The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-15
POINTS IN IT'S FAVOR
Many Advantages 10 Be Gained
by the South Canal.
Brief Summary Of What Waterway 90.
VIII Bring Alroute-~esttie the
Greatest Port.

TITS sdp1n axes 70 1e derived from ne
eoa.h canal ard tide Lard is4prvsYs srss,7s Is
sssuaa~s4pszxea ~ se9e Seattle ard I.ss@
" asklsfxf0a Wa1exwag c0w3psany. are
sreasay assd more xarssss than the aver
age nran has aay coneeptIoa %. even II
b. 9evotss 8 COOL DEAF 81 Nhoaagnt 20 me
sab5ect To @xgiaAa them ali IN DEAL
aoaId occupy a great slsal 81 ssssa1e, o3t
shey may BE briefly sagnm 4rszs2 as fol
loss.
L The creation ~ an area - f.szs ascTss
~ feys4 sand 8sF~stIy l5assiiug tz4e hos
knfsss center 81 Ehe city. aalaHeaf 81 deep
ss4ser and al sbe railroads ~ aa - Pc
yerfea5lg adapted for manufactures.
saNmills aad wholesale houses. shipping
eQs,sss ahspaa ~ sea ana - the 4nteFsor
~ an5.
Z Al 8ncraase ~ FIVE miles In me water
ffssatage 81 the ely. giving "A toeal ~
st3srseen miles on ssse SSossnd shore. nneas-
1gf4ag aloFsg tke saEa,yr lines afsd aatsr-
Mas.
Z TIE Enprovenenx 81 she hart,or OF
a sysre8naabc plan - as 20 make Il oil al
the requirements Of modern commerce.
chief among which are direct and speedy
connection 6es Teen ensp and RAIL- and
wlsarves a. walsh me largest SHIPS can
load and uplead cheaply and rapidly
without gotag into dock.
{ The removal ~ the preseht unsans-
NtFasfAts&stA 81 kAAF fftNr &afFfW
D. discharged a. high water lime 70 spread
Out a. io9 tide AMI foster IN the sun aud
evolve TscsSssfaolfa gasE Win tle hafs
filled IN sewers ean BE- carried through 81
aREp waSer III the waterways and oa the
laF3or Iiae. aslere the sewage wll be
Swept oaE 20 seA b. the tlda3 currents.
winch aet as natural diAsufsctant. The
barge sewage area an the bake front and
sn the Ttalnfer valley. Nhtsb now d.s~
charges Into the lake. w.ll ne drained
tnso sewers running alsus the bernes NJ
the canal. which b&seo.s sfe Rainaer val
ley At It's i9we~t p8ns
j. The parslestion 81 the waaer OF Lake
Washing toa hy making the summer level
IS permanent ieFei. and kn1is causing
t'adsxr river - akN4ys discharge iato II.
Tbs w0nld maze the canal practically
az eNsefls III IT CEDAR river to she Sound.
aud - waters could b. used for a gray
iiy supply On sshe filled hand.
& The preHeTf ion ~ foods TN the White
bgwasn.Ah and Black river valleys and
Squak slough by reducing the permanent
lsTpa % Lake Washington and daverttrg
Cedar flver into st. yflus relieving the
channel % tie uawasnish at food times
tbs would rcesiit IA retaining large
areas OF aErioui,urai land in tsaese vial
lHs, whssll are now sissnaerxgd half the
year. and also wolild reclaim a large
area around the shores uf the lake
I The creation Of afxIndaut level area
where railroads can establish their ter
1fs4fisals and meet ships or ghe same level.
$ The opening or tile great body OF
fresh water Ia Lake Washington with
al aggregate frontage IL eighty miles
- ocean commerce. This would be free
from the tereio and tides. saving great
~ si coat Of wharvez and cleansing shlsss
Of marine groA tbs
y The immense saving 30 wharf own-
erwafta persons having structures on ebe
tide Hats through doing away wish the
ravaSes OF the teredo. the naiwagr,iss7l
Waterways being suppl5ed With fresh
water wflssh would flow uorthwaFd along
tfae existing water front
10. The opening % the land along tba
chores Of Lake Washing ton for snAnslfae-
turing purposes. with ship and ran CON
neetbon
IL Tho opening OF Lake Washington as
u grsstt storage basin for logs. which
can he dumped Into by all ra arssas4s
touching ~ shores and will be free f-rn
aa7Asge bF the teresio or storms as N
s'e Sound. and fr.sn damage by ffcss.gs
sts ~ ne rivers. Even u A fsoogn shoutd
PC i'fpken. the hogs could he easily re-
.s'serssi, while la she Sound they srstta
tEs sNepf out to sea and honals~aSsv t.sxt
\ me establishment of saeer ss-aus-
5ssfFAs4on from rlle shores ~ Lakes Ng,sa-
aagton and samsnamlsll for arrs.ulta,r.,t
AM mineral products and lozvs from fh.,
.a1A country 70 ,he Sound The lower
ING OF Lake Washington will make {, -
STOLE Tor the farmer - load ~ r,y,.,,,,,s
utFeet from a barn on the shore =,
steamer on The lake
~ The laying hare OF a ~trin along H.
lan@ front ny Che lowering 81 fhn yxsat.,.
OF which driveway san ~ esla bl{abs1 -
49, VeSs extending along the canal
A"ss8f'ta 80 t4e business sectsfss OF the s,ft,,
~ The retaining lu essnpse,t Shane -,
siirectly connected. az an he So -. -
sa4ltfe%-taa oil water frsslf n,fyray,is1
waterways. canal afd l4kp~au hsan..
CLOSELY adjacent "a the present business
center 9''''ssS
= The Immediate advantage "a "a
saaafd by rsu'tfug into practical s,fY~~.
.t'e tN'f%tt'fit pltf designed hy Engineer
hesne ana adopted oy the tale lana arr
pralssrs. -
Seattle would be brought "a the
fNtft8 as ~ suitable poaas for "a tf.l,.,si4
tnE, having abundant frontage on f,,sb
water with as@~3as fo tho eaeean aud ba,-
ing All The materials a. htr s-st.-s
= ne certainty fhat lake " as sinefon
vsotsid - 'sNss1 hy the raeernnaae a. /
rendezvous for the Psetflr craa, se',,f
ron and for aerohsut vessels iatt 80 -,
the coast "' "'
- The ere%Gto0 az facilities fnr h,,th4
iHE tFy ssp,~ks ~ minimum s,o0t afon~ tha
StuaA the hheye'e'e in level between th4
lake @ad she Soand afprttag an opi,ar.
tun4ty g0F the caost f1as~ttata ~ "a Ar, DOH
operated isy gravity and capable If 10. =
ans "a veSse8 drawing twvuty-esehi lee,
81 water.
fA The grsvaf lnfireeg atvaneaxe thr,s,r4,
sstVeyt3ssnz Seattle fhts wssrl3 oyer atart-e
enc caitre progress ~ the vssrk us IL E~t.,l
aeeFt. And thFtatch the hlrh ssfaHgst,.s 3