The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-28
PRELIMINARY WORK
WHAT HAS ALREADY RFFy nax,
IN READINESS FOR DREDGING
Contract No. 8 Surveyed. Bulkhs.6
Driven, Dredgers Repaired and
Long Pipe Line Laid.

Active operations began early IN n,
morning of May u, when a crew Of sa,-
veyors under direction of Capt. Thomas
W. Symons and engineer John r. Sa,asa
commenced the cross-sectioning Of con.
tract No. 5.
The work was carried on until lines has
been run every twenty feet over the beaea
covered by the contract, and also over
portion of contract No. ]. to the south
and east. and of No. 4, directly 10 "a
cast. Much difficulty was encounters
under the wharves just south Of King
street, where the men were retarded hy
great accommodations of logs, drift and ID.
fuse from sawmills, and progress neces-
sarily was Sow. The work here was de.
ciiedly unpleasant. After the lines had
been run, another force of men was sent
under the docks to cut down through the
accumulated slabs on the bottom and
find out the exact depth. The crosses
tioning was done partially by level and
partially by soundings made with roi,
and the figures afterward We're reduced
by means of tide gauge readings TO
uniform datum OF low water.
The object OF the cross-Sectlon!ng was
to fix the inequalities of the ground. AMI
now the notes have all been worked 3D.
the soundings reduced and computations
started to determine the amount of filing
requisite to bring the flats 10 level {.
two feet above high water. In CONTRA;
No. there are 1914 acres. and nearyon.
half of II is covered by the Improvements
OF the Oregon Improvement Company.
the Stetson & Post Mil Company and the
Hall & Pau.son Company. The remaining
half OF the ground covered by the con
tract is divided into comparatively small
holdings.
Pile driving on the bulkhead line fOr
contract No 3, along Railroad avens
near Charles street, was begun May z
and was prosecuted until nearly the end
of the month, when operations ceased for
a time. The pile driver was again SET 10
work July |. and was continued on the
bu,khead line until 7o0 feet of piling bad
been. driven, in bents of two piles eaca
except when crossing channels, when i
was strengthened by the addition o. cas
pile. No more pies were driven becaass
the bulkhead line became long enough %
last for some time. and 10 lengthen
would be to expose 1t TO deterioration. Az
fast as piling is needed It can easily %
driven.
While this work has been going on, the
contract has been let by the waterway
company TO the Bowers Dredging CON-
pany for the entire excavation work al
cents per cubic yard. the rate allowed py
the state; the dredging company mas
brought the Anaconda and Python mo
port. and has sub-let to King 4 Merrimaa
the contracts for the poles and brush ohs
of the dredgers has been Thoroughly ~
paired and the other is now IN the any
dock, and finally. there has been iaio :
pipe line for delivering the dredged mar
rial to a point nearly 200 feet IRON wv
end OF the east waterway.
The tract covered by each OF inc CON
tracts and the dates before which 'a'
conpany is required to begin WORK On
them are az follows.
No. All south OF Norman and Juakit.
streets, west OF the shore line, east =
the east waterway and portion Oh la'
tract between the east ana west va .a,-
ways: work 70 begin by September l. ~.
No. 2-Au the remaining territory 8eA
OF the east waterway and extenoins ~.
mile west of the city limits; work 70 "
gin by March I, 1895. ..s
No. 3-AlI west OF South Third, 5i,
OF King, north OF Norman ana Juata,
streets and east OF Railroad avenue ~.
tho east waterway; work to pegih "a'
g. 1896.
No. All east OF South Third. norin q
Norman and Judkins streets and IofV.
ing the high tide line where " comm,
with those streets; work 10 peg'" -"
10. 1895. a.,
Thus contracts and viii be me !.
to he carried out, and they are
finished before work begins ON ~.
while the last 20 be started IS no. :, "a, -. !,
er.ng the area furthest from tne puAs''
section OF the city.