The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-29
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the rzs- Amounted % s. 80 faN % this
amount s.. I50 Eas spent IN replacing and
repairing pises on streets thai we're being
graded or distributed bv other sdepart-
meats Of the city. ana a ny opinion - 81
@xr@7se that IN no wsg should De taxed
against the water department. bat should
be pad fo- by thai aenarsmenE OF the city
0ccasto1sng the expense. Since Arra4 ].
lsE. an ample sErpsy of vster has been
kept tip AZ all tines Many improvements
hare been made dnriEg the ye=r and
among them woasd mention the tao
large check valves placed IN the Holly
main. enc near the pump house and the
other near the reservoir. so that in case ri
an accident No damage or loss Of wafer
Eoasd result from the back flow Of water
from this reservoir
The report Of ]. II Colmsn. ESQ.
copy Of whsch hand vou here xlth. gives
frze history Of the plant al the time De
undertook TIE rersirs IN the early part Of
the rear. and rnaay Of MS recommends
lions have been earned oas.
The Holly Pump Company las been
presented stth a bill for the expense the
city has been pat TO IN repai-ing the de-
fect and dxsnaGes occzss9ned by the i'm
perfect manner in which the pump vas
set Up. amounting 10 &55l.iZ
''REcossExpATroSs
II hare from tine 10 TIE recon mended
30 your honorable body the necessity Of
improvements tina: are OF great imports
ance 10 the success 81 the water works.
and | would again repeat the more i'm
pcrtant ones:
"first-We require II lake Washington
pump station q nigh dutv pump with
capacity OF not less than :. 10. 90 gallons
per day.
This i. occa.ioned Notwithstanding the
fact that We have pumping capacity -
present Of I0oo.es gallons, for. sno lid
the Holly pump become disabled. / am
satisfied the remaining pnmEs csuid not
be relied on ia an emergency. With this
new pump and all the present pumps Ia
reserve the city vuasG be amply protected
and this Is not the only advantage We
have demonstrated that the Holly pump
can. at the present price of faei, pump
5000, 90 gailoas of water daily for $40 per
month. while the old pump doing The
same work will consume 81 so worth of
fuel, making difference OF $500 month
or 81 so year.
.-Second-I would recommend that the
tank OF 100 90 gallons capacity be con-
strue,sd on Queen Anne heights before the
irrIgating season sets in. 1t can be butt
for 81 90 and the lot on which 20 ouiid il
can be purchased for 500. making 8 total
expenditure of ri, 100
This is not only necessity. but .
source of economy. for at present the city
eIpends in rent for an inferior tank $3.50
year, which, a. business proposition.
would pay the interest on $500 at 10 per
cent
"A pump should be procured for Broad
way station with a capacity OF 5000
gallons and the present source held in re-
s-rye Ia case of emergency. This pump
can, in my judgment. be constru cted in
Seattle as economically as il can be pur-
chased from other points. | Anov of
pump built here and nov in use which is
. mode. of simplicity and economy.
II also recommended the construction
of tank Of 10000 gallons capacity on the
vest end OF tue property known a. the
city PARK. az an elevation of 40 feet. or iso
feet above the reservoir. from which We
would De enabled TO furnish all the ont
lying districts, and use it as reserve for
the higher levels In cases Of emergency"