The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-12
MORE HARBOR WORK.
Company Formed to Improve
Northern Water Front.
TO DIG sMiTn'sCovE WATERWAY
San Francisco capitalists Propose 10
Fill In North seattle Tide Lands
Under Contract.

A eo-r-any With a capital Stock Of IS
6xs Go has beer Incorporated 20 iii n ne
tide lands tn Smiths cove starting fFsfEil
Hartford street and extending s<N2i2eElS
70 Pike street. and covering an area FeFs
close 70 z,E9 acres.
Tae company has made an original az
pIiezffon for contract 20 Do tnis TorA
TO Commissioner OF Public I-au1s " III
izru T. Forrest, and the bearing : set Tor
May a. Olympia
The company sled its articles 81 inccr-
Y0ration yesterday with the county aa-
8ifor under the name ~ the Nasf1aEag ION
Dredging & Improvement Company, WIKI
Ellis Morrison. WuIlan r. Hays ana
Frank Shay as incoTpcrators- The COM
paHy Il said 70 ne well baked hGa2acia4iF
Sly a number OF wealthy san r Fafsss57h1o
capitalists among them being imam
r. Humphreys. connected WITH the t'As
engineering department OF san ran
cisco. who is in charge Of all the sever
age system OF that city. Mr.. Humphreys
II also the inventor Of an improved ny
s.-a1lc sfreager which viii be used IN slig-
gfug the waterway Of Smiths cove ard
filing the tide land The objects o. the
company. according 70 its articles OF IN
corporation. are 10 construct eaFaa4S' W.
terways. dredging machines. ana 90
general business 81 retaining lands Iof
general purposes.
Messrs. Humphreys and Shay are now
In the city looking after the interests OF
their company and viii return % SaA
Francisco In a fsw days FOR DEief per
Tod Frank Shay - an attorney II san
Francisco and has for over twenty years
been counsel for the Southern Pacihc
railroad Nessrs. Shay. Hays and Hum
uhreys were seen ny a reporter OF the
Observation-Disclosures AZ the Rainter-oFand
last evening and unfoldei their proposed
plan OF operation. SIR. Shay. a. spokes-
man for the party. related now 1heE
came 70 develop the Smiths cove prof.
which had not even been considered "heh
thev left San Francisco for Seattle last
month. Dir. Shay said:
we had had considerable correspond
ence with people interested In the SCUM
canal and with prominent CITIZENS OF Se-
attic relative 10 the dredging OF WAFER
WAYS al the south end and the filling IN
of tfis Oats Being the owners Of dreag-
ing machinery which We knew 20 DC more
powerful than any other IN use, GOING
more work az less cost. We we're des!fons
OF making a bid for the work IN the Sc
attic harbor AT the invitation OF some
OF your citizens we came here about the
middle Of March and since that tine we
have carefully examined every portion OF
the harbor. the proposed improvements
and the various waterways and canals
heretofore surveyed. While our Visit was
with the intention OF bidding on the south
waterway work. yet when We foaha the
Smiths cove waterway open. We deter
mined. after a thorough investigation, 10
make an original apghcation for the con-
strtlcfton Of that waterway. Our contract
Is similar 10 that Of the south canal peo-
pie being under rhe general Improvement
act OF 1893. Ny which any person or cor
pOratfon may apply 10 the state Tor con
tract 70 excayate waterways ana reclaim
- tE.Fe ErfF n
state nier this act the commissioners
is authorized to make such contracts, SUB
ie,,t 10 the approval Of the governor, ana
{n the contract there must be provision
fixing the cost of the work, 10 when ceSS
Is per cent. Is added as a profit 10 the
contracting parties. The cost, Plus the
IS per cent. profit. is made lien on the
tile lands when filled IN and purchasers
OF tide lands from the state must dis
charge this Hen. which they may DO by
making ten annual payments with Inter
est at s per cent on deferred instruments.
or they can pay the fun amount whenever
they phase and stop the payment OF the
interest.
we must get 10 work on this propo-
sition within six months after the CEN
tract Is awarded. though we will not wait
So long. bur expect 10 get to work IS
soon as We can construct the dredgcrs.
The soil FOR the filling process We expect
10 get principally from the waterway ard
some Of II from the uplands. the owners
Of which have already expressed a vii
iingpesS to have their bluffs reduced.
Some people seem TO have an idea that
this move was In some measure a0tsgo-
nistic 10 the south canal enterprise, hut
! do not think that this feeling = shared
by any Of the promoters of that work.
II seems 20 me that any improvement on
the water front. or in any OF the water
ways adjacent 10 Seattle, must help every
other similar enterprise. for everything
Of that nature must help Seattle. The
improvements at the north end ought 20
assist development at the south end, and
VIE versa.
The north end improvements are com
paratlvely small when compared with the
great magnitude Of the work proposed a
the south end They viii be completed in
very much less time and AZ very much
less expeuSe The south end work will
require millions OF money and about seven
years for IFS completion. hut the money
- ready and the time has been closely -
tiaatcA When the tide flats a. the south
end shall have been reclaimed and the
waterways constructed. they viii give
wharf frontage OF about thirteen miles,
a0a p connection with the canal "a axe
Washington VIII afford facilities for IN
3nstrial and shipping enterprises second
- no place IN the world The reclaimed
Hcfent room for manufacturing establish
meute elevators. railroad terminals and
many Industries
The improvements az smiths cove VIII
furnish accommodations for milling COM
panles and railroad yards and shops. u
wili give about three and a half miles
II Wharfage room accessible well shell
tered ani al with deep water
The Humphrey ireaRers 70 10 used IN
the work viii he tuilt right here and work
ON them VII oe commenced So soon as
We secure the contract. This means labor
ana material. as al the p!iing AMI ium her
viii 30 secured here. We fra That W.
can construct our 8rcdEfrS here for much
less money Than we can build them for
a. san Francisco while tha towing ~ a
8redzer FROM san Francisco ~ Seattle
would be both dangerous ana exuensiv %
Afr Humphreys lie noted engineer and
comes from a celebrated family his
brother being Mater General Aud-ew \
Humphreys Who was Ia command az tha
second army corps during the civU war
arf VINO vas also chief % the laItes
States engineer corps.