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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-28
BIG BOWERS DREDGER'
Great Machine That Will carve w
the Bottom of the Bay.
A Giant Cutter and How It sio
Sand for Hydraulic Deiivery
Inventor and His Battles.

The Bowers dredger. applying % ~ -.
cavation of immense waterways ans-sais
ciple OF a rotary cutter ana - a.
pipe line delivery. is the produe. 40 Nss
idea born many years ago. Aies. Sre5gsf
took form and the present type o. o.. a III.
was evolved. there ensued protrae,s. pa-
CATION that would have worn gu. . rusa,
thence and even the life OF many s.d 70
for A. =. Bowers. the inventor. ~ ls-
sooner commenced 10 proft iIou ..y con-
Dor of years than he found n ,n. raica
fronted by powerful corporauo D.~s.s ~
had !nfringed upon his patent 'is S.f,,. -
a time when ne was So,m Ia sorsf ~
began and fought successfully 2 po usoss
more actions against cornpan,ss 10
representatives for a time 49, 49, nat hs
thought that a foe with no ASST $50 o.sss
letters patent cJuld wage anyl ~, seysn
than a contemplate warfare. -. eourfA
years the contest ragged IN Ia' - oss.
with the result that every ma and -
come the plucky inventor failsos II rs
was left in triumphant possesso"
product OF his brain a.. tnysn;oa
One night many years ago 1s -sncssa
lay awake at his home in san "a -
A new idea had occurred 70 ~, ssa,,rk Z
could not rest until ne IA"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-28
SIX WATERWAYS IN ALL.
SrUPFNDOUS UNDERTAKING OF
SOUTH CANAL COMP4Nf.
Are. of LEES Acres TO Re Reclaimed
and $4,000. 900 Cubic Yards
of Earth Removed.

rr-ha usorl, which has been undertaken by
the Seattle & Lake Washington wafer
way Company includes the excavation OF
tu-o WATERWAYS. eacn about a mile long
and a thousand feet wide. from deep wa
ter through the tide fats of Elliott hay;
two Duwamish waterways connecting Ohe
east and west waterways with the mouth
=. tha west channel of the Duwamish
river. a canal waterway about one mile
long and sls feet wide at low water from
the head OF the east waterway through
the fats eastward 20 the shore line:
canal through the upland 80 feet WIDE AT
The bortcn IN a direct line nearly t~o
miles TO Lake Washington, into whicn u
viii omen in Wetmore slough; and the
Cling 20 a level Of two feet above high
tfaa ~ ! Ses acres Of tide land With the
sxrsavated material. The two main wa
,erU-avS and the canal waterway are TO
be excavated TO deprh of twenty-Six feet
AZ low tide, the canat itself 70 a depth or
thirty feet at dead low water in the lake,
and the Duwamish waterways 10 depth
OF twelve feet az low tide. The amount
OF material to be excavated Is 100000
ctla,se yards Just about CROUCH 10 do the
filling required
While the east and west waterways Will
be 600 feet wide, according 10 the official
map of the state land commissioners. the
space clear for traffic VIII be only SO feet
ing as feet being allowed for the extern
sion of wharves and slips 10 such lengths
as TO accommodate the largest ocean
steamers. The construction OF water
WAYS on this plan. which would open
wharves and slips instead OF docks and
tidal basins. Is In accordance with the
most modern ideas OF harbor improve
ments. the revolution in ocean traffic
wrought by the use OF steamers instead
OF sailing vessels. the carrying on Of land
transportation by railroad and the use OF
machinery for loading and unloading
ships having combined 20 make dispatch
ia handling cargoes at the same time
necessary and possible. Thus, the old
system OF floating ship into dock
through tidal gates and unloading its
cargo or trucks has been almost done
away With. Trains now run right alongside
a ship az the wharf and cargo Is trans
ferrsd from. one 20 the other almost with
out the touch % mans hand. With the
provision made in the tide land piat for
railroad tracks on every wharf and for
steamers 10 Eua into The slips Alongside
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-28
RAISING THE SUBSIDY.
How the Seattle Spirit Again Rose
10 the Occasion.
Popular Enthusiasm Flung Aside Hard
Times and Raised $500. 900 for
the Great Enterprise.

The first definite step on the part Of the
people 81 ibis eity toward raising the
sSo3Ve0 subsidy asked by the Waterway
company was taken saturday. Marca =
by committee OF citizens composed %
JACOB Furth. y. II. I.Atiner. W u Wood
:. i. Crawford, +. u. Black ana r.. \
turner The committee formulated a ,,,r-
euiar stating q ~ the company would ha
prepared 10 advance the - ossl 100 for 0l-
ing in tae tide Hats ana excaNatlux me
South canal as Sa0n rs the peonle wos;a
guarantee the amount necessary 20 cover
the extra expense % locks. bridges. right
of-wsy and ineideataiS. for which there
had been no provision naSe In The law
passed by the legislature. The ST ra,uss
capt aliSts ma ts &c condition shRt -
whole enterprise should De carried n,t
before they should be r. .albursel for the
amount expended on locks. etc.. ana rhs
Subsidy was 20 he made PAYABLE only
whea the first ship should pass thro,,rs
the carat into the waters or the lake.
Comfortably with the circular. comics
of Nhich we're distributed generally a
large meeting Of citizens Vas held me
follow .ng Monday A. the Chamber ef
Commerce, and 4 committee OF tea MS
apro}ntcs % take charge % the subsidies
From THIS committee az executive com
uiittee Was appointed. aUi a mass meet
ing Of cl;i@ens VAS sailed for THURSDAY
March =, IA the ArmorS. rs this time
the eatlre community began 20 realize
sAAt the South canal people were IN earn
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sSainst II, and at its suggestion an alter
native plan OF waterways which made
,rovisicr for the lake canal was drawn
M by Capt Thomas W. Synons. OF the
limited States army engineer corps, and
axsoptei by the land commission. The
hsrbor lines and waterways had no soon
er been located, in July. 1894. than the
county board OF tide land appraisers took
IN the work A complete survey OF the
whole area TO be sold, extending two
miles beyond the city limits. was made by
NJ. Stixrud the engineer. and meanwhile
the appraisers employed Y. @. Bogue. an
engineer Of national reputation, 20 make
recommendations for such a system CT
plating as would make the best pro
vision for traffic by water. rail and street.
and for the use of the tide lands, when
filed. for manufacturing. and warehouse
purposes, 10 which their character adapts
them
After an examination of the harho-s
and railroad terminals of the principal
cities OF the United States, Mr.. BoGue
last March submitted a report and map
which were adopted. with slight
notifications, by the appraisers. There
are $50 acres in the plated area, repre-
scented by fifty-six piats each 2sxS6 inches.
These plats, after the official appraise-
ment were fled with the board of state
land commissioners March Is, 1895, the
work, on account OF additional care and
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study, having consumed more time than
was at first thought necessary. The
streets generally are 100 feet wide and
the avenues are of widths varying from
120 to $50 feet. There are 466 blocks, a
large number of them ESQ feet square, a
few are even greater in length and acre
age. The thirty-two miles of shore line
are paralleled by receiving streets, to
which all upland thoroughfares extend.
Outside of these receiving streets is the
new enlarged system of plating. No up
land owner is cut off from access to the
tide lands. Beyond these receiving streets
to the harbor line are the long blocks.
ranging from 500 and 900 feet to 1000 and
1,500 in length Along the harhor area
have been laid out blocks Of depths vary
ing according to opportunities, affording
possibilities in connection with the har-
Dor area for dock and other commercial
facilities of the most extensive and COM
plete character. Parallelng the harbor
area and just inside these water front
blocks are two avenues intended for rail-
road, wagon and general traffic. One OF
them, Puget avenue, begins one mile
north of the limits of Ballard and reaches
around West point to junction with
Railroad avenue one mile south of Smiths
cove, being seven miles long and 30 and
150 feet wide, and the other, Railroad ave-
nue. reaches from Smiths cove to n point
one mile south OF Duwamish head, six
miles in all, with widths varying from
$50 feet down. These two avenues. in con-
nection with Duwamish and Walla Walla
avenues, will enable railroads to reach
the city front by way of Ballard and
Smiths cove, Meadow and West points.
Ak,i point and Duwamish valley, and will
afford every opportunity likely to be re-
quired by Seattle until her population has
spread over a region much greater than
"a within the cffv limos
An important change I'm Railroad ave-
nue., and one which has subjected the ap-
praisers to n great deal OF antagonism
from abuttng shore owners, is made
along the North Seattle water front. Be-
ginning at a point near Pike street and
extending northward for a mile the ave-
nue. is moved shoreward. 1t extends from
the meander line out TO line 80 feet
from the west line OF Water street This
makes it of irregular shape, and will ne
cessitate thespossession of shore proper
ties varying in length from ninety feet
down. between the meander line and
Water street. When these properties
have been secured by the railroad COM
panies the avenue viii have n width OF
PIC feet. affording space for tracks I'm tho
middle OF about ninety feet, and for
wagon tracks and sidewalks on both sides
OF sixty feet each. Overhead crossings
will be feasible along this portion OF the
avenue with the least possible trouble
and expense
There has also been much opposition TO
the plats on the contention that they In
terfere materially with substantial i'm
provements, and that they do not corre-
spond with the adjoining upland plats.
and the work OF the appraisers is now un-
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sand being gradually purnpei over them
and filing them in On top or TINS VII oe
laid a string piece running lengthwiss OF
the nu.kheaa TO which VIII be fastened
rte-backs which are poles about nine
inches IN diameter. every alternate one
vertically, having the brush left on IT'S
thin end These will run inside the MI
and be fastened 10 the innermost pile with
wire and spikes. The purpose OF leaving
the brush on the thin end OF the pole is 10
catch the sand so that I. may become
thoroughly imbedded. and thus avoid any
possibility OF its being moved. The bulk
head will slope backward from the face
at an angle of IS degrees Against the
innermost string piece viii then be laid the
next row OF brush. and this operation will
be repeated until the bulkhead Is built TO
q level two feet above high tide.
About nine miles Of this buikhead VIII
have to De constructed along the harbor
rim and the banks OF the waterways. and
an enormous quantity of material will be
used IN It There will be about 1900 piles.
40.ooo tie-back poles. and $4,000 cords OF
brush. giving employment to large num-
Der Of men on sub-contracts for material.
There are no complex engineering prob
lens entering into the undertaking OF the
waterway company, but tho ao.aole fea-
ture is the tremendous scale on which
all operations are TO be conducted. The
large dimensions OF the waterways. both
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occupied by them Will \.
streets, time generally fass e'red f.
The improvements OF the remove
built upon the new lines can l.
The position OF the apa~.ss.
was essential for the f,st,,-a - = 'nst
the city that the tide lsnsv sArs q
plated on one general plarI :, s-.oasd y
city could work in the enns..'. .ssa u
future improvements. ana sAa, e
done otherwise in order To avnss ~, ~ aase
the interests Of any individual lc,,,.,s
sroiled the opportunity the civ a aAsa
making the tide lands mos, a,-as,. 20 70 @
the purposes 10 which they sra 80 ne
Their argument IS that as ths ssspse1.
pats or tide land streets onlv a~.s'F
paper, except in a few instances !. "a g
have been folly 10 allow them :, ~ w.
the city. They also point ON. -. 'per
injury 10 existing improvements !. ass
imaginary than real. since 4hosa .- nv
ments viii not he disturbed un,il !, ' ~
sired 10 construct the streets. va 50 50
be several years hence. vi
This question OF the NV, ,,,..
only one remaining in the swav ~ a. -
curing of title by those having nrso, - =
Of purchase. and the matter ~.
taken up so vigorously by the cssr,ssss -.
Commerce. with a view 10 ss.,,..- =
prompt action by the city council ~ =
vacation of the old streets which 500 - sas
with the new plat. that there seem~ = =
little doubt OF an early settlement
Altogether, in the one plan eh~r~ :.
between this city and Ballard a to,., !.
$50 acres or tide hands. or Is 600 lo,. -, =
the exception OF Washington CIV -
largest tract ever plated for town - 80
poses in the United States. From IN. -.
Of the lands there win be realized ~
OF not less than $500 coo. which WI, !.
available for permanent Improvement. s
the harbor. The anpraisement ranges s-,-'
SIS to $4,000 per acre. and the agrre.s.a
appraised value Of lands in front az =.
Incorporated cities OF King county Is ~.
600.
The board of tide land appraissr,
composed of DIR. +. W. Sparkling. Tho,s.
W. Prosch and u. A Mckenzie.
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harbor lines and lay out waterways The
first plan proposed, which the commission
ers were inclined TO adopt. provided for
the establishment Of two waterways from
the Duwamish river into TWO immense
tidal basins 20 be excavated on the fats
and TO he connected with deep water in
the harbor By great locks No provision
was made under this plan for a water
way through the fats TO connect with the
canal which the Seattle & Lake Washing
ton Company proposes TO excavste from
the head Of the bay TO Lake Washington
AS soon as II became known that this
plan was proposed strong opposition arose
among those interested in the enterprise.
who confended that /, not only ignored
ne proposed canal but involved such
large expenditure that there was little
prospect OF its ever being carried out The
Chamber Of Commerce catered q protest
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est. and all Indications pointed 70 GER
tainty that the Arnory meefng "ouia
equal IN numbers and enthusiasm the
unprecedented gathering OF cifA]eas III
raediaseiy after he great FIRE on June .
Issg. TIE ,.snx xsre not deceptive Al
though the meeting had been advertised
for O'Clock. long before that hour pee
pie began to gather. and as the Time Tor
calling TO order drew near the increasing
crowd grew enthusiastic Al O'Clock
there was hardly standing room, and
when the twenty-five vice presidents, fol-
loved nv business men and officials OF
the vaterway company. fled In there was
a burst Of applause that was almost
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SHOWING CUTTER.

DER consideration by joint committee of
the city council. Suits involving the valid
hy or supplemental plats OF the islands
at the head OF the bay, across which the
surveyors ran lines in conformity with
the plats OF the tide lands proper. were
brought against the appraisers and the
state land commissioners, with the result
thar a perpetual Injunction was granted
against the representatives OF the state.
ented by the general government ana
was above the line Of high tide. Supple
mental plats were also filed for tracts
along Salmon bay. but no exception was
taken to them
In the opinion Of the appraisers, the in
Jury 10 result from the new plat is more
imaginary than real. The owners OF i'm
proyements undoubtedly will be permitted
to continue in possession until the lands
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as to length and breadth; The straight
cut through the hill, III places exceeding
a distance of 800 feet the immense guam
tity of earths to be excavated from the
waterways and the canal. and st once
required for the land to be reclaimed. all
impress the unframed mind with in idea
of stupendousness; but by the engineer
they are looked upon as the elements CT
an easy operation. for after he has COM
puted what is required he has at bis COM
mand ponderous machinery hat Will do
the work exactly as desired.
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waiting. had bent to the task OF build
ing her own railroad
When the time came 20 subscribe 20 the
subsidy there was almost q scramoie
among tho contributors, and each one.
despite the ordeal of hard times, hasten
ed 70 sign a note payable At the compile
ton Of the canal d. c. Brawley and
George Kinnear gave loo. John Leary.
John Collins, Seattle Brewing and Malt
Ing Company ana Andrew Heinrich. So
90 each; Seattle Hardware Company. So
500: Seattle Dry Dock and Ship Building
Company. Mcknight Land and Invest
nent Company. Amos Brown and Henry
Fuhrnan, s. 500 each: John Heinrich, ST..
Fred Kfrschne- and F. D. Black, G.ooo
each: Reliance Loan and Trust Com
pany. &. SO: Judge Hanford, Lewis Bros,
j. @. Scurry, Mrs. j. @. Scurry. Frank
IIanford, J. NJ. Frink. Fisher Bros, w.
% Wood, Newell Mil Company. Julius
Horton. Stetson & Post MIL Company,
FRYE & Bruhn and j. L. Taylor. $l.eoo
each. All told, there were 80 SUD
scripers. and the subsidy sprang at a
single Jump TO $loo,3oo A day later II
reached si5. As, and the third day IL
touched $l4S, $40 Its progress to compile
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ssAE
$50 ire ssznx zee not deceptive. Al
though the meeting had been saFersised
for O'Clock. long before mat hour pec-
pie began TO gather. ana as the unc TOT
calling TO order drew rear the increasing
crowd grew enthusiastic Al O'Clock
there was hardly Standing room, ana
WHEN tne twenty-five vice presidents, fol-
loved NV business men and officials OF
the waterway company. fled In there was
a burst Of applause that was almost
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02

A famous landscape painter had to call
in doctor to see his wife, who was suffer
ing from bronchitis After he had exam
ined the patient the doctor recommended
the husband to take small brush, dip it
in tincture Of iodine and lightly paint the
lady's back with it. The artist took up his
brush, and, after dipping it in the tincture,
proceeded to carry out the doctors pre-
scription But his artistic temperament
soon got The better of his sick nursing
qualities Mistaking his wife's back for a
canvas, instead of simply applying the 10
ton he sketched out a landscape and grad
ually peopled it with figures ard put in all
the details complete. The patient, finding
the operation \ rather lengthy one, asked
her husband If he had not finished. And
the latter, receding few steps to examine
his work, replSd, Another dab or two
and thsR can put it in the frame. -
Messaggero.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02

When Lydia f. Pinkham first sent out
the news of her great discovery, there
was no lack of harsh speech from those
whose practice and opinions she set at
defiance.
But when young girls by the hundreds
we're absolutely cured by Lydia Z. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound, then the
tongues of the traducers were stilled, and
faith was allowed to live in the hearts of
the people.
Young girls are subject to this trouble.
1t robs them of the buoyancy of youth.
1t makes all effort distasteful.
1t causes retention and suppression of
menses, leucOrrhea, severe headache,
waxy complexion, depression, weakness,
loss of appetite and interest.
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women; and to save their daughters
ought to begin treatment at once.
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the surest and most natural
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No. 5se.-A Fish story-Anaerams.

/. H. f. T. Keats. 2. Ali a ColtP 3.
Lemon hats. 4. Lobe grape. 5. Peter
hid. g. Thou end egg. 7. Ali pi six. s.
Back north. 8. Hamlet G. 10. Bush life.
II. The lost reb ~. That's chief ID.
Himentown. IA. Balance thre. Is. Race
him. 10 Loud fern. II. Clip hard. IS.
He then, sir 10. Hit blue hat 90. H.
Azores Firth. 81. To tenth rode. 90 For
ages. 23. E. II. T. Lee. "a He stole. %.
He part G, pie. 20. This wife, II. ~. l..
G. Gray in -. 2S Here let pick. 20.
His frock 30. Rust gone 81. Them
clues. 32 Right here, n. 49, Rif'raf
eel 81 Warn Leah 35 Great nine. 36.
Hold figs. 81 L tell them. So Rash fits
80. With the gin. 40. The poet
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02

ZONE, TwOl O.G, rwol' the lady cried,
"And tell your tidings, pray.
Where does my lort SO long abide?
What TOTAL makes deluyY
"My lord has sent jeweled ring
To fit my lady's thumb,
And each new day now gifts will bring
Till he himself shall come"
"Now bid him grant his good steed grace
And ONE for rest and ease
Then as She lifts her smi ing face
Her lord himself she sees.
CATER my TWO in n ste I've flown
Like an arrow from the bow"
She murmurcd in "a tender tone,
"You should not hurry So.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02

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