The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-12
TO PULL THE CABLE.
Contract Let for the Madison
Street Power House.
A CHIMNEY ia FEET IN HEIGHT.
The Powerful Machinery Expected seen
Prom fae Ezst-Faur Thousand ToaS
Of Basait Efeeks-

81. James ". Thompson, acting for the
Pacific Cable Construction Company.
whieh has she eontEaes for the construction
o: the Maslises stFexs eaass read. Yesterday
iet contracts for tic ertcssol q the power
house. the building Of the huge IN hinery
and the setting ot the b1y< and ma
ehinery. The first contrT was lei 10
Charles Esplain and the las, two 20 Bighy
& AEdridse
The powerhoass. which viii frcat on
Madison street. 81 q point yet to be made
Fueiic, VIII IL . one-Sso-y frame Building,
With frontage OF l5ss feet ard $ depth az
the greatest point OK isso feet, Although
but one-s.ory building il wiu have high
e-esaiio'l, AMI. when completed, VII pre-
sent very ire appearance Ii vii Ia d.
Nlded into ear-Eoona. engine-rc0Hl. boiler
room, machine ,hop and offices.
The contract made with Mr. rs
plain calls for The commencement
OF work Immediately and tie completion
oi TIE building a. soon as possible The
chimney viii he III feet high, II will be
eighteen feet square at the base, tapering
gradually SIS Il reaches tie top, and Will
have 8 tue i've feet six inches square.
higby 4 AldTidge contract 10 begin work
immediately and complete the chimney
within thir.y-five days after commencing
work. Two hundred thousand brick viii
be used IN the construction OF the tower.
which VIII be located IN the rear OF the
building ami just back Of the boiler-Toom.
he work of setting the maehlnery he
gins when il arrives from the Fast. or as
soon thereafter as the progress OF work on
the building will permit. The machinery
consists o; two 2ixis CoTliss engines,
four tslinchxls-feet boilers AMI the
necessary apparatus for handling the
cable. Some OF the machinery
Is already on the way, having been shipped
several days ago. The boilers. which are
being made in Erie. Pa will he shipped
within a week. Messrs. Rigby & Aldridge
will begin on both Of their contracts as soon
ss possible, and will carry both along to-
ge,her.
The Pacific Rolling Mills Company. OF
San Francisco, is at work getting out the
rails, slot iron ard yokes. The lstIer the
company is turning oct at the rate of 20
per dav, which is equal 70 / .0{o feet of road.
The yokes are of the square pattern. while
the rails aud slot iron are Of the usual kind.
4 consignment of this material should
have been here Thursday on the Umatilla,
but the steamer could not handle it. being
overcrowded with freight. 4 consignment
i Cue here Tuesday on the Walia Walia.
Should i arrive. il viii not be allowed 10
lie :die for twentv-four hours.
As already stated. the roadhed will he
paved with basalt blocks. In doing this
1000 tons o. the blocks will lie used. The
contract for furnishing this has been let 10
Mr. John Burke, Of Portland, who stands
ready to furnish the first rock just as soon
as II is needed.
The no:th trench for the cable has been
extended a far as Renton addition. Work
has been temporarily suspended. as during
the late rain the loose earth was washed
back into the excavation nearly as rapidly
as il could be dug out.