The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-19
WATER PLANT FOR $500, 400.
Col. Griggs oners to Bald . system of
Works for Tacoma.

TACOMA, Nov. Is - Especial - Col.
Chsuncey W. Griggs has offered TO lead
Tacoma out OF the 81 900, 900 water steal
wilderness. For $500. 400 he agree. to bring
q supply of water. 20Oo9,o00 gallons per
day, from the Mashell river. thirty-fve
miles south of the city. His proposition
has been figured upon by hydraulic en-
gineers, and. the statements of city officers
and $50-per-day Rudolph Herring to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Col. Griggs will
furnish bonds to give for $500. 400 water
facilities alleged TO be unattainable for less
than from 81, 600. 600 TO s.. 900. 900. and for
which the city has already paid s., ,750, 900
and has not obtained.
At the outset Col. Griggs says:
"ro the Honorable. the Mayor and CITY
Council of Tacoma Gentlemen: In view
of the recent decisions affecting the So
called water rights of the city OF Tacoma
and the fact that the city of Tacoma has
al present no water supply which can be
depended upon. desire to suggest means
of utilizing the present distributing system
and propose q way TO furnish it with an
abundant supply Of good water"
Col. Griggs opposed the purchase Of the
water plant of G. b. Wright. claiming with
the Posr-isTELLisESoER that the price
asked was twice its actual value. He
knew that the plant could be duplicated
for half the price asked. The proposition
in detail is
"First-To construct an intake of ma
sonry al Masheil canyon.
.'Second-To furnish right-of-way from
said canyon to the limits OF the city OF
Tacoma.
sThird-To construct and lay in place
an aqnednct. with capacity of not less
4 -. sfn ~ tlr.w.a Il IL
mined from kutter's Formula, with q CO.
efficient of roughness OF 00i0.
"Fourth--To terminate said aqueduct at
q point about 80 feet east OF the south
east corner of school section Is, in the
southern part of the city of Tacoma. and
10 connect said aqneduct with anv city
main, which may be laid 10 that point.
"FSfth-And | will warrant that the
water in the aqueduct shall dow from the
source by gravity alone, and that it shall
show In the aqueduct at an elevation of
400 feet above city datum a hydrostatic
head of not less than sixty feet.
''Sixth-said aqueduet to be built of fir
slaves banded with steel, and, where the
pressure exceeds 800 feet, of steel pipe, the
construction TO De governed by the follow
ing specifications:
sWood-The Der shall be No. clear
Douglas fif. free from knots. pins shakes
or other imperfections. The slaves shall
be milied from two-inch lumber and shall
be dressed ON the dat sides 10 cylindrical
surfaces, conforming to the inside and
outside OF the pipe. The ends shall be cut
square and slotted for the reception Of a
tongue.
Steel bands-The bands shall be Of
round mild steel, Of tensile strength Of
not less than 5000 pounds per square
inch. They shall show an eiongation upon
test Of not less than % per cent in eight
inches Of length. They shall shox no
signs of fracture when bent cold Iso de-
grees around bolt one inch in diameter.
The bands shall be so spaced along the
pipe as to give q factor OF safety Of 81 least
four. Al no place along the pipe shall
the bands be spaced more than twelve
inches apart
''Constraction--The slaves in the pipe
shall be made 10 break joints. and no end
Of stave shall come within tgenty-fo9r
inches Of the end Of an adjoining stare.
The slaves shall be driven Iongjtadinaiiy,
so as 20 produce q good bearing of the ends
of the slaves. The pipe shall be rounded
Out in . good and workman.ike manner,
60 a. to produce a smooth made and ont
side surfaee. The bands, after being bent
shall be dipped in bot asph haitum mineral
paint or some other suitable prerzrasion
aad the coating thus given shall be al
iowed 10 dry before the hands are put on
tbs pipe. The bands shall be carefully
NIth brush.
steel pipe--The steel pipe shall be
thoroughly coated with bot asphaltum.
The sectional joints shall be single rIveted
and the longitudinal Joints double riFeted-
'FIxtures-The conduit shall be pro-
vided with the necessary gates, m&ahoies,
air valves and other usual fixtures.
"SeYenfh-Ths woFk viii begin within
thirty days from the tine the city awards
the contract and giA be mpleted within
go days.
The considerations, for which the above
sork - 70 be done, are ~ follows:
eFirst-Ihat the city viii graft me, ny
successors or sss1Rns the right to lay the
ssoFe-6sseY1b%d aqae1uct through any
street or alley ia any southern part Of
fks sald eity. through which IL may be
necessary or eoEwenfent 10 run iH order 10
TsA1h the terminal point above described
-errna~Also tie right 20 lay said
sqgsdacs sezoss any Of the properties of