The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-21
ON THE TIDE FLATS.
Pipe Line Nearly Ready for the Big
Anaconda.


Pine continues TO arrive 10 he ased by
the Bowers dredgers In excavarsng the
South canal and filing the tide hats. and
Il Is expected that a couple Of days vii
see the pipe line completed. ana mat On
THURSDAY or Friday the Anacolla Will
begin 70 pump dirt. The repairs watch
were a necessary preliminary 10 the
actual beginning OF opera tons have &C.
cupied a longer time than was al first
estimated. but this Is due 10 determine
ton 70 have the machine in perfect shape
before II is put TO work, In order that
when dredging once begins. II may con-
time without ceasing. except on Sundays,
until the great enterprise is completed
The piling on which the permanent pipe
line Is 20 rest is row complete. and yester-
day braces were being nailed between
the two lines OF piles by gang OF men
working on the top OF derrick built on
a scow The slip-off pipe has been fas-
tened on one line Of pontoons, which viii
be at the delivery end Of the line. ana an
other fleet of pontoons 10 carry me pipe
leading directly from the drefger has
been fitted with high wooden frames. 10
which trusSes viii be attached IN ORDER
to sustain the pipe at the desired eie-
walton hole has been cut through the
upper deck OF the Anaconda, through
which the pipe lire viii Issue from the
pump at the elevation at when u Is
10 be maintained up 10 the point wnere
n will descend TO the FILL Hitherto a
iour level Inc mas been used the pipe be-
Ing brought down from the level or me
nnnar dsek TO that OF the pontoons by
two a0-de0ree elbows on the bow OF the
dredger. II ia believed that considerable
mower was lost by friction al these curves
while the elevation necessary 10 deposit
the material in the desired spo, hao 10
he obtained near the outer END OF tns
,sna lire Al fhe further sacrifice or power.
nsrager Hnrrer calculates that ~ eilfnl-
~,tir1 these curves and making the drop
~ The Tevel Of the All near the outer emo
80 ,be line he will not only avoid a good
deal Of friction bat Will make Inc plpe
line act az syphon, as the stream, NV
Ing out in a downward d'rec'ion IN ia 80
a considerable pull, thus aiding me
pumps. and probably increasing 'ioi'
efficiency aboul 80 per cent AZ
r-ha a~st fiji will be made snort us
go back Of the bulkhead line along
the old Union Pacific trestie, east %
Railroad avenue. II will be oulit up 70
the full height all along the buiNheao,
working from south to north, aha l.si
will he used as a solid foundation FOR the
nine line. The latter will then be ex-
tended to King street and the area I'M
der the Columbia & Puget Sound yards
and shops will be filled in solid body,
the made land being steadily extended
southwark. AS this plan or operations
Will involve the use Of an unusually long
line OF pipe 1t may be found necessary
for time 70 let the Python do the dredg-
ing and use the Anaconda as
relay for pumping. IL this should
be done IL will not continue for
more than a month, as in that time
the area that is wharfed over VIII have
been filed in and the dredgers Will have
worked clear of buildings and other
structures which will hamper their opera
ton.
When once the Anaconda begins work
she will he In for a five years spell of
* with no cessation except on Sundays.
Two crews will work in iwelve-hour shifts
from clock Monday morning until mid
night Saturday. the Saturday night crew
making any repairs needed and clean
ing out one battery of boilers ready to
resume operations Monday morning. The
pumps are usually worn out in two
months. but an extra set is always kept
I'm readiness so that no delay can arise
on this score.
Mr.. Horner has rented an office on Com
mercial street. close to his scene of OPP
erations. and viii move his quarters as
dredging progresses.