The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-29
MASSIVE MASONRY.



Night and dag FOR three mogiha
past nearly loo men have been bard az
work " the foundation ~ The ElisOn
Fieclric Light kGsldiae on SAnssine
street., above Ninth, and when the
masonry Is eady for the SUPER trgc-
tnfe Il Will represent an expenditure
81 Sa6N0 The work that has been
carriel 0fs + something unique IN the
hisiurg 81 foundation building Tae
imngusc weight % the engines ana
dyhamos that pili be used ard 81 the
raai that viii be- stored dpstairs make
massive sghstFuciare absolutely
ne arv
Excavation was carried down 10 the
gravel sixteen feet below thu surface
81 the stfect AMI ia t0nle places
twenty feet Then aye inches 81 solid
concrete sAs placed. and then, before
the masonry WAS iseguu, = tAia layer
81 gravel anl au inch tsiekness 81 ielt
was surerp7se1 Nn this Surface have
bees laid great Hooks 81 homework
aud concrete twenty 81 thcM fifteen
ieos square anJ Weighing each ninety
tons ard t. the.e WEa be h1!tsd fast
twenty ste5tn cgsgiae. each Of 30
horse. power which Wia fgFni h force
gravel glid feli Wili aet SIS q sort Of
eashlaa. and the iarriag al The MS
chiaery Wiz hr prevented from break
ing Che masanry
As ihu reag ea8 % ths excavation
The foundations arr particularly deep
ae3 s,l.d Here viii b. tRo elevators.
which VII carry up every day ia tle
third story ~ tAr building 90 tons of
smother inanstfng lead fusiy dyuE-
mos VIII grind oat electricity, and
c1eh dynamo vii weigh eighteen t0p7
Thesn figures are Tar above any
thsns % The kiud oa record, said
Professor W. u Marks. The ,apervis-
iuF engineer Oi thc Eitsau Companf
v len Zoe UTIITVIUE y nv mn y VII
be one of the Features Of Philadelphia
Tor siahtseeFs - visit The sear first
stories wall be ready by Octohcr, but IL
Is intended eventually iohase 4 seven.
story hslildinE
The work of experimenting con
struciioa Is IN the hands 81 William
". tfasRefty. oat in front OF the
found atoms adjoining the sidewalk is
large engine IL Is employed in
KEEPING clear Of water a great well
thas Is l,elng dug under the Sidewalk.
This well viii he ~ tevt deep and IS
expected to give S0 gallons 1T water a
minute "a supply the steam boilers
Professor Marks gives q great deal
II personal attention a. the SasS 81
Cou structioH II was in order that he
wright devote hiaasci te this and other
business cares that be secured frolu
the University % Pennsylvania q
year relief tom his teaching duties.
The professor is y giFtu believer ia the
future ETvAtness of clerttiit as IA
ilinmnnnt lie said in conversation
rs only S question: ut feR wears
shen gas wiU ~ drtvrn ogt In the
stction 81 thN aty in which the caaucii
have Bet usaay car canGuits er are
rcsaiy q u tlcciEieity iute any resi-
denee 81 oiiler hsitiBg With no noge
ty0uhle Than IS 'apse3 by the laying Of
vasp3fes
How wlA Rae prise ui crr1Fst light
compare wtth st cha
"t5saiiar aShi they arc ahSgi she
same, AZ prg cut. however. reaple
ree8ra tho incaudeectns ight as iax-
gry ANA vhcn thee have 8in their
hoascs they gh3uk 5Aas ssusi have
great HlaHgsst aH Ia them use IS -
'ceeaatn-c dis o. tass Haai4 cas ana x
viii etgst tfsFa 20 nssgt
when thr Eaasa e>3ai3i sawsat ls
completed snsfc w5i ~ ieeo horse
power stoecd iherc o. kHon the dyua-
n30s rOiDg 8gsd Huprl consumes