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Show DUPLEX ON CABLE Capacity of Lino Prom Seattle to Alaska Will Be Doubled. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The signal corps headquarters in this city has been advisod that the cable duplexing apparatus appa-ratus sent to Seattle for uso on tho AlaBkan cable has been a complete success. As soon as tho cableship Bumsido complotes its work of laying cables between tho forts defoudiug the entrance to Pugot sound, which probably prob-ably will be in about a week, it will go to AlaBka and install duplexing equipment at the Alaskan ond, thus giving tho Alaska cable, which is now overtaxed, twico the capacity it has at present. |