The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-28
WE WANT THE DOCK.
Captain De Lions Proposition
Is Approved.
ExpERTs SAY n IS AL RIGHT.
Snsnbss snd Cftixeas Go 70 Hadiock
ana Inspect the work why
It II Needed.


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ruse c.lssou, "nIrn J. On tiie oeacn eDout nifty
yess. A.osu TUG wharf, ioomeo up me patty
wess stI.lslswsy Ir-n the wharf 70 the big
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c.eaSs - Was noe VII tnen that lie enormous
- 9. sne esisson was maze apparent. Three
an. = ana sucnaynse rec. long ana 100 fect
sos, :. iooAeo IN its incomplete iorm as though
ssi ln y, nsye room lot several large ships Cap
seln Dciaon was on the ground, supervising the
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- ~ os't"na'tses anu tnc accompanying
snecnsnlcs ~ once sook noid OF Captain DE Lion.
@ psO 1s..e - maze piain nis plans, which
49, 0usainca IN drawings, ana 70 answer the
Se uUos qvos ems mat were put TO him. He
49, luscnuea % pave ono OF the twelve COM
t.ssa1suss - ING raieson compieted before the
10y sssAv.i % suo psfsy, out the Hadtock mill had
49, cro.cn uoWn LOT several days and he had
s..s ueAuae " cafiy on. tnss plan The caisson
s.se,. Va. NOT Ia gooo condition to speak for
= out .eW u the braces ana but little OF
- uuss wofA was IN place. Inc plans wcro
nkousn. INTO requisitlon, however, and Captain
:. =, holland ana Arcnitect W. r. Boone set to
VOL 70 nua ous what had been done and
wnes Wss Piaunee 20 De dome, while others OF
sns pe5I examined tae work already accomp-
Aaoeu. An nonr spent In this manner con-
v.nceu the committee ana experts that the work
eueauy zone was wen done. and that the plan
~ ichsiuie, ana tney 20 expressed Themselves.
Asyor MORAN was the only one who
nearu 70 say that the plan was
smpfacticaDlc. Colonel Sheafe, who WAS
sssndios near MIN, asked him to tell wherein
ny pam OF Work was defective, but Mr. Moran
~eciincu 70 give reasons, saying that as he was
An.eH interested IN dry dock enterprise, his
Opanions would Dc considered pre!udIced by
seis-ansercsI
before the plans were fully explained some
s1ouent thst the dock was so constructed that
al tne weight oil the ship would rest IN the CEN
yer OF the dock and make il break in two, the
nnt time 2 heavy load was attempted TO be
raised, but Captain DE Lion explained 10 the
ssusiaction OIL committee that the weight
Wouiu DC evenly distributed, and that there was
no uansef wnsleser OF the dock breaking, no
MATER pos severe the strain Captain W. J.
,.sS' sa'i, VINO Al watched the work from its in
ccpuon, aud VINO Is familiar with the construc-
uon o. al the leading dry docks IN the world,
osckea up eapt IN De Lions assertions by offer
ing, as underwater Tor the Firemans Fund In-
sutance company, 70 write $4,000 policy on
snc COCK, against her breaking or sps.ngiaS
leaks under strain. for per cent commission
tne question oil launching the huge mass OF
@oou sna IRON and towing IL to Seattle was set
ueu ~ IKE summary manner by Captain J. J.
.o'A"u anu ,aptath !. IS LIBBY, the former
ons.ns 20 put u INTO she water NJ cost of few
hundred aoi'ars and the latter sgreeing TO tow
y 20 seattle IN day Tor $40 Other similar OBJ
!oeuons iasec were explained away and shown
tue ss'is'acsish OF the committee TO be pueri.e
snu unworthy OF notice