The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-24


CITY and all connections sherewsth.
That tae said Wolfe and Coehrsa
in the discharge Of their duties as members
Of said Esoard q pubic works ~ the man
sgeH9nt cor;roi and building Of saId
sesey on said Front. Commercial and
Alag streets on said :sovsm her u. I'D.
and on ether dsvs and times begwesn sad
November - I.sEl. and January =, isss,
knowingly and wfsifaliy zsFe guilty OF In
competeaey, nsgsigsnce and EisisIs aisre-
gard IF official duty in this.
.fU That the said Wolfe aud Cochran
knowingzy ard wtifaliy caused. authorized
a'd permitted a. unreasonable length OF
ditch. So-slts = 90 feet. 10 ee opened -
one time 50 that the ditch for tie length
Of several blocks stood competed several
days. and thereby sn unreasonable amount
Of luu1ber hsd % &c used ~ the expense Of
said city for hrzeIng the same, 70 sae great
loss and dsnxgs Of said city.
~ That IN the construction % said
sever said Wolfe and Cochran ca1sei and
permitted an unreasonable number of men
to he employed az one tine both III the
employment and distribution of men
along the Iins II said sewer for
the construction thereof said Wolfe
and Cochran caused the same TO
be so managed that no regard
wss paid 70 economical or business-lIke
we're 40 stationed that they were in the
way ono OF another. and many Of said
men we're forced 70 remain idle and were
Idle long intervals of time. at the same
time draw ing pay from said city, TO the
great loss and damage of said city.
'9s) That the earth removed from said
ditch GA Commercial street, between Nam
aud Washington streets, was by permis-
sion OF cad Wolfe and Cochran placed in
such position in the street that the same
was between the ditch and the brick IN
tended for the construction of the sewer
therein piled by tbs side Of the street,
thereby making 4 necessary to handle a
said brick oYer sad earth. all Of which
was unnecessary and workmanlike and
expensive, TO the grea. loss and damage OF
SAID caty.
la That in the construction of the
said sewer said Wolfe and Cochran Know
ingiy caused and permitted many brick TO
be used OF a quality utterly unfit for use
therein, many thereof being made of
poorly ground CLAW and poorly burnt. so
that the durability OF said sewer IS greatly
lessened, to the great loss and damage of
said city.
THAT the said Wolfe and Cochran well
knew during all OF said times OF each and
all of the matters aud things in this
charge set forth, aud dad not at any meet
ing of said board OF public works (which
HktSiiuks were regularly Helu on e8c0 ana
every Monday and Thursday of each
week during said times) make any report
or me-tion of any of said matters or
things. and did not make any endeayor or
attempt in any manner to cause said
board 10 discontinue or abate the evils
and wrongs in this charge set forth.
Charge Three. That heretofore,
to-wit, on January Q, 1894, the board
of pubic works of said city under
took the construction OF public
sewer IN said city. which said sewer was
established by ordinance No. 3,i57 from
Madison street TO Iesler avenue. extend
ing along kenney street and across certain
private property in the following location,
to-wit: Beginning at the in
Madison street. running thence
along kenney street to Park avenue in
Squire Park addition; thence sou,heasterly
across private property to Yesier avenue
10 connection with the Yesier avenue
sewer, heretofore established, at a point
2s5 feet east of the center line of kenney
street produced. That by the provi-
sions OF the charter of said city
said board of public works have the
management, control. building and repair
OF the sewers OF the city and all connec-
tons Herewith. That the said Wolfe and
Cochran in the discharge OF their duty as
members OF said board OF public WORKS in
the management, control and building OF
said sewer last herein mentioned on said
January Q. 1924, and on other days and
times between January 2. 1894. and Janu-
airy =, 1894. knowingly aud wilfuliy were
guilty OF Incompetence, negligence and
wiliful disregard of official duty in this:
''tb That the said Wolfe and Cochran
knowingly and wiliuily caused. authorized
and permitted an unreasonable length of
ditch. to-sit: 800 feet, to he opened at
one time. thereby rendering it necessary
TO haul and use many thousand feet of
lumber not otherwise needed. and also
rendering the lapse of time between the
opening OF thediteh and the laying of the
pipe so great that the sides oil the ditch
eayed IN many places. SO that il became
Impossible to remove much OF said lum-
Der. TO the great loss and damage OF said
city.
~ That in the opening Of the said
ditch said Wolfe aud Cochran caused and
permitted the same TO be so opened that
no proper or reasonable system was used
with reference 10 its drainage, so that in
time of rainfall tbeing the natural and
ordinary event 10 be anticipated at the
said season OF the year, many sections of
said ditch were Hooded and in the removal
oi said water no regard was had to eco
n0mical or business-slke methods. but the
same reckiessiy and neCligentiy re-
moved by buckets instead of by pumps or
other proper methods, to the great loss
and damage OF said city.
'13l That IN the employment and dis,ri-
button OF men along the line OF said sewer
Tor the construction thereof the said
Wolfe and cochran caused and permitted
tue same To De so managed that no regard
vas paid 10 economical or business-like
methods, bat on the contrary the men
were so stationed that they were in the
way one of another, and many of said men
forced - a In
during long intervals of time, at the same
time drawing pay from said city, TO the
great loss and damage of said CITY,
hat the said Wolfe and Cochran we'll
knew during all OF SAID times of each and
oil al the matters and things In this charge
set ierth, aud did not at any meeting OF
SAID board Of pubic works (which meet
lngs we're regularly held on each and every
Monday and Thursday of each week Dur.
sug said nmesl make any report or men
iion OF any OF said matters or things and
dad not make any endeavOr or attempt in
any manner TO cause said board TO slscon-
tinue or ahate the evils and wron IS in this
charge set forth.
charge ioar-That heretofore. to- vii. on
December 9. i>Ssl. the board OF public
works of said city undertook the con-
sfFueuou OF public sewer in said city.
which sewer was established by ordinance
No. 3. ia in the following location, to-wit.
Beginning on Twelfth avenue at its inter
section with Gould street aud run
ming thence along Twelfth avenue
- Ussel street; thence along Ia
sei street 20 Melrose avenue: thence
along Melrose avenue TO Four
teenih street, thence along Fourteenth
street 70 Depot street, thence along Depot
street 10 brook street, thence SIong Brook
street 20 Republican street, thence along
Republican street 10 RoIiin street That