The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-16
: TfsT SIDE OF THE BAR
.,lishing a Good system o.
Waterworks.
mead strsets-A Cable
- Up The. ani .sd Around
the Plateau.

the Pihseso'
-. Vest Seattle ferry beaar
.s;sr frequent trip- to the turtle,
= the bay. from the convenient
- = the foot OF Marion street
ss, ssmber Of people wh cross daily
.. ,.rveIv increa.ed. Next week .ht
- Ms 'raou,s and ticket office OF the
s.'s.s on Marion street wharf, VII
eoP,,.tea. and soon the plankine
: a -, street will make thelanding
- s~sttIe is lofty plateau which
.srtlv been dennded Of heavy
q timber. The land rises
20 trom a narrow clay beach.
10y .ssas !. Ilssls gravel on the shore but
-.;tnI .gate clay. cisan enough To
- good enough 70 use for pot
! found everywhere. On the
~ sound beach. the water
-. .syx gradually. siiording the
5Npfna,,a,,ities for saltwater bath
- MI BROAD STREETS
....r,;,r at the ferry landing. two
-wsn,,e- rise along the biuif 20
- a the plateau. That going
d. promontory Is Cascade
49, xbi,e Grand avenue runs
esS Tbs grade of Cascade avenue
~ ,sr ant. and Of Grand avenue
- 20 that both are easily
- sy vehicles. The West Seattle
~ Improvement Company
t1hs .;.ssv mgn employed on the
- h' ia sery more wiil be set 10
:. Nonday. Both Cascade and
80 avenues are laid Oh 100 feet
w. - !, /. no frihing task TO graie
...s:ss ana terrace the walls. The
~svv hard clay, almost state,
~ : =. =, .a,t mel are fashioDiDg the
~ - r.,.t accurate slope. When
-. /. rvsing Ga ne hillside the
go "a le - smooth as lawn,
al asili Be- unnecessary 10 put up
ss.rs .srpirsg tFespas eFs.
a. ,as q tie plateau ta-csde
...r,.s isges a turn south. While
49, .ssnse heads for Ark point.
-. sr,sl. 10 Tie toan proper are
vsls sad iesei.
srllpis6 sATERwoRKs.
rhe,e srs sesen houses in West Sc
40. In, would DO honor 10 our own
ess~a Anne addition. and dozen
-. xjsI be erected this fall. Al
as,ueh lid. more than 100 people
8. ID the se.t siee OF the bay, prep
s,.t,au il being made for large pop
a.al,sn. bs providing watergsrks. In
s.Esps Falls. Eilensburg and Seattle
4, RE. xerp built before waterworks
r.v psossded, and il is now eonceded
~. tbs vas a grave mistake. Colo
q Thomas Esing. the father of West
Sksstis. Is very busy Just nov with the
- sorks. The Umatilla brought
81 tons Of iron pipe, which was un
esaes Monday afternoon al the West
satsie lumher wharf, and early Tues
~ morning the work of distribut-
IL il along the streets vas begun. On
y, nxsf trip the Umaiilla viii bring
S'ty tons more Of pipe, and the pumps
nd boilers weighing as much more.
The works % be erected now are
sely temporary, ana will have a ca
ssIls Of 5000 gallons day. The
mppiy OF tlaii will he drawn from
nr.sgs which gush out Of the earth
ser The first angle OF Grand avenue.
Here tie pumping work. will be situ-
tlci. and water will le raised 10 res
esalr much higher up, on the right
ksad o! The same avenue, whence IL
vii t~scelate bg force Of gravity
through sig-inch mains on California.
Ezinisf Grand, Vashon and Columbia
swBass AMI Grant street.
cEBaR CANYON.
he Efes that shone so brightly at
hight ihis spring and early summer
On he sesieFn heights have barred the
ssosiss . vel that from this side Of
~ hsrtor can he seen a deep cleft in
u blaa II Is Cedar CANYON. and in
81 issge ct,ek flows, fed by babbling
Pshgs In this guich viii be the
Ne, permanent waterworks, forcing
II jaies OF the earth into great
fss!sor ca The highest point OF the
hfaei.nd.
CABLE RAILROAD.
i'isf Aa'srworks are established
willing viii 90 ahead mefrily aud
sssfiers dock In, the tao chief draw
hrks, difficulty OF access aud lack If
vsier, having been overcome. But
ths hi from the ferry landing AMI
u depot Of the Seattle a Southern
mai, though not a. steep a. the pro-
pei courthouse ascent, must be
Overcome, and As soon a. the water
soiks are Completed the energies II
hs pfoperty-ogners will ke directed
" 'he establishment uf q street rail-
way iile from the Jerry landing 10 the
sefri o. the town. Probably a loop
ase hise VIII he adopted. though
eerss Iaiisay experts claim that il
flsasiele TO aseefd the Grand avenue
prls BY The lightning method. The
loak a projected fellows Cascade
a'shse ~ IT. curved course To Grant
H'se', Thence on Grant 10 NaShon
assaae taehee on NashOn to Grand
aseAae, and on Grand avenue hack "a
sas sizrtng point, distance al a lit
F sst' tao miles. with Only two hills
"a zoe meantime. goad water Is OBJ
salhsi hon SELLS sank even In the
highest ground. aud two omnib s,.S
, sA = PM On IN few DAYS TO make
-, s,ss,A ldst described at frequent