomb proof armor nt srel over the infervir. New York Telegram. |