The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-09
AN EYES0REREM0VED
PERFECT DRAINAGE POSSIBLE.
The Flats VIII No Longer BE Ce-e-
pooi-sewer~ Prom the Lake Can
Follow the Canal

ORE FAC. yhtch makes an unfaForassas
szfxgrzzHI0u o. srrzaserS catering re csty
81 rzsl from The sogsa for ne FRS fsEns
a. ne 51nsautsarY condition Of Eise ids
flats, forced On ons's attention. az = l..
both through the senses % sfzkE srsd
smell. T-nsa In an svva w9sLsh VII - ss0rse
asay wtk1 By the sslInR 81 Of s18e fats
fn o1ss body while ts1e excavations q Eass
canal 20 the lake Nlz. open an e4sT way
for zs1e construction OF gravity sssEsrE 20
dram the territory 20 TIE east into Tie
Sound.
~ present not only the fats Themselves
bsss tie upsasn3s abag2rsg OF them aFe ~
anything but sanitary condition ard t1ssy
are 10 situated thai & " ey no means easy
20 larry the se7s asee osEt % deep SssisaT
TIE - 9sgs frosu Tie top and ss1ss %
Beacon Hiu ard frosn FeEe bowtasl1s OF
eoBsa seaet sIe - now drats1ess directly n
10 gsle tide flats. wnsexg are also Fnade fEls
general dumping grouEsj O. All manner
OF raDb.sf1 ard garbage. This uneseAn de-
post Ia cOrstin 'lallg earrfssi 20 aud fro
by t6e rising and failing tide. and When
the tide Is GU. s. y free 20 sesld IS IN
wholesome effiuyAa forth 10 poasan tae
ar.
Under prsagent cords Ions the only ~ay
20 carry the sewage clear osgt 70 deep
water - 90 sgpeud pipes on stzlts tor
the whole distance win the constant rlsk
OF brsak-downs. OF tho pipes being bro
ken BY fioaFLng pae.ses OF r,ls1sssa ard
with high cost for both original eo1lstraIc-
eion ard maintenance. II The flats were
flled IN by separate owners In debated
blocks. the sttnatlon sEo5id be bu. slight
~ improved n 4 woaESd not be made
wssrse for tine ssfRers wosJld stzi have
to jump on srass over ne tntegveasEL
spaces. and these spaces you'd in many
cases be csIt off from access by the tide,
- that they woaiid in time become stag
nanS. fevcr-breesi1n2 pools.
VIA the fats filled IN IN one body.
ell these owls would bs done way with.
for there WI BE a sol5d he1 OF earth in
which 70 lay ne sewers and the work Of
filling in wai N effect grade the streets
rlross gs3ssst tale whole tract. n - Intend
81 10 give ne gghoiw tract a slight grade
% yards ire wateuwa ys and deep wafer
20 iAlE the sewage will flow by grav&y
10 r1e ou~sai. 1yHIs. wsIile he work -
sn progress. fsie main sewers can be laid
from ttas Upland 20 deep water and the
fats VIII no longer be a dumping grolafi
for sun8 fiith. Nor WI there be any
TRAITS ctft on from desep water which are
Stable 70 occofB@ ufyea cessposls, but the
whole wlil be one continuous tract OF
cold land
Avyather advantage to be derived from
the proposed improvements Is shat the
'e@sat tp~ kst@liiA Will AA4fHASfl a tNalfsslssHg
Tcsste Tor @fwers from the shore OF Lake
Washington and the Rainier valley 20
empty into the Sound. The one section
OF the city whidfl e not provided for "a
BefseZette Williams plan OF sewerage IS
the narrow strip along enc west shnre
OF the lake. winch was ieft 10 drain iztf,
the iaksA This strip can now Ire made TO
hraln anto the Suinn through main
sewers iaad under the canal towTath.
- "a. Il
DRAINED from the Ra inlpr valley "a "a.
snfsii as Columbia This territory could
not 10 drained by natural fan into
tle Sound tn any other way ann thus
The canal viii D. Invaluable IN the f,sfsgr>s
provision for the health N the city.