The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-10

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give Addittonal FIRE service.
The piant OF the Seattle Steam Heat and
POWER Company. which Il to furnish eleva-
tor power and heat for the TWENTY-FIVE ,arre
nfseK buildings in the area bounded bv
so.umola. James. Second and Post streets
y 9slng put in very rapidly and Engineer
III Wright. who has the contract ex-
Rects 70 have the plant completed in less
Nhan sixty days
The plant. exclusive CT the poxer.house
On ross street. in the rear Of the Starr
Doyd building. embraces four systems of
pipe Tor the entire territory covered. One
pipe Il 70 convey steam. another To ret,,rn
Ins condensed steam by gravity. another
Is 70 take the water for elevator running
purposes, and the last is 20 return the water
70 me power-house after having been used.
it VIA De, when completed, the most COM
pact ana Best arranged heat and power
paant IN the country and will largely in
city.
teu-fnch water main and fifteen-inch
return pipe have been laid along Post street
70 tue Toklas-Singerman building. Be-
tween the Starr-Boyd building and YesIer
corner. IN the alley, q twsnty-Inch water
man Is now being put IN, together with q
twenty-four-inch retarn pipe Two pipes
Oh the same size have just been put in. lead
ing from this alley to the Pioneer and Bat
Ter buildings. Coming ND Cherrv street
from Front, TO the alley between Front and
second streets. will be twelve-inch water
main, with ten-inch main leading to the
dosfstein building on the north and the
Harrisburg building on the south. Every
building In the territory named will have
connections with these mains and there
will be stand pipe with hose attachment
on every floor Of each building, to be used
in case of fire
Under the sidewalks, on the west side OF
Front street between Columbia and the
alley beside the Starr-Bovd building. is
tweive-inch steam pipe, thoroughly COW
cred with sectional pipe-covering, 10 avoid
waste Of heat. Steam pipes are now being
laid paralieiing the water pipes, which will
he connected with radiators in every build
ing In the district. The pressure on the
steam pipes will be kept at low pressure.
and the condensed steam is to be returned
10 the power-house by another complete
system OF pipes. The pressure on the boil
ers viii be ninety pounds. on the pipes five
to ten. and on the water mains eighty
pounds Although eighty pounds is sufti-
Gent for IRE purposes, arrangements will
be made TO turn on Q pressure of 200
pounds. if necessary. at few seconds no.
lice. and to pump salt water from the bay.
The power-house foundation is now
nearly complete, aud q few days will find
the superstrucrure we'll under way. All OF
the boilers and tanks are on the ground,
and the engines are on the way frem the
E sst. There are three boilers, sixty-six
inches by eighteen feet in SIZE. They are
the largest in the state, and each one
weighs eight and half TONS An air cush-
ion tank, of haif-inch steel plate, ska feet
in size, to receive the jars Of the elevators,
. tank 5xI2 feet. for the condensed steam.
and third tank to remove the oil from the
water, constitute the remainder OF the
equipment.
size and 8 feet deep. Is being built as q
foundation for the pumps. which will have
. capacity OF 10000 gallons per hour. A
brick smoke-stack. 10 feet in height. viii
be commenced in a few days.
When everything Is complete and the
twenty-four-inch main is pu. in, connect
ing the salt water with the elevator water
system, il will only require fifteen seconds
to turn IN, at every poiatof the four blocks
covered by the system, fire pressure Of
four times the capacity of the Seattle fire
department.. Small hose carts will be kept
ST the power-house, with sufficient hose to
reach the end of the Yesler wharf, and
they can be run OCT In case of fire much
quicker than the department can respond.