The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-09
THE BOARDOF WORKS
Water Pumps Are Supplying
1000, 900 Gallons Daily.
4 NEW DATUM IS NECESSARY.


Commissioner G. n. Heilbron was still too un-
well to attend the meeting OF the board Of pub
Lie works yesterday. 1t was reported that he IL
somewhat better and hopes to be able 70 leave
the house early next week
The following was received by the board
from City Engineer Gardner: 1.-The granite
steps In the doorway OF Dexter Horton 4 Co.'S
stone building at the corner OF Commercial and
Washington streets, from which our base or
datum line was fixed in section /, ordinance
1853, having been destroyed, would recommend
that datum point be fixed by ordinance ct the
corner of James and Front streets, on the Pho
neer block"
City Engineer Gardner reported = to the cost
Of work on the Lake Union sewer tunnel. Tho
entire cost to May is $4,l05.2l; cost of shaft,
q, 3i6Ss. from which he deducts cost Of material
on hand, showing the actual cost to be $797.97.
The rate per lineal foot for the tunnel ID 1874
The actual cost of las feet Is s., 23195 Mr. Gard
ner also submitted an estimate Of the cost of
lining for the tunnel. Brick lining would cost
$7.31 per lineal foot with brick ct 80 per thou
sand, or 1851 per lineal foot with brick ct SIS.
Concrete lining would cost s5.l7 per lineal foot.
Mr.. Gardner files very detailed report on the
subject.
Mr.. Gardner recommended granting the peti-
ton of Fred E. Sander for permission to grade
and sidewalk streets in Boston Heights addition
at his own expense.
letter was received from Holloway, of Bal
timore, stating that the complaint received from
Chief Kellogg was the first time they had ever
had calls for extra glass balls for their engines
1--WE have never had any complaint or trouble
about their breaking before. We have engines
all over the country, and numbers OF them in
use over ten or twelve years with the same balls
could have been the cause of the glass balls
breaking in your engines, a. It il utterly impos-
sible for them to get out Of order in any way II
properly handled"
The board recornn,ends cr.ntinv tho r,etitfon
for the opening of Garden street from Dexter to
the Fremont boulevard, and Vine street frow
Blaine street north
The secretary read an ordinance drawn up by
Judge Jacobs regulating the width of sidewalks.
1t IL an amendment of section of ordinance 2o2
Referred to city council.
Tho chief of police submitted two bids for
feeding prisoners. One Is from Robert Roller
for Is cents for six months or one year in cash,
or 16 cents In scrip. Another from the same
Offering to do 1t at IA cents was also
received The chief recommended continuing
the present arrangement. The prisonears are
now fed by the Famous restaurant at fifteen
cents 1t was resolved to adopt that plan, ~ the
board has sought to make q contract for more
than sixty days.
The secretary reported upon the bids OF Low
man d Hanford and J. H. Calvert, for stationery,
etc. II was impossible to say which would be
the lower bid throughout, but he suggested that
he be left to select the lower price ~ materials
are required.
s. B. yrooman complained OF the condition of
the grade at Pine street, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, and asked that the grade at
the crossing of Pine and Eleventh be lowered At
least five feet
superintendent Chalk submitted report of
the operating department of the water-works, of
which the following are the chief points of gen.
eral interest:
During the month OF April ffty-seven new
consumers were added to the ledgers, and fifty
four services, ranging from one-half to two inch
were put in. Six elevator connections were
put in. The chief engineer reports average
daily amount of water pumped at lake station
m 1904 26l gallons