Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-19

strata Of water along the bluf In that
section. From the large tank, e r.
inch main will extend along Twelfth
street several blocks, thence down to
and along Ninth street TO Main street,
from which point 1o-iDch mains will sx-
tend to Commercial street. Along Com
mercial and Front streets, to the barrel
factory, will be an 8-inch main, and on
Second and Third streets 6-inch mains
running the full length Of the town.
There will be q separate 6-inch main
running from near Wa Choue's gardens
along the water front TO supply the rail
road, wharves, sawmills, factories and
families from the head of the bay to
Commercial street.
Al present the company Ia engaged in
building fourteen different sized tanks
along their property for the reception
of the water from their various springs.
The smallest of these tanks ID "a feet
long. IA feet wide and 8 feet high, with
a holding capacity of 10000 gallons, and
the largest one is ia feet long, "a feet
wide and 10 feet high, with a holding
Of 100000 gallons. The bot
toms of these larger tanks are III feet
above the level of Commercial street.
The sources of supply are springs in
the hillsides, that are being developed
by tunnels. The company owns strip
OF land along the hill, running north
and south for falf mile. Every TWEEN
ty-five feet along this entire tract the
company runs tunnel into the bank
until the water strata is struck, and in
every instance 80 far they have secured
a living stream of water from each one
sufficient to fill from half inch TO an
inch pipe. As these tunnels are all on
the same level, they do not detract or
draw from each other. Small pipes run
from these tunnels or shaded springs to
the nearest tank. The company have
now G0,000 gallons Of water per hour
flowing from the tunnels already dug,
and these tunnels are being driven at
the rate Of three or four each day.
A. ID. Pierce, an experienced man in
such matters, has charge Of the work,
which Ii being pushed rapidly ahead.
His orders from the company are TO
spare no expense in making everything
substantial, 80 that the Spring Hill Wa
ter Works, when completed will be first
class in every particular.
II the pipes now ordered arrive in
time the company will have water on
Commercial, Front, Second and Third
streets by September in greater supply
than can possibly be used.
The object Of the company is to sup
ply the citizens of the entire city with
water, and they will have a complete
network of pipes extending from the
water front to Broadway, and from the
reservoirs in South Seattle to Lake I'm
ion. and furnish the people all the water
they want for domestic, sewerage, man
ufacturing and irrigation purposes.
This company already has 1000 feet OF
pipe laid. and are supplying tho COlum.
bia and Puget Sound Railroad, Stetsou
d Posts mill and sash and blind fac
tory, Hall & Panlson's forniture factory
and several other establishments, and
connections will be made daily from
this time on.
Besides being first class in every par.
ticular, these works will have double the
supplying capacity Of the works in
Portland, Oregon, and equal il not su
perior to those Of any CITY of Seattle'e
oAko AkA tSA0 Onht00 otdtCos
While the capital stock Of the Spring
Hill Company il only $3O0, 900. its prin-
Opal stockholders are men worth their
millions, and they intend these works
shall be first class, let them cost what
they may.
We will here state that this company
will not depend alone Upon their one
hundred living springs for supply, but
will a. soon a. the tanks now building
are completed, push ahead to Lake
Washington, whore they will put in i'm.
mense steam pumping works, in dupli.
cate, each with capacity of one and a
half million gallons per day. Half way
between these pump works and the city
tho company will build . brick and %
ment reservoir to hold Ave million gal
lans Of water. This reservoir will 90
cupy block on the highest point be
tween the lake and the Sound, and Il,
bottom will be $40 feet above the leve
Of Commercial street. This reservoir
will be fed BY q II inch cast iron MAR
from the hosting works, and the. watel
from Il will be carried into the city in Z
similar sized pipe. While this will b
independent Of the tanks and suppl,
from the springs, the system ID 90 ar
ranged that all the fourteen smalIe,
tanks can be filled by this Lake Wash.
inRton Main II found necessary or ad
vantageous.
The pressure will be 90 great tha,
water can be served to the top Of th<
highest building ON the highest poinl
inside the city limits. Il b stated tina,
Col. q. O. Hallcns' mansion, now build
ing ON Broadway, will be furnished
with water from this system.
The company have decided to emplo,
sufficient force Of men TO complsti
their works within twelve months from
the time they commenced work.
Fire plugs will b placed at the cor
ners Of the various streets, with . prea
sure Of 100 pounds TO the square inch
or, in other words. With one fourth NOR
pressure than that Of the pumps on on
steam ere engines. With this pressur
the shingles can b torn from the roof
Of houses and brick buildings sluioes
down.
The company a first expected to b,
able 10 pat in the works for 3aOo. OOo
but they viii MOI stop at that amount
bat will mako everything nrsl olass {
the cost amounts 20 double that sum
The principal stockholders and pre
iectors Of this important .snserpgise an
The ScAwabaohers Of Gan Francisco,
and Bailey 0atzsrt and John Ieary O
this city. They are all men Of wealth
business sAgacity and experiences. sns
never do by halves ANYTHING they under
take. Success 10 the Spring Hill Wats
Company. sAy ve.
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