The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-16
sEaT. WATER, POWER
raupany Formed to Furnish
All Three.
-sDrecTioa AGAINST
:. w.t.y to Be Pumped rrsm Tie Egar-
,.An Extensive sysfem Of Con-
dafts and Maths.

-. seattle Steam Heat and Power
r@.nssnv YESTERDAY eiosed . contract With
80. Murphy a wsight for the con
1880 Of their plant. the amonnt ot
IS feutract price beiug in the ne1ghbor-
- Il ks8Dee This vii include every
- e4oeff che power building on West
go. Immediately ia The rear Of w. Z.
,.sssI'x ssaxe on FrufiS street. 81 the end Of
hsFry.
"a disbursement which the company
L,,,.sesa ,,,s,ttz hsss been considered for Some
nanths BIZ the original projectors Ct tie
rl.sa,e- ussEfs. W. II. Boyd. +. II.
1900. Ansrs Macintosh. : b LoBmaa
"A NJ. r. pHmphrey. and taasay meetings
&c been held IN the last six weeks -
Iseuss she different methods Of applying
- heat and poser which the eon4fsn5
VII furnish.
1 The plant which the company Wal put 10
III extend from iesler avenue 10 CUlum
r. street. and from West 20 the middle Of
kseeoEd street. and sill supply the follow
f,ue baildinrs with heat and water 70 rus.
Isvators: San Francisco Store building,
4 ns0.s block, ]. g. Lewis building. Wash
Engton block, safe deposit building. tsor-
kion hardware Compaay's building. Kline
y Rosenberg's baiiaing. W. +, Boyd's and
Ia Starr estates building. l.. Fueref's
(bullding, twe baiidsngs for II. L. feslef--
pne on each side Of l.. Fuereg's. Gottstein
building, EnIliyaa building, Schuerman
building, Puget sound Bank bailding.
Bowman d Haniofd building. Pioneer
building, Butler building, Harrisburg
building, Washington Territory Invest
snent Company's building and J. FL. Heng.
kifoffs building.
/ The mains viii be large enough to allow
kn extension Of the system one block In
bny direction. Fhe steam main At the
k,owerhouse viii be fourteen inches ia
diameter and the water main twelve inches
tThese pipes Will be reduced in size as the
f4aneh for The different buildings are taken
BIZ. They viii be placed below The gas and
xater pipes and the Eteasn Iipes will be
BOLDLY Undecided in brick eenduits lined
Eith non-couductof. A low pressure OF
leam viii be kept up at all unies.
The water power which the company
kia furnish will not only supply force 20
un the twenty elevators in the buildings
EhIeb are in the system. but viii also
q
Ineans Of fire protection IN thu country. It's
>apacity being &C least seven times that Of
be whole spring Hill Water Company
plant The water 10 lie saed for running
the elevators will be eepplied Al the start
{by rain water from the several buildings
wsst Of Front street. These wiil drain
into large 5000 gallon tank. situated at
he powernouse. and tne water viii be used
pses and over again, 50 that. after the tank
snd pipes are once filled. il viii run for
ears, With no very great loss OF water.
Dir cushions viii be used 10 give steady
ncsion for the elevators,
West OF the power house, which il only
short distance from the llafbor. will be i
s-ineh main cunning several hundred feet
bat into the bay. This. In case Of Gre will
e TIE supply pipe. The minltann capacity
b The puasps viii be 1sleoo gallons an
houf, and crowded TO their fullest extent
ghsy VIII pump 5sa, oop gallons in the same
ne 4 stand Pipe will be placed ON each
oor Of each building, supplied with fifty
set q hose. 80 that, II occasion requires
aH the wy from ten 10 iifSy streams can
p turned al once on a ire in the territory
! koyefsd BIZ the system. A pressure Of 80
fotnds per inch can be raised in fifteen
hnales after an alarm of ire and salt
WISER ELL b used is efficacy viii be much
f'sAler thar that thrown By the Ese engines.
VI. g A. Wright, the senior fnsmher Of
he firm q Murphy 4 Wright. OF - Paul.
VAC hsEe the contract for putting in the
ssFas, will leave for the East within day
= two 10 secure the material Work on
HeFAHt viii commence at the earliest
lesssale moment All Of the $4,000 re-
ssfsd % build ths system has been sub
tsslhed b. The owners Of she buildings bene.
zee and ne stock IS for sale. The pro-
ff'Ess expect not only So save the expense
putting IN individual plants. bat also 10
! hal1e handsome dividends on the money
kseaed