The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-19
FHE DAILY NTELL!CE\CER.
Tuesday, Sept 10. 1875

: STREET GgADrss.-The grading on
Froat street il progrezsing rather slow
IL. hat new crew Of workmen have
been Oh: on the upper end OF the grade.
ard The work hereafter will probably
be pushed forward rapidly. one fact
in connection with this work deserves
sr.-ci.l meltion. and reflect. much
credit upon the contractor, and that IL
no Monaghan eheap-htor has been
employed on the grade 80 far The cor
tract BIT xe~n the cisy and contractor re-
anire~ that the work shall he com plesed
BY the FIRST Of November ia. Il IL only
partly finished jet. and two months
have elapsed since the contract WAS let.
This delay il cansed wholly by the ex
ira work which bod tn DE done in re-
moving the fslling cribbing and earth.
For some distance between Columb ia
and Marion streets the work had TO all
bs undone and done over This trouble
was caused by . mistake in the specifi-
cations of the contract. which reqired
the ties To be only ten feet long instead
Of thirty, - they should have been.
and 10 was no f.ult Of the contractors.
The grade Of Front street. from James
TO Columbia. il NIL completed. and
from Madison % Browns residence 10
nearly done also the grc lie Of Cherry
street between First and From. is COM
pleeed. This il oil that Is finished 40 far
The CurrIn brothers have taken the
contract 10 put up all the cribbiug on
Front street above what il Slready done
Of being done. Yesterday they commence
"a work Just above Buzby's mill.
where the cribbing Is 10 DC twenty
six feet high. Very large cedArs are
being hauled from the woods hack 81
Belltown for the crib. and are being
pat up substantially. 1t is To lie re-
HseDed that oil the. work was not
done in the came thorough manner, rs
IL will be very durable and cannot
possibly slide out There will he
cut of 8 or . feet ia front OF Mr. Den
ny's residence; but the deepest cut on
the street is in front of Amos Browns
house The deepest fill will be twenty
six feet, where the cribbing Ia being
constructed by the Curran Bros. The
contract for grading Seneca street, be-
tween First and Second streets. has
besn let to Rev. Daniel Baglcy. Only
one-third of the established width Of
the street will bc graded, which will
make the cut twenty feet wide. and at
the deepest place twenty five feet
deep. 1t will lead under Front street
sixteen feet below the grade and
twenty feet in the clear. Although
wc consider this q much better plan.
than 10 divide Front street a. il is at
present. to afford access to the mill and
the foundry Mt the foot Of Seneca street.
IL will not Do very coavenien. for
parties there to be obliged to go away
up to Second street to get 10 town. As
il is Front street when finished will
make Q beautiful street. with an easy
grade. and OF uniform width, ss il
would not have teen had il been
divided there. What 10 their loss in
this case will bs y public gain. Madi-
son street will have . partial grade
from Front so Second streets. The
deepest cut OF this street will he about
eight feet deep. in front Of DIR. Weeds
residence. Marion street will have
partial grade from Front to Third
streets. the deepest cut will be six feet
ct Moorc's alley. The sewers nre ocing
put in this street bsfore the grading is
done. Tho alley between Marion and
ColumbiA streets will also be graded.
The work Of grading Mill street
partial grade) from Fifth Ia Eight
- progressing slowly. The contract
vas let to band of Cclestials. who
are puttering away Ut it tediously.
The deepest cut on this street will lie
opposite Mr.. Neahr's residence.