The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-10
mn FIRST PIPE LINE
81 /. yEsLER's PIONEER WORKS.


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s.sssss - a 18th. ana have ho,es four
s-z..s. 4. A,annetsy borad th,nu~h -
49, havins bsan Ii ~ sronnd
~ ~, frsntv vears thev ~ stiu 8 :
~ sss1s a prsservssion. ana hsd rot
- s---iented r. ~ a. wood a con-
- 49, underrround thsv miehf
s ~ !. -. Ara some of these ndneu
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..sss~r. = Hon. q. I. Yesier stiti tains
$3.50 vith vaasf through These wooden
.1.ses lrum spfingin the vicinity al Eiehth
Sissr11
xmuaeu when Seattle was covered with
2 - growth Of heavy timber and the
sxs.1. - hnd scarce felt the tread Of 3
~ -. hundreds Of sparkling spring,
7SSsS lrnm TIE hills and ran unfefssred
- G - TIE early settlers trained thee
- '..,Ss.e 80 sn0uta and trouehs. ana Tor Z
- enioyed Z paentitude Of clear.
s-ss - Iore people cane. and pcoo
-. - 80 suYrounded bv settlers.
s;'se 1Se1. sprine, began % 10 valuable.
s.s & ~ nok many years before they he'd
~ 1e~ elaImed by one or another a tn
s.,., s,1siera.
1rro tlme IN ths JO's n. 1. Yssler dis
$50 - ne Of bitches and trouehs and
S111rnsod the constructor o. pIpe line,
,rr1o p Mod lon, which came down JEFF
- slsest from spring on the hill, and
e.-g.11ra Ill mil and oookhouso on the
si111S fsust. Up 10 the fan u $50 this
1in1 - ~ only one which supplied
1uoruol street, then the solitary busi-
49, $500 az the city. the supply Of water
srrIl.e from the vicinity Of Third street.
- ~ rteemers then arriving st Yesler's
80 voro also supplied from this source,
~ I Am or fifteen buildings comprised
He 800 Al that part OF the city con-
6rrel 8 now Mr.. Ysslsr sdded more
h1rr1 ~ and extended the system further
- - mi reaching more springs. These
S.vev.uents met The rscuirensnts Tor
- tuuive yesr.. In 1885 Mr.. YesIer sold
~ - iraersat 10 the vstsr works % he
49, HHl Company for $4,000. These
80 hnss never been taken out Of the
s1,onf cd sinos the introduction a iron
luon keye never BEEN used.
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- tsH AsnuF =. penny, James NC
Aauens and csnefs tapped several springs
- o MINI street., IN the vicinity Of
re. ana Iufnisned water through wooden
rev peopae hving around the
Nerssly:
~ iscz NJ. Coppin conceived the idea
: iaree and powerful subterranean
l. u. 00yf0R MONICA 4eAAA
noaaseins. Moved under what Is now
s.osn = Coppins Hill, In the vicinity OF
smss ana Columbia streets. II 10 said
~ Voppins view was greatly strengthened
. Ne fact that water rods used over the
~ WY decidedly inclined themselves
eesnward. On the strength OF this he