The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-02
THE NEW PIPE ISCAST.
Repairs on Dredgers Going
Ahead and Bulkhead Rising.
THE PYTHON OFF THE WAYS.
Her Machinery Vow Being Pinced-Ihe
Anaconda to BE Ready by MONDAY
--Cnpt. -yrnous I'm Town.

Before August y the two 6redgers Ply
fhon and Anaconda viii be al %ork side
by side digging out the entrance 20 TIE
canal The damage 20 the Anaconda VIII
be repaired ard she viii be again at work
on Monday morning. and tlse Python was
launched from the ways last evening
about O'Clock. Her machinery viii at
once be placed In repair.
all the necessary repairs below the
water line on the Python have been
completed and a large force OF men VIII
AZ once commence putting IN place heF
pumping machinery and making 0thef
necessary preparations for operations II
will probably be about two weeks before
she viii commence To throw dirt. but she
will De ready as soon as the largest avail
able number OF workmen can bring about
that result.
The Anaconda is being repaired as rap
idiy as possible. and VIII be throwing
sand on Monday morning. The suction
pipe. which was broken by coming In con-
tact with a sunken pile. has been re-
moved and new pipe was cast In Mo-
ran Bros foundry last night, and VIII
nj once be put in place. ON Monday
morning Manager Horner expects the
brush and poles TO constitute the bulk
head will be on hand and the material
pumped up by the Anaconda VIII then be
thrown upon Ii and be used In blIikhead-
ing along Railroad avenue. Regarding
the liability OF the recurrence OF acct
dents such as that Of Wednesday. Mr..
Horner said.
1.-THE danger Of piles doing Us any dam
age VIII be past in two or three days,
as we will then be down deep enough to
cut ali distractions of this kind away
from beneath. We are now cutting
straight across the right-of-way. and we
could not go out far enough in deep water
10 escape the sunken piles, as We would
have had no anchorage for our spuds.
As soon az we ret a channel cut We VIII
head In and be down below any piling or
other distractions. We viii then cut
lengthways along the right-of-way and
have smooth sailing. The Anaconda was
doing splendid work when she struck she
pile, and when We get both credgers
pumping for all they are worth the prog
ress we will make will surprise those
who have never seen such work IN prog
ress."
Capt. Thomas w. Symons. engineer
corps, T. s. A. chief engineer of the
waterway company, arrived at he But
Ter on Wednesday night. and VIII re-
main for a few days looking after the
engineering work Of the great enterprise.
The captain was disappointed in being
kent away by official business from wit
Messing the beginning OF work on the
great Seattle canal but he hopes to be
present when one of Uncle Sans war
ships goes through the locks into the
lake Ave years hence.
His absence was a severe disappoint-
ment also TO the other officers of the
company, as they recognized in him one
of the most important factors In the pro-
motion of the enterprise.
Capt Symons went over the ground
and examined the project from the stand-
point of an engineer in tie fall of 1853.
After careful consideration he then In
dorsed IL verbally as entirely feasible
and in June. 1894. he published AN official
report. formally explaining and indorsing
the project This report. over the sig
nature OF so distinguished an officer set
tied the technical aspects OF the case in
the minds Of the general public. and also
OF the financiers. 1t was In this report
that he used the language. so often quot
ed since that these gigantic and bene-
fetal works will be accomplished with
ont any tax on existing properties. .
After the captains election as chief en-
gineer OF the Seattle & Lake Washington
Waterway Company he formulated the
plans for the system Of waterways that
were adopted by the state land commits
sion. and the plans for the canal and
locks adopted by the waterway company.