The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-26

Etwin Hail Warner yesterday accom-
panied Commissioner Van Brocklin and
superintendent Calligan TO the South
sever tunnel 70 determine whether a %.
horsepower pumping engine wonld he
powerful enough to get out the water.
When they reached the tunnel Mr.. Warner
Is said 70 have remarked:
i have go gallons day TO get OUT
What" exclaimed Cslilgan. s'You
must be away off, :"
No, don't think so; should say we
had 20 gallons"
And you are not sure Whistler a Is
horsepower pump will dor You must
mean 24oooo gallons day"
Mr.. Warner thought while. and then
admitted that perhaps it was 10000 gal
Ions. The conversation Was continued
with the utmost gravity.
During the day Mr.. Warner ordered
Commissioner Ryan 10 stop work on the
ksnney street sewer. evidently under the
impression that Ryan /. one OF his suhor-
dinates- The order ia as follows:
Please have no work don. on the Kan.
ney street sewer north of Willow street
The Eaes & knights addition matter ha.
not eecn adjusted and will probably not
he foy two weeks SIR. Donxorth deem.
II wise 20 do this"
Somebody accidentally discovered YES
teriay that the woskmen on the Front
street sewer, between Spring and Seneca
had dug the ditch two feet lower than IL
ought 10 he, and a large crowd gathered.
teeslng and laughing, when the order wa.
gwen 60 all lt IN again aud stamo II hard
go as TO make a solid bed Tor the sewer.
Near Nesier avenue pipe Was struck hy
pick and = Jet srrang up about fifteen
.set. After considerable trouble aud telny
she pire was eauikei and the work nro-
ceesed. On Front street q similar want
az knowledge Of the right way 10 do the
work caused a break in n gas rire and the
Steam Heat and Power Company ha. heen
kept busy repairing pines broken hy the
sSesFators.
lsets were take 81 around the city hail
Yesterday that J. NJ. Wolfe would be the
Democratic nominee FOR mayer, They ar.
uausty talked OF m The presence OF labor
ets waiting for a job and serve the pur.
POSE ef whistging through = graveyard
4 ne aff.ctstioa Of confidence and security
kept up Ia ths rooms of the board ot nab.
bic works IS not 10 be found in the other
departments and speculation is quite busy
with the names Of successors to tho..
who are expected 60 follow Wolfe and
Cochran. The allegations set forth in the
charges are 50 well known 30 To in accord.
anes with fast that outside Of tae parties
Immediately concerned nobody doahss
that they Will Re sustained on ths hearing
Tuesday neat a. - O'Clock is the time
set for the hearing Of the charges
More llshs il thrown on the brlck can.
tracts by tbs following statement by
William A. Irinkle. president and usan.
ager Of the Puget Sound Brick, Tie ana
Terra Gotta Company, made in an inter.
view last evening;
Three kinds Of hriek are heirs used IN
the sewers, The Seattle brick and Tile
tcnpsny's hard hsick for the inside course
l.ahses Tor the outside course aud the
Pontiac byles Tor mSnhoies aud cesspooIs 5.
have examined ihsm all. made test
al the hard brick aud thev are not up 10
the organizations, which required them
n2$ - soak over Ter cent took tao
bricks from the ssrees aud they aze nov
IN the iuges SQUAD Machinery nepos No.
weighed four rcaras fifteen and oae-Aalf
oHaess before beng soaked aad No. =
weighed iogs pounds sad aflesn ounces.
After he4ng soaked twenty hours No /
weighed stx pounds ard Ne. , FIVE pounds
and eleven cnness, the frat soaking - per
cent, ssd the second Is pex cent TAe last
Mas very hsF3 hrtek
4 understand tess i.ahze admitted.
Nhen tae board 81 pss&se woTSS weBs -
LAS SEs, fEai aiS eEaSK we're AGA hAEd