The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-07

How the City Can Use sesssie-made
Sewer Pipe.

M In&rteS E4hrsez, q she grtei SAM
tzzy Drsia Pipe Company. Victoria Is IN
Seattle for the purpose os introducing the
.usfl yeelehFzte1 pipe Manufactured Big his
company % the nctsce of the City Council.
with yiew % securing s.z use in the ccz-
sfrresS0rs of the Hew system OF sswsrzxs.
outlined IA Col. wssing's report. which
wIn probably be adopted by the City
Council.
my ides, said Mr.. Gabriel 70 4 reporter
Last eTsnfng. lis 70 sell the city the right 20
manufacture the pipe in Seattle, and 10 do
that mus frst con vince the Council that
the pipe Is Just what They shoaIa use and
show them The economy of using u For
this pnrSGse hare given the Council ser
era pieces q the pipe. 70 which wish
them y apply every test. and they are vel
come to use sny tess tiaey can think Of l
have tested TIE pipe .!th 6 pounds by
dranlIt pressure and Il has stood e. aud
sn sgsse that I eoal6 make il 30 thar Is
would zssad 10 pounds. hut that Is alto
gstfer unnecessary in sewer pipe, as 10
pounds pressure Is more than Is VIII ever
hs7 called upon Co bear. IL IL absolutely
innperyioas 10 acid tests as IL Is as hard as
sfcue aud remains 50 after being left IN
acids for week. The members OF the
Council WHO hare examined the specimens
bare with nie hsye expressed themselves
a. being vel pleased with II, bat they have
dtrldei 10 give lis quality and cost further
investigation before they give me any en-.
coursgemeat. and that Is Just Whist want
them 10 DO. a. / know IL win bear the
closest SCRUTINY.
some Of the advantages that claim for
the pipe are It's durability, utility. cheap
ness. and last but not least, the fact that Il
can DC manufactured nc home.
It's durability has been ascertained BY
use and the hard tests which have been
ffxsft4 80 L.
is made har9ens into rock. and time hes
no effect UPON il unless il Is 10 make Is still
harder.
'sThe mode OF laying this pipe has aG-
yantages over that OF laying sifrified and
other pipes II Is 50 constructed that il can
BE toshed together with the same compost
ton of which il Is made, which freezes the
Joint making the line one solid piece OF
pipe without even acraek. This cannot be
Gone with any other pipe, and il makes
the escape OF sewer gas. which is the
fruitful source of nalarial aud other dis
eases, an inposzibiiity.
THE pipe can be manufactured here for
less than half the price the city would
have 10 pay for any other pipe now in use
or on the market. | know this 10 be q
fact and can prove Il by figures II neces-
sary.
work win all be done right here In Seattle.
Instead of sending big sums of money
away for sewer pipe the work viii be done
by Seattle Eaen and the money will remain
in circulation here. II win be building up
home enterprise and that is what builds
up city.
Now that the city has decided TO have
an extensive system of sewerage, il ought
10 take due consideration of all these facts
in selecting the pipe. A plant for manu-
featuring this pipe. having eapaeit yfor
coo feet per day. would not cost the city
more than $500 and that expenditure
would be made good By the saving in the
cost of the pipe for small portion of the
system. The plant offer 20 the city win
turn ont pipe from Two TO 10 feet In length
and from one TO IA feet In size. OF any de-
sired shape
'slf the city finds that the pipe is what
viii be needed In constructing the system
ana IS not willing TO go 70 the expense of
buying the plant. there are several parties
here who viii buy the right and open a
mandatory and supply the city with its
pipe. have given the city the refusal Of
the right, however, and win not sell TO psi-
vate parties or corporations unless the city
declines 10 buy"
Mr.. Gabriel then went on to euumers<e
NUN Der of cities that have tried the system
and found il very satisfactory and others
that are now considering its use. Among
the latter is Tacoma, and IL is quite proha-
bic that right for that city viii be sold in
a few Gays