The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-01
FOR GOOD SEWERAGE.
Col. Wsring Outlines His Views
to the Council.
Lateral Sewers for the Hfirsiae-
A TsnnsI from lake Unisa
District to the Bay.

Col. Geo. z wasfng. yr-. the sanitary ex-
pert. lass eight communicated fnso-rz.IIy
70 The members Of tse city eosreii the fra.
PFssssons 81 the methods Of sewerage the
city sheniG aas0yt thar had h~en convened
70 him caria< his f0ur dnvs' sosorrn "a
S-n,lse Col s-ziEg qualified bis opinions
NiiH tue statement thar sore Feilasse dsis
or change Of conditions 1ight alter in
considerable degree the s0sions he lad
sirsAdy conceived Of What Is necessary to
oe dane; but his present opinion os Wis,
tae eify needs wss briefly zs f0llowx.
For sewerage purposes the to=z should
Dc divided into foar dEs,rfefs-iake Uaioa.
Lake Washington. the city propef ana fIse
ssspe tributary u Frpnt street. Ths colonel
had become convinced that on the sIae
Dill above Front street, sewers should be
laid latersliy Instead Of wifh the slope Of
the bill. a. a. present The main sewer
would Be along Fsoat street and the r-e,-
eat sewers. with perhaps one or two add ID.
might be utilized for conveying the sew
eFsse from the lateral sewer to the Front
street nsiR, and thence In ore outlet TO the
bay. The reason the sewers should be CON
strucsed lsterally with the hill. is that
great majority OF the residences are bugIt
along the streets that run north and soufh
on The bill. and the drain from these resi-.
denees could thus be made more easily
tributary 10 lateral sewers In addition
the slope Of the hill is 50 great that a very
few pipes descending to the bay would be
able TO carry all sewerage TO the outlet
without difficulty.
The system for the heart Of the city.
Colonel wsring thought woaid require
fEiief consideration: but gravity could not
convey the sewage into the bay. aud pumns
would be required The outlet might be
near Jackson street
Lake Union presented rather greater
engineering difficulties than either Of the
other three districts, The presence Of the
hin between the lake and the harbor. and
the iusdequaey Of the lake 10 assimilste
AL the sew age Of the prospective popala
ton that viii occapy the SLOPE tributary 10
the lake. viii In all probability render
necessary the construction of a sewer tnn-
mel, four OF five thousand feet long,
through the hin 70 the bay. This
feet in diameter and ra!ght
Be constructed for $4,000 The slope OF
the tunnel Will neeessiisfe the elevation OF
the Lake Union entrance considerably
above the level of the water. Blu: the lake
will no doubt be able to receive ali tnat
portion OF sewage that is below the level
Of the tunnel, and IL win naturally run to
the lake without artificial means OF eleya-
ton. when the Lake Union district be-
e9nes 50 thickly populated tha; the lake
VIII not be able 10 receive this portion Of
the sewage without rendering rs waters
impure, sewer could be laid along the
borders of the lake for the reception OF the
sewage, and Il could be pumped thence up
into the tunnel and conveyed 10 the bsy.
The Lake Washington district. Col War
Ing thought, might be considered al some
future time
1.-THE vent Of the three proposed sewer
outlets into the bay. there would be con-
sfructed receptacle tanks for the proper
distribution of the sewage.
These, generally stated. were Col. War
tngs views on the sewerage question for
Seattle. He gave no opinion as 70 the cost
Of the proposed system, but his opinion
was that the system, If adopted, should be
Prosecuted and completed az once, and not
be carried on through years of spasmodic
effort, for the sake of economy
The colonel starts for tae East today.
He goes by the Way OF the Southern Pacific.
and will probably srrive A. his home in
Newport, Rhode Island, in ten DAYS He
requires some data 20 be furnished him by
the city. and promises that his plans for
the system viii be drawn In thirty days
thereafter. Tse city will then be called
upon TO decide whether or no, IL viii adopt