The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-22

naebef Pti<1 4fe asDe 094yo0 III around the
three ssdes eonnectsd By tsmhsss. 10 which
the aisars are fassensd- Behind the affairs
and between the plies pnddied clay. taken
out N ths work Of excavation. i beaten in
70 width Of shres fess. thus making the
sides thoroughly raser tight
The ssirancs sill b built OF Sueia
isisnd Store Tor = length Of ssxty-Eve feet
sad viii be enclosed b. . eaisson forming
the gates, which VIII b srsctsJ inside the
dock and noased into piacs when the
water il let In. The door and aitars are
BOW half finished and the piIing i with
in sixfy-avs fest 81 where The Stone work
will begin.
Bat . serious question has arisen A. 20
the depth 70 which the piles are 20 b
driven in the foundation, which has de-
iayed work for over month The yellow
sand bed IL % solid that the piles cannot
be driven deeper than nine feet with
out being fraysd IT the head and split
30 far down that tEey are weakened
and cannot b driven deeper. Yet
the bureau of yards and docks has
ordered that they be driven 70 . uniform
penetration OF fifteen feet and has refused
payment for some of the piles already
driven because they do not meet this re-
auiremenf; in fact for some which are
covered with concrete already paid for.
This il the dispute which occupied the
greater part Of the time OF Secretary Her
bert yesterday. piling having been sus-
pended since April IL until the matter
could be submitted 20 him. The position
OF the contractors. which 10 strongly sup
ported BY Mr.. White. the government en-
gineer In charge. Was thus stated by Mr..
Black well, the engineer for the contract
ors, yesterday.
THE specifications require that the
piiss in the bottom b driven TO N-inch
test. that Is, that hammer weighing
1900 pounds and falling twenty-five feet
shall drive them not moro than . quarter
inch az the last bIow. The natural bed IL
compose Of such closely competed sand,
haif-formed sandstone. In fact. that the
piles when driven 70 this test only penn
trats from four 70 eight feet. We drove
two test piles today, ons penetrating seven
and ons-haif fest 10 . L-inch test
with sighty-thrse blows and the
other penetrating nine feet three inches
With the same number Of blows. In try
ing TO drive one pile further, even with an
iron ring around the hssd, ws fraysd the
head and split il further down % 20
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oo.n WIN 80. Je' ee'e.'s ,ne very
oo5ecs o. of'vink .nsm: LOT ne oie
ENG 81 noie sno o!oppine tne pae .nto u.
we eonsend TIA. y Wou.a % injurious 20
a1've .nsu iuI.. sno osnst snsinesfs
suppo,s our pooauon
Mh pasca we 49,, pos's'cn = s.tone'y sup.
porter ~ NJ. Wnise ana the discussion OF
the ques.aon consume0 sevefsi noura Sec
retary Herbert nnaiiy decided that the
plies snonid % drivsn WIN wafer 1se -
sesss ous tne mater - h9eiy 70 come mp
again, . M. Wnite - very emPnauc IN
his opinion.
In taiahe Oh snas eonsrOvsf.y ana tne
woik - OFT oscnasu IN pensFai. MI. nsr-
pefs ssio " OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
porter. sss.
aecioso snss sney ougns % pos the
plies deeper. ana instrucsed tnem 20 use
xster lss ana sse wnat Was the result
osnsrwiso me work y going on weil; the
COCK seems 20 D SUBSTANTIALLY ouiit, ana
making lar progress. Inc site 70
good ono Tor navy yard, the only objec-
ton being that u 10 not on the
right side OF the bay. where there
10 likely 10 % . railroad. hope
10 nave rauroad tners some DAY
ing In suppsies ana snere also ought TO be
: telegraph station snefe. 4 rely CONN.,
oehsiy on the enterprise OF sns people TO
supply THESE needs. Tor Whatever 10 aeces-
sary l think inc people Of the state OF
Warrington are going 20 90. iou nave
spienu'a oouy OF wassf mere ma your peo.
pse ouehs 70 % ao'e .c make " great
center OF snip ou.aang
en'ess the ~o.A snoaid % delayed oy
req 'aps ano snen con'rovo1s'es ~ tnas IN
regard 10 the p'hhss WIZ DC nnished lar
shesd Oh the conttacs time. ihe nrst SOD
was cut on december ~, lcssz. ana the con-
tfaet time three years Tour ana hall
months nu' Mt. bisckwsi hopes TO
somp'sss !" ysai snort OF tne
.i"cs Turing sns nef WORK mas
peen Carried on continuously, oy elsc-
tt'c aen. ~ nish" ana now 10
carried on ior six.esn hours day ny two
snis. ~ WIZ 20 sne largest DOCK In
America, ano Two IN Italy are the only