The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
THE MAPS ARE READY
Showing the Route of the Gov
eminent Canal.
FORWARDED TO THE CAPITAL.
Locks and Dam at salmon Bay-Se"
Line and Bridges for Raiiroaos
small Amount OF Excavation

THE great enterprise OF building TIE
sor,e~nr,sr, canal from tide water N
salmon bay through Lake Union ana on
snfo Lake washington may DC SAD % =
safw5v under way and book OF pats
and surveys Is now In the mans o3.S1
"a Cant Thomas w Symot4Ss % -
engineer corps. United States army
hook was finished yesterday, uns1et a.
,orfIon 81 Eugene Rlckaecker. civil En-
ginaer. and forms perhaps the neaisat
and most accurate piece os Work ever
done In this city.
There are Twelve maps In the book. sacn
of them z4xg5 inches inside border, anu
they are bound In covers ZxSs. rass"A
OF the maps give tho sections OF eie So
vey from the mouth Of the bay 70 'he
water OF Lake washington. and are
made on scale of 100 feet 20 the inch.
The index or tide map shows the entire
waterway and canal. with the iocatsoh
OF the right-of-way and accurate asaIhsd-
zion Of tho flooded area. section o. vac
entire canal and sections or the cahdi a.
three different points.
Ty far the most attractive portion OF
the index map Is a small vicinity map
giving the entire project, as Mr KICK
seeker SAYS. In q nutshell. THIS sfnal
mar, is vyithour section Lines. and - beau
stfuily tinted so trat the land area seems
20 stand In reiie< from the water ana
the route Of the canal. With all IT'S ag-
vnntages. r apparent az 3 glance.
contains drawings not only OF the PENN
sula ard the tsso takes. bet also SHOWS
a portion Of Lake Samr.anlzh.
a noteworthy feature Of the cravings II
fhn tusiesors ard artistic distribution O,
coloring. All the upland and acreage
property IS coIorcd brown. and where
there are additions the streets are left UT
- va
ter. while the Improvement. including ne
waterway and canal. Is ia bright verraii-
lion. Other coioriHg is subordinate. but y
s. extremely useful IN that the holdings OF
different acreage tracts are denoted oy
appropriate ccIors 20 that each individual
can easily see what belongs 10 him.
The Locks and Dam at salmon Boy.
Following the index map come the
eleven detail maps, showing the canal
from tide water on 10 Lake Washington.
Each OF these maps is placed square with
the world" as the engineers say: that Vs.
she Observer knows as soon as he looks
upon the page that top IL north. etc. Map
RIO I opens at the mouth OF Salmon bay,
and extends inward until one just catches
n view % the Seattle & Montana railway.
No opens up the tract inside the bay
and shows the locks and portions of the
tide lands required by the canal nj that
point IN order 10 ease the curve. The
locks are placed islEt within the BUNS on
the west side Of the bay, at well pro-
tected situation. and are 20 be 5ix4D feet
in the clear. with a reserve OF a tract
s0xs0o for future locks. On the cast side
II dam or waterway for the overflow.
and the works are connected with the
mainland on either side by buikheads
This map shows the submerged lands by
renna OF hachured blue lines. No. 5 ex-
Il - he saF
side the hay. and with IL large amount
OF submerged area. No. brings one to
what Mr.. Ricksecker considers one of the
hardest sheets in the book. II shows the
mill property at Ballard, where field work
was most difficult and the task OF flung
the deeds together was yexatious In the
extreme. However. every little tract Is
Indicated by its appropriate color. and
here as elsewhere the individual owners
may select the lines bounding their re-
spectivo holdings.
Some Hard Problems Solved.
The next step taken Is 10 the bridges
across the bay. shown by Map No. ;. the
entire portion extending from about the
middle of the property Of the Smith Cove
Land Company 20 a point up 10 and In
Guiding the bridges. From here No. eX-
tends into Gilman addition. taking in the
seattle & Montana roundhouse. No. Z
lard. and goes on 10 The Seattle city
boundary line. showing a little more of
the Great Northern and the Seattle. Lake
Rhoro & Eastern tracks. No. is note
worthy as being at the end OF the state
waterway 1t the head OF Salmon bay and
the real beginning of the canal Here Is
shown an alternative track for the Seattle
A. Montana. while a track for the Lake
Shore is made to cross the canal further
10 the East. Work here was also extreme
" troublesome because there were no
stakes &c mark tho additions. and the
whole thing. in the expressive language
OF tho engineer. was literally hanging
in the afr" peculiar discovery was
made here in this. that owing 10 an err
ror ~ al. old survey a section street was
reduced Ia width some forty feet. with
the result that some property owners who
hitherto have thought they owned a 'front.'
age OF forty feet VIII find IL cut down
90 about five feet.
The Route tn Ross and Fremont.
Rosa station comes next In order on
Map No. 9. the building occupying po-
sition ~ about the center OF the sheet.
Here the route Cor the Lake Shore Is
changed To- 4 new line about Loo feet IN
length. bending 20 the northeast and
crossing the canal ever q skew draw.
thence swinging eastward IN upon the
canal right-of-way. The proposed change
cuts through = minimum number or lots.
taking its course mostly along streets
over which vight-of-way can % obtained
BY franchise from the city. The draw
NIL he 10 feet I'm the clear
At No. 10 the submerged area entirely
disappears thu lake Shore enters the
canal right-of-wav and comes fu upon its
old track about two blocks or the Fremont
depot Tho canal has here been changed
20 a new route 500 feet 20 the south. so
that SIS north Hne passes near the burner
~ TIE Fremont mill ana lust grazes tho
Ynr1p house. II runs into nest 81 small
bnilSinrs, and then goes straight through
keliacg's tanuerv, Uudcr lease 20 Hihhard
& Norton. The building is q frame one,
and can De- moved az cost ~ $eja The
canal after leaving the shore plunges into
sixty feet % water tn Lake Union. and
thence bears stra tght away for the port
arc. No. n shows the portage. but At this
place the route has been changed from 2
curve % q straight line hearing alguos,
cue east 20 Union bay. and wtrinC ouf On.
tirclv the small canal owned by The pres
ent corporation,
small Amount OF Excavation.
The whole length o. the North canal
frcra the salt water of the Sound 20 the
de-, water Of Lake Washington. IS shogt r
~ the survey 10 be sisa feet. Tho
amount q excavation considering tho dis