The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-17
THE BOARDOF WORKS
Business Transacted by the Sew
eral Departments.
THE DIVISION STREET GRADE
Sidewalk on the West Side Of Rainier
Street-Brfck or Cement for
the Sewer Tunnel.

The board of public works had an unusually
neavy days work before 1t yesterday
MAJOR Rinehsrt called attention once more to
tue conaitlon OF Division street, as to which
the council had taken no action Property
owners were willing to pay their grade taxes
out the work il uncompleted, and it cannot be
completed until the city council provides for
the purchase of the 81 400 triangle at the June.
uon OF Division and Madison street There is
now large quantity of street grade scrip out,
running at IL per cent, for which the property
owners are not liable. There is about $4,000
coliectble when the work is finished
City Engineer Gardner reported his estimate
ior material for lining the Lake Union sewer
tunnel, as follows: II brick is used, there will
be needed 100000 brick and $500 barrels of
Portland cement; if concrete is used, 5000
cubic yards crushed rock and 5000 barrels Port
land cement
Mr.. Heilbron said he did not feel disposed.
with his present knowledge, to recommend
cement A discussion followed, during hich
Major Rinehart said he thought it would be a
great risk to use the ordinary commercial
cement.
Secretary Holbrook said there were recognized
tests which should be applied, and 1t was de-
cloeo 10 call for bids for both kinds of material
lhe city engineers estimate for sidewelking
west side of Rainier street was submitted, but
MT Gardner pointed out that the resolution OF
II.
people on the west side had paid for the plank
Ing OF the other side, and it would be unjust TO
make one side pay alone. Mr.. Frank Muldoon
explained that the petition was for planking at
Their own expense, but the people now felt their
action had been hasty. He thought the people
on the other side were quite willing to pay their
share.
Mr.. Gardner said it looked as if the sigma
lures had been cut off another petition and
pasted on.
1t was decided to send the resolution back TO
the council with an explanation. The cost of
the work will be $3.50.
Dr. Randell asked that some action be taken
as to the contract for grading Water street; work
had been suspended by order of the council.
lie was on the contractors bond, and desired to
have the work either go on or the bond be can
celed. 1t will be referred TO the council.
Secretary Holbrook read the joint resolution
OF the council calling for reports aud state
ments from all of the departments on December
81 in order to furnish the subject matter for the
public statement required by the charter sixty
days before general elections.
Superintendent Valid said that it was alb
solutely impossible to get a statement out ON
January /.
MIR. Heilbron said that few days later than
that would fulfill the sense of the provision, and
his motion to instruct the departments to fur
nish the statement was carried.
Delegate Muldoon appeared before the board
on the petition to plank the south side OF Jack
son street from Wilfred to Rainier. He very
strongly urged the petition, saying that the
street was almost absolutely impossible and
that as yet there had never been fire engine
gotten up to Rainier street The petition went
back to the council with the urgent request that
an appropriation be made.
The ordinance directing that plank road on
piles, twenty-four feet in width and 700 feet
long, be built from the end of the Grant street
electric line to the mainland avoiding having
the thoroughfare cross the railroad tracks, was
read. The matter went to Street Commissioner
Alexander, with instructions to have the work
done.
Rush to Pay City and County Taxes.
The busiest place in the new courthouse at