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

yXyHEgEAs, BY SECTION Il 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 q
sufficient supply of water, but no such
works shall be erected by the city until q
majority of the voters of the city, at a
general or special election. shall vote for
the same"
all whom.it may concern, that on the 10Th
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 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:
A system of water works, for the purpose
of furnishing said city with sufficient
supply Of water, said system TO consist OF
suitable distributing reservoir or reservoirs
and head-works and distributing mains,
branches and hydrants, all well laid, con-
strueted, protected 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. tributary of Cedar river, IN said
county, from a 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 TO 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 70 be about twenty
two miles long: the general line OF said
principal conduit pipe. from the point
L.. 80. eat .rst
will be to follow the ridge along the south
side of Cedar river and parallel with that
stream, descending by a nearly uniform
grade for distance OF about ten miles to
pofnt 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 reservoir to be erected on high
ground in or near said city, which work
according TO engineers preliminary esti-
makes laid before and adopted by the
common council Of said city. win give
total fall from the head-works on Rock
creek 10 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
habitanis. the estimated hourly flow of
Rock creek, at the point proposed for 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 1855. 900
Clearing pipe line 10 ayerge 80
feet, ard cutting side timber 50
acres. 80. - 1000
Grabbing and excavation and lay
pipe. -....-.--a...- 1000
Estiinated cost OF main conduit 6ss. so
transportation of pipe .....,.- 5000
Trestling.. .,.-.-. ......... 5000
Total cost conduit -.--... secs. SO
RESERVOIR AND RKAD-woRKs.
Clearing ana grubbing s 1000
Excavation. embankment,
temping, etc. ...---..- 1000
Concrete and asphalium
slope-lin.ng. l5,ooO
Stone paving $500
- 4I,soo
experimenting and con,in-
gent 5000
Total cost, conduit and
reservoirs -. 764,sso
Distributing works $500