, 1880-12-04


ssins to the serrentiue coarse taken By
Mill creek is |, ssus through the city vsri-
oos pieces Of property Along i's lask have
been; dsr;ng shav, in danger OF beng sipea
5dt, ,aere especially is this the case frem the
Main street briige de~a several hua3red
It; here the creek after a straight shate
With rap,a fall in its progress beats directly
iss~ tho bank on the nv.'h s'de before "
finds its proper rhanAsl: the banks ares M
-. " lover here than elsewhere sud bssere
-;,v ;maoremeass were made the surplas
watsrs here found an outlet Now some OF
the finest dwelling houses in town are right
In the oil Surplus channel, SO IN order 10
guard against possible danger the property
holders in conjunction with the city have re-
Gently been placing safe guari ia the shape
of a sabst,ntial buIkheai along she line OF
lhe greater danger. The eity section con-
trsc,ed for by W. P Horton, who is also
experimenting the sections for the other
properly holders. Tie plan Was drawn by
Surveyor Chapman, ard is as near p-rfect As
II ear he in engineering excellence; the street
committee has the whole business under IT'S
direc, supervision. Mr.. Horton receives
1852 for the city PORTION, which, by the way.
Is A very reasonable figure as he furnishes
labor and material Work commenced by
excavating 4 cat the full length OF the bulk
head about 3 feet : inches deep: one half of
til, IS in a verf Tough and tenacious hand
nan which carnot possibly wash away On
thi, hard bottom Is 3 inch plank on which
=. lu;Il In from. The first section IS limit
by Enht Kenreiy, AMI is - .~eV f''r'
buils ..f gres L,Etsrack logs well potehed at
Z. cl-ners wish twn incl spikes t. each
sal lie; ,hs whole frort is bo!ted together
WIKI iron iaci rods from botrnm to tip, the
uv,.yf pea having bniss 1t each cornvri the
yh;,ie pc. Will he f,lcl with g-av.' and
Que eight feet deep The entire from of
tn. 5,,hiieid /. to be- elsel with stout basr.!s
MAXIM. L IN ,oth wall and RIP rapped the
y his. !r;.slh uith large stores. The city
Ia, IS feet which is framed, the frames are
we'll holt, d; front of , inch lumhfr Neii
spi,,ei with double foot boards behind 10
hoia .he francs IL, place this part VIII b.
hllcl Ia tie depth ot ten fec. with gravel
4 d STONE: The front is riaranped with
Evas : .-.,ns IL y wide ard tao f-rt deem
jo,ne,l h. Eenncd,' s nph-f and MeAniufs
lower pen With ttree heavy drift i1i.-' so'"e
ar Of III orisioa that this is no. equal :"
tb. halanceof the hulkheadins bat wii when
e,,npie'e.i s. enrd tnr tn years a. lsaSs-
Mavor McAulif has 9S feet 10 attepi rp;
this Is 4 succrssiuu os store pms b"ilt Ike
k-nuely's cxcrFt tl,at the logs ssc rrgre 'h7n
dogIIe the siZr. john Lux has 10 feet Duile
OF logs also: i: Is very g''nd structure ana
and MI stand any force of wafer. Charles
Euss. II has ll0 feet ba,lt similar I" the
othrrs: ;is .cry s1iii, the last ~ feet rext
th,. h-i,l. is nv u:dcr couStructIHn. This
X tie maSt important of the whole work ard
ex "a = .inS ave il e. taken 10 maS" II Sc
care: lie us t-r strikes h,rr first and / has
I, n. .,iY e....i , j iiaht to pre- eat the
water ro.n %. tin. behind tlr u-i'sr ha!k-
h.adipy. Wacn finished tie wO,k vii he
crelit 10 the city and the pr'Prr:y holde's
will feel much safer We would advise that
if ms ,ihle tht, work should he hurried up
ard the l.ens ali filed up without delay
thaw IN the mountains Is imminent al any
time, and II the wafer comes with rush as
II Is likely % nov at any time with all Tins
.nnE III the mountains the work aireauy
iou. =-ili m-rhays lie wasted. We thr"w ont
.his ma: i,,r what It l. worth,