The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-08
ORDINANCE NO. 1909.

An ordinance to provide for q special
city election that voters Of the city may
vote for or against the erection by said
city OF certain water works
The City OF seattle does ordain as follows;
SECTION l. That on the 10Th day Of No
yember, A ID. ISIS, in said city of Seattle
| IN King county Washington Territory, pur-
| suant to the PROVISIONS of section II Of the
charter OF the city of Seattle there will be
neid special city election, in order that
the voters OF said city may, at said elec-
ton, vote for or against the erection Of
SAID water works as are in said section in
tended and are described as follows
A system OF water works, for the purpose
supply OF water: said system TO consist of
| suitable principal conduit pipe. and a
suitable distributing reservoir or reservoirs
and head-works and distributing mains,
branches and hydrnnts, all well laid, con-
structed, protected and secured, and ali
necessary and proper appurtenances. and
ali interests In land necessary or proper
Tor the erection or enjoyment of said
works. said water to be supplied by
Rock creek, a tributary of Cedar river, in
said county, from q point in said creek
about twenty-five miles distant from said
city, and to be conveyed by gravity,
| through said principal conduit pipe, from
saidpointto said reservoir or resell
yoirs in or near said city, and
thence distributed through said dis
tributing mains. branches and by
drants. for use In said city; said princi-
pal conduit pipe TO be about twenty-five
miles long. The general line of said prin-
cipal conduit pipe, from the point where
Il win 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
| distance of about ten miles TO point
near the village of Renton, thence des-
cending into the valley formed by the
| junction Of Cedar and Black rivers, and
running westerly across said Black river
thence ascending 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 works accord
ing to engineers preliminary estimates
laid before and adopted by the common
council OF said city, will give total fall
from the head-works on Rock creek TO the
distributing reservoir at Seattle of approx
Inately two hundred feet, and will deliver
| daily about ten million gallons, or one
hundred gallons per head for population
Of One hundred thousand inhabitants, the
estimated hourly flow of Rock creek at
the point proposed for the head-works,
being from i've 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
transportation of material - $500
Clearing pipe line to average IS feet,
and cutting side timber so acres 1900
Grubbing and excayatfng and lay
ting pipe 49,. ..s.,...-.......,-, $1,000
Estimated cost OF main conduit 63s, $50
Transportation of pipe ..... 5000
Trestling ---,.-......-...... 5000
Total cost conduit. -.. $685. $50
RESERVOIR AND HEAp-woRKs
Clearing and grubbing 3 1000
Excavation, embankment,
tampfng, etc .......-.... 1900
Concrete and asphaltum
siope-iining - 1900
! Stone paving ...s....... $500
Superintendent and contin-
gent .............-...-.. $500
Total cost, conduit and
reservoirs. .............. ,e4. $50
| Distributing works ..-.. $500
Total works ..... $1,000, 900
SEC. 2. That the following places are
| hereby designated for purposes of said
| election as the places of voting in each
ward, namely:
In the First ward at Engine house No. 2
on the east side of South Third street be-
tween Mill street and Washington street.
| In the Second ward. at Engine house No.
| on the south side of Columbia street, be-
tween Front 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 Fourth
ward, at Engine house No. 4 On the south
side of Battery street between Front street
and Second street
SEC. J. That J, C. Helm, G. W. Young
and Leander Miller are hereby appointed
judges. and D. Mckinley and W. T. Dear
born clerks to conduct said election In the
First ward. Josiah Collins, Jr., and A. X.
Kennedy and Charles Mcdonald. c. W..
I-awton and NJ. J. Carkeek, judges and
clerks TO conduct said election in the
second ward; and ~ b. Cameron, David
J. p. Ripley and Matt Gormley clerks 10
conduct said election in the Third ward
and A. l. Palmer, w. II. sheady and q. l..
Manning John b. Denny and b. Huntoon
clerks TO conduct said election In the
| Fourth ward of said city.
SEC l. That a: said election the polls
| viii be opened at nine O'Clock n. m. and
closed at seven O'Clock y. m.
Every voter who shall vote for erecting
| the above described water works will vote
ballot containing the words; water
l works. yes" Every voter who shall vote
against said water works win vote 3 ballot
containing the words: Water works. no. "
| SEC. 5. That the city clerk give like
| notice of the said special city election a. 10
/ required by section 3sof the city charter
in case OF a general election, by publishing
| such notice in the official newspaper of the
city, paper published in the city OF
| Seattle.
SEC, &. That this ordinance shall take
effect from aud after IL is published
Passed by the Common Council the I'd
| day of November. ISIS.
| Approved by me the I'd day OF November,
/ IssS
| ROBERT MORAN, NJ ~.
Filed the ID day of November, II
W. r FoEREsTEE,