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Show FOR MORE COAST DEFENSES. The War O ,.rtiii -nt Taking S3:ep to Make New Vork Harbor More Secure. Nkvv Youk, April 15. The war department de-partment is taking steps to seeure more ground iu the vicinity of New York City for coast defenses. Condemnation proceedings are now "being instituted through the department ot justice to securo liUftiiiR.itsMfavtrtHinie'it. iiocre-tary iiocre-tary Proctor said yuatcrday:. . "We want Plumb Island and Wife land at Forts Hamilton and W'adsworth for additional protection for New York harbor. The government is taking steps to secure land for sea coast forts' wherever wher-ever needed. The title to land will be acquired as speedily as possible. There is an appropriation' of $7'i(),00:) available availa-ble for the purchase of additional sites for coast and niortar batteries for tho defense of Hie harbors of New York, Boston, San Francisco, Hampton Roads and Washington." The bulk of this amount will bo utilized uti-lized for the purchase of land at the three poiuts mentioned near" Now York. |