The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-31
SAND Still. FLOWS.
Anaconda Steadily Grinding
on South Canal.
SCOUTING EARTH BY THE YARD.
Engineers Soon to survey Beacon Hill
Sanitary Effect OF Filling the
Flats.

Sand from the dredger Anaconda con-
tirued to pile up on the tide fats below
Charles street YESTERDAY. and the machin-
cry wag working at lively rate nearly all
the afternoon. Before operations began
yesterday the pipe line was extended three
lengths, and q frame work built Tor a
further extension. The telephone line was
completed 10 the open dock near the term
inaI railway. and furnished quick com
ruunication with the Anaconda
Manager H0rrer said yesterday that the
line vas working even better than ne mac
expected. and he thought that before the
end OF the week the Anaconda would be
throwing close upon 1900 cubic yards OF
earth per day. The matter excavated Is
mostly sand. with very small per cent.
OF mud, and on being deposited sinks
down into a compact mass, as SOLO az
sea shore beach. At the end OF the east
waterway where the dreGEer - set, thefe
are few obstacles in the way Of the cutter
and most Of them are slabs and sunhen
drift. Yesterday they stopped the ma
chinery several times. but the difficulty
will soon he obViated by the dredger get
ting away from them and working In the
clear sand AS the Anaconda now hss. the
cutter can work only on one side, and ne
cause OF deep water one Of the guy lines
has been fastened 10 buoy In bttlc
.hile the boat viii ruove forward 70 n
where
sides and then there viii be practically
no cessation 10 the stream IN the pipe.
ts soon as the made ground appears
afueve the surface MFR Horner viii ar
range a distributing board at the mouth OF
the pipe ard viii regulate the excay2ted
material.
while The drearer has been at work.
force OF men Is busv placing brush
fascfnes in position among the piles OF
the hulkhead 20 the north of Charles
street.. ard at 6 o'clock yesterday had
them laid a considerable distance 10 the
north Several more mer were employed
In unloading brush from large seow.
An early survey OF the bhl sectiof "
expected 10 be made, and when il has
been completed the dredging company
will begin on the big cut Of the canal
proper. 80,
From sanitary point OF view, the I'LL
,rt, in of The tide fats Is an undertaking
OF utmost consequence 70 the city. inc
large acreage comprising contract NO.
~ hardly less than vast cesspooi anu
.ts menace TO the health Of the city has
hardly been thought Of by tile average
citizen IL contains an immense quantity
-, logs slabs and drift. which formed
dam and caught ZIP sewage. unth the re-
.rion under the docks Is place OF noN-
ious vapors and u breeding ground or
pestilence When the surveyors were
rross-sectioning the hats they iouiu .t'e
work under the docks 10 be most nls-
agreeable. and later when the ute"sins
eamnany found II necessary 10 take
sonndings and measurements TO learn the
exact amount of the I'll. there were em-
Moved as the most available laoorers
number OF scavengers. "a men pest n,teo
for thA undertaking. After the dredgers
have been busy for a season TINS plague
sno, will have disappeared under the clear
sand from the waterways ana ekels
sha,,.btf.,t citizen may draw a breath OF
relief -,
THE python has now been recoppered'
aud IN a few DAYS will go of the ways
she w,n probably be busy on the mats
before another week.