The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-29
MONEY FOR DRY DOCK.
Committee to Solicit Subscrip-
tions at Once.
CONSTRUCTION or THE WORK.


CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORK.
Bsen =. - - A@ss'
I'D capscify Of the Dock
--s,
EnbKfu, with every prospect Of success. are
Aow being made TO raise the $500 necessary to
secure 70 seattle Captain 2. W. De Lions dry
6ock.
~ ne meeting Of the Chamber Of Commerce
arussres yesterday morning s. +. Whittier, for
tie dry dock committee, made report OF the
2erre In the steamer City of Kingston.
Joseph r. Mcknight reported verbally that
tt property IT Captain De Lion, which WAS 10
~ paced % guarantee OF the y per cent IN
S Aerest On eeAffes auoscnpsfon o. *sfs1 70 tne
s1Dek of the dry dock company, Was worth
I'D
kinaiiy. the commifsee VS. corunncd Win
~ 0e afternoon the eonamitsee maae Isl Oh
eAcee who VIII be likely 70 sunsersoc sao
nuMhex az c0mmifseenen 20 sosaclf these sno-
eex1paons wese chosen lodaT or tomorrow the
s 11es VA nesan making sneif ROUNDS aiaoHS
- business men
- the coarse q m interview Win POST
repossss ,aptaln De iaon gase
- soasouinx general sAsscn % n's ooc1 and ~
-
= Decrnass issA ~ reason 81 sickness. I
!. eemFeil e nss sp me sa.ppsns business
IT, 80 psoseeatcd ~ fuss AoEnsena iof
- sezzszas 70 t0e eoanlrs 20 nave rest ana
zE1<< DARING ~ seziAssns career rom 1872 70
q - 80 nsTes 80 any plaee Wnefe there was
81 - shxFP11x max coxaea 10 fuget sonrd.
X. 4
4 - - - AuosAssH - Jaw ehe on tue
- ssse lseM une . unae sfieu 20
= - sss.s1 e1l1xsns % pniia enc IA tsiis
- ~ ~ ozz = Ssze1t ssAz.. se1 i@eA q entefpsiss
lz = l q NoI moving tie Dust
y y 49,. - ssrI pessoo y. experiences they were
zz e pss1k - isatn 70 ons o. sneaT cisi1ehs
..l =. - IA - shsm anu n.saIs paosea
- e1eeuM as Dnslnsss hea tnereoy
11a - cnancencs g DIS ieilow citizens.
- eakaseen months ASo, while sfiis eick.
- Win hopes Of smprovfngs began 70 get all
- attenuation chtafuablc OF the different
elaneea Of dry decks then In existence In the
Nuk3d sfud5cd up the different plans 81 New
{ Totk halxnce docks aud sectional docks, the var
10us sectional docks on the lakes, the late dock
built by the Russian government. for both its
nosy end merchant vcsscls, ~ also the dock at
lUxt Gtrroi, In Spain, the great Bermuda dock
built In England ana lowed 10 the island OF
Isttmuda, ~ well ns the Merchants dock il San
{ HIoncisea ! f0und, OF course, about the same
principle embodied in all those docks, with the
0l8efencc that different countries wonld take
advantage Of the material which could be OBJ
teioed most chcaply. So you find the docks in
Eng1and built of iron, and In the United States
uu1 Of wood. In the Eastern states the docks
h44e been very lasting, although suffering from
The disadvantage Of having to procure strength
NJ beacing on account Of the lack Of such ioag
1lInhcSs ~ are here obta:nable.
II camc 10 the conciuaion to embody rs
Wony good points In the construction Of .
i d0ek mere - could Be learned from the different
s decks east, and 20 improve thereon In every pos
Side way Where etreugth ana durability could
1 - ~ Improvement. In these particulars we In
Puget sound have the advantage, because we
can get greater lengths OF perfect timber, and
also timber Of greater tensile strength
After more than year spent In study and
eonoideration In the woods at Quilcene, where
bad nothing to bother me, came to town,
Mady 70 build dry dock that should be
both profitable investment 70 my family, as al
~ monument Of industry, filling want that
Wng cgytug aloud.
The dock ~ planned and now under con-
efgucttou, 10 lO0xS25 feet, outside measure. On
The bottom the depth OF basin when finished
{ VIII be 10 feet inches. inside measure The
side walls VIII be 81 feet above the inside deck
Of tho dock, giving US feet free board Of side
walls, even when vessel drawing % feat should
enter the dock, allowing feet height for keel
blocks on which the vessel would float 1t ID
i mot likely that any vessel would take the dock
drawing that much water, for the reason that Il
would hurt the vessel to sustain that weight on
her own frame. EtiIl considered that some
such case may happen, aud We would then be
ready to take such vessel
stA~ rs.