The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-16
J. W. HUGHES & CO.,
SOC Front Street. suN
Notice Of Special CITY Election.

WHEREAS. BY SECTION u OF THE CHAR
w ter of the city of Seattle, it is pro-
vided, 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
works shall be erected by the city until a
majority of the voters of the city, at a
general or special election, shall vote for
the same"
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to
all whom il may concern, that on the 18th
dag of November, A. D. 1883, in said city OF
Seattle, in King county, Washington Terri
tory, pursuant to the provisions of said
section, there will be held 8 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 ana are
described as follows:
A system of water works, for the purpose
of furnishing said city with e sufficient
supply of water; said system to consist of a
suitable principal conduit pipe, and of a
suitable distributing reservoir or reservoirs
and head-works and distributing mains,
branches and hydrants, all well laid, con-
structed, pretected and secured, and 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. and thence distributed
through said distributing mains, branches
and hydrants for use In said city; said
principal conduit pipe to be about twenty
two miles long; the general line of said
principal conduit pipe. from the point
xvh q will faoxa RnRl praf4t tn SafA nifu
will1be 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 Renteu. 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 reservoir TO be erected on high
ground in or near said city, which work
according TO engineers preliminary esfi-
mates laid before and adopted by the
common council OF said city. will give q
total fail 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
n population OF one hundred thousand in
habitarfs, the estimated hourly flow Of
Rock creek, at the point proposed Tor the
headworks, being from five hundred and
fifty to six hundred and fifty 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 .. 1850
Clearing pipe line to ayerge So
feet, and cutting side timber 50
Grabbing and excavation and lay
pipe. ....-.. .-..-.... 5000
Estimated cost of main conduit sSs,Ss0
transportation Of pipe ...--...-. 6.ooo
Trestiing.. ...-. .-....-....-..... 5000
Totai cost conduit s69s. SO
RESERVOIR AND HEAD-WORKs
Clearing ana grubbing $ 1,oQ0
Excavation, enbaDkmeut,
tamping, ETC., 1900
Concrete and asphAltgm
siope-lining. I5,0o0
stone paving. 1900
experimenting aud contin-
gent. 2spO0
Total cost, conduit aud
reservoirs ...-...... 764.esO
Distributing works. $500
Total works gl.O0o. 0oD
The following places are designated By
the common council Of said city as the
places OF voting IN each ward, namely:
In the First ward, al Engine House No 2 on
the east side OF South Third street, be-
tween MIL street and Washington street;
in the second ward, at Engine House No. l,
on the south side OF Columbia street. he
tween First street and second street: In the
Third ward. At Browns pavilion. ON the
west side OF second street, between spring
street and Seneca street, in the Foarth
ward, al Engine House No 4, on the south
SIDE Of Battery street. between Front street
and second street
The said common council has appointed
J. g. keien. G. W. Young aud Leander
Miller judges and b. Mckinley and W. I.
aon IN the FIRST ward, Charles Mcdonald,
6 W Lawt0a and NJ. J. carkeek judges and
Josiah Collins Jr., and A. Z. Kennedy
clerks 10 conduct said election in the Sec
Waru, A. II. Cameron, David Kellogg and
Wm. Campbell judge aud J. r. Ripley, Matt
tsoriniey clerks 10 conduct said election
IN the Third ward, and A. L. Palmer, W.
shendy and J. l. Manning judges and
Jonn u, Denny and L. Hun;oon cle=ks 20
OF said city.
Al aid election, the polls win b. opened
a. pine o'clock a. m and close Al seven
o clock p. NJ.
Every voter who shall vote for erecting
ne above described water works. viii vote
. bsllo, containing the words, Water
WORKS. yes Every voter who shall vote
against said water works win yote ballot
coufsing the words. water works. no"
Dated November >. IsSS
~ erder 81 the Common Council Of the
city % Seattle.
ROBERT MORAN, Mayor.
M.R. FORREST, CLERK.
Date Of first publication, November $,
Ao,e.