The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-14
Notice Of Special CITY Election,

VNyHEREAs, BY SECTION IL OF THE CHAR
w ter of the city of Seattle, it is pro-
yidcd, that: The city of Seattle has
power to erect and maintain water works,
or to authorize the erection OF the same for
the purpose of furnishing the city with a
sufficient supply of water. but no such
works shall be erected by the city until a
majority OF the voters of the city, al
general or special election, shall vote for
the same"
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given to
all whom it may concern. that on the 18th
day of November, A. ID. 1855, in said city of
Seattle. in King county, Washington Terri
tory, pursuant to the provisions OF said
section, there will be held q special city
election, in order that the voters OF said
city may, at said election, vote for or
against the erection OF such water works
as are in said section intended and are
described as follows:
system of water works, for the purpose
of furnishing said city with sufficient
supply OF water: said system TO consist of
suitable principal conduit pipe, and OF
suitable distributing reservoir or reservoirs
and head-works and distributing mains,
branches and hydrants, all well laid, con-
strucfed, protected and secured, aud all
necessary and proper appurtenances. and
all interests in land necessary or proper
for the erection or enjoyment of said
works: said water to be supplied by Rock
creek, a tributary of Cedar river, in said
county, from point in said creek about
TWENTY-FIVE miles distant from said city,
and TO be conveyed by gravity through
said principal conduit pipe, from said
point 10 said reservoir or reservoirs In or
near said city, aud thence distributed
through said distributing mains, branches
and MIGRANTS for use in said city; said
principal CONSULT pipe to be about twenty
| two miles long; the general line of said
principal conduit pipe, from the point
where ii will leave Rock creek to said city,
will be TO follow the ridge along the south
side of Cedar river and parallel with that
stream, descending by nearly uniform
grade for a distance of about ten miles TO a
point near the village of Renton. thence
descending into the valley formed by the
junction of Cedar and Black rivers. and
running westerly across said Black river,
thence descending the ridge on the east OF
the last,named river and following said
ridge to a reservoir to be erected on high
ground in or near said city, which work
according 10 engineers preliminary esti-
mates laid before and adopted by the
common council of said city, will give a
total fall from the head-works on Rock
creek to the distributing reservoir at Seat.
tie OF approximately two hundred feet, and
will deliver daily about ten million gal
lions, or one hundred gallons per head for
a population of one hundred thousand in
habitants, the estimated hourly flow OF
Rock creek, az the point proposed for the
heaQWorkS, being from uNe nunurtu auu
fifty TO six hundred and City thousand
gallons or more.
The estimated cost OF said water works is
one million dollars, divided as follows:
Opening and repairing roads for
transport OF material ...--...- 200
Clearing pipe line to ayerge SO
feet, and cutting side timber 80
acres. ..-....s .-...-..-. --... lt,UoJ
Grabbing and excavation and lay
pipe. ....,. .-...--... 5000
Estimated cost OF main conduit 6ss, so
TRANSFORMATION Of pipe .... 5000
TTestiing.. .s.+--.--... 900
Total cost conduit ...., SECS, 80
RESERVOIR AND HEAD-woRKS.
Clearing anu grabbing. - s ! coo
Excavation, embankment,
tsmping, etc. ,.....+ Ze,voo
Concrete and asphaltufn
slope-iining. - 1900
stone paving. $500
- 4l.soo
experimenting and contin-
gent -... S,Ho
res reservoirs t''N'.,.. 7e4eso
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