The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-10
AFFAIRS OF THECITY.
Electors Should Make Sure of
Correct Registration.
INcREAsEiN THE WATER SUPPLY.
1oossns why ths Promised Diseontin-
uanes u Bresdway Pampfng sts-
taon Cannot BE Elected.

The registration rolls are open at the
city hall from q. m. till s p m. daily, ana
Il will b we'll for ell who have not yet
registered to do 90 in good time. - the IN
dicAtions are that there will be heavy
registration this year. Last election the
city was divided into twenty-one pre-
cincts. but now it has forty-three. The
old registration rolls have been transferred
INTO new books, one for each precinct. and
II u found by the city clerk that owing TO
the very loose manner In which some
electors have described their location some
Of the prescriptions are OF very doubtful
accuracy. City Clerk Stoneman has sent
ou3 notices in every such case. and II Is
vsFy important that the voter should an
swsr, otherwise there may be trouble in
finding the right voting place on election
day.
The precincts have been divided so rs 70
give - nearly 20 voters 20 each as the
state Law. requires, but the result has been
that there Is great change in the bound
daries, and they do not run in almost
straight lines as formerly. In the city
clerks Office il large map whereby it 10
easy for the elector to point out his resi-
dence, SO that there can be no difficulty In
having his certificate properly described.
and during the week before election, by
comparing the certificate with the pub
lished description Of boundary lines, no
man need go on wild-goose chase TO the
wrong polling place.
The precincts in the wards are as fol-
lows: First ward. q; Second ward, 4:
Third ward. 8: Fourth ward, 6; Fifth
wsrd, 8; Sixth ward, s.: Seventh ward. 4;
Eighth ward, 4; Ninth ward, 4; total, g.
When It was determined by the city
council to purchase the 10000. 0o-gallon
Holly pump for the water system,
one Of the arguments used in its favor was
that the city would DO able to dispense
with the pumping station at Broadway,
which IL run at a cost OF $500 month. As
the new pump il now in full running
order Major Rinehart, chairman of the
board of public works, thought it was
about time to close the station. With that
object in view City Engineer Thomson
made investigations, with the result that
Il 10 very doubtful If. after all. it will be
economical even il practicable. Since the
pump was agreed upon so many demands
have been made for v alter that between six
and eight miles more of pipe has been laid
In the higher residence district, on Renton,
Queen Anne and other hills. Reports by
Commissioner Van Brocklin and Superin-
tendent Wilson show that the volume
Of water forced up from Lake WASH
ington 500 feet is equal to . dead
pressure on the pumps Of $50
pounds. At present this is forced
mp only TO the level Of the Broadway sta
tion, where the separate pump forces it up
the remainder of the distance. II this
pump should be removed the entire pres
sure of $50 pounds would be constantly
contsnded with by the pump at Lake
Washington. involving considerably in
creased coal consumption. besides SUBJ
jecting the pumps to . strain which, sus-
tanned for the best part of twenty-four
hours. might seriously injore them. The
entire pressure would also be forced
against all the intermediate faucets and
meters.
The Holly pump has q capacity of TO-
100000 gallons daily, of which already
6.0o0.0 900 are consumed every twenty four
hours. There must be considerable waste,
because at 10 cents per l.o0O gallons this
would amount to $4,000 a month. The
actual revenue averages $12. 600 a month,
with . growing tendency to $l3. 900, but to
this should be added about 800 used by
the fire department and other branches of
the city government for which there il no
pay.