The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-06
TO BEGIN IN MARCH.
Capt Symons Talks Of the South
Canal and Tide Flats
rRsDaERs READY TO BRING.
Improvements Of Harbars-- " exk
- xaquina Bay.

cart Thomas W. symcnA e the en-
gineer corps. United States army, arrived
In tho city from Portland yesterday. Capt
Eymons Il engineer for the Seattle e.
Lake Washington Waterway Company
ard Is here to meet the st. Louis cspi-
taiists. who viii arrive here tomorrow.
He will be ready to explain the engineer
ing features OF the waterways. the fill
ing in OF the tide fats and the digging
OF the canal to tia visitors who are to
furnish the money with which this work
Is to be done. He said:
1T viii taks month or six weeks to
get the dredges from Olympia and Port
land here. The work OF improving the
harbo- at Olympia ought to be COM
pleted by February Is. and the drcdge In
use there could then be brought to SEAT
tie and put to work by March /. The
dredge at Portland will have to be boxed
up SO that 1t can stand the voyage on
the ocean. It might otherwise be
wrecked. should the weather he stormy
or course. the question Of beginning the
work viii depend on the action OF the
capitalists from St. Louis. They will
doubtless be ready to allow the work to
proceed II they find. after investigation.
that everything is satisfactory. The
party viii be accompanied by Col. Flad, a
member OF the Mississippi river COM
mission Col Fiad stands very high as
an engineer and Is a sort OF dictator in
the profession In the valley OF the Mis-
sissippi'
In speaking about the harbor at obua-
pia Capt Symons said: olympia now
has very good harbor. The old long
wharf. which vessels landing at Olympus.
were compelled to use at low water. tas
rot1ed down. but there Is no longer. any
need OF It. A channel has been drx~axed
out as far as The Fourth street bridge
In the heart OF rhe city. There is no de-
posat OF slit In parts OF the ch@nrsei which
were dredged out two years ago. and
therefore the Improvement viii be per-
nSanent- Vessels can now reacl. che
Fourth street bridge at ed stages OF the
tide
In speaking abort the Improvement OF
Swsanpanhsn slouSas Capt. Syuons said:
We expect 20 get to work ON this i'm
provement some time In March Congress
has appropriated s., 900 for It The inten-
ton Is TO deepen the channel 20 that
small vessels can go BY the inside route
at any stage OF the tide. This will en-
able steamers to avotsf ane outside route.
which Is sometimes dangerous. The I'M
provement win consist Of Dredging ana
dfke-buik1ng; the iaitter to defiect TIA
water and kesu the channel clear when
once opened.
I'VE have been formulating the plans
Tor the improvements CT Grays narbor.
which via be submitted to congress
shortly. We were ordered 10 DO the work.
The Improvement con,enpIates a jetty to
control the water on . plan similar to
that adopted In the Columbia river. and
Which has proven so efficient there.
The government engineers have not
abandoned YaQuina harhor. as has been
reported. They are Simply through with
the work there The harbor Is in as good
a condition as the natural forces and con-
dstions at the consnanu OF man VII, aslpw,
e 20 be. The natssraa forces ee work VIII
not nsaintain q deeper channel than ffere
- there now. II b q very fair coas-insr
harbor, with from twelve to fourteen feea
of water at low tide. II viii be in,pcssd
ble TO make Il q lsarbor for deep sea YES
sets with a draft OF from twenty-two ,o
twenty-esght feet. There are enormous
masses OF moving sand and the forces OF
nature say so far shalt thou go and 70
farther The government has dons ali
that Is possible 10 do 30 improve the har-
Dor at Yaquina. It has made a splendid
coasting harpor there. but no foreign deep
water ships VIII be ever able 70 go In
there