The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-07

POWER AVID WATER.
rn~ ,ba. N. city council b taking
active stsps toward the eompietssn OF tas
Cedar river gravity system. II = s''-
,,,,~ % sna,,ire what has been TIE expert
eree ~ other cities having similar enter
| 80. q. contemplation The purpose .
-. ,.r,.v 70 supply the city q SEATTLE WIFE
water al . nlintrnurA cost, but % Gsaas1S
me water power as roscr TIE sx-
neyaeree 81 BuryaEo wsth the Niagara tails
4 OAR Of general advantage % ~ because
~ the immense cost necessary 20 Apply
IN. y,g.txs power which That body OF
water afforded There ths HsaA1rae<l-r-
ing demands already existed. AID X NA@
merely a question Of eaIcSlassoa whether
the Outlay vouEz rssalt z a AoEer esase
for horse powgr wkAeh h was Known
xa,,a b. At oaes aenan6ed- A raSzeh
bsfs@r sxansale Ger tEsz essy's purposes -
afforded b the 0gzz@n ptzar- At Og1Aa
,hers Is onIy Knitted amount CT w&1sr-
bat ths fan is 80 great that Al I'm
rnnrsa ursSxzzr. IS ytel1eG- The se-
g,se.r wfo eaAztrEcsea tAas system said
tsat n May respects TEE snsznsarsaS
ssatsrss ef sas Csys.en plant were aore
dsnscult shaa these a. Szgara- bat tia
sysssnz Is oze wh5en can be readily Gznlt-
Gated wnexe 4 ss-szzz q any H-zEEst1ee
at al eones dowE trsz TIE rzoansasns-
TIE z1nesrsns 8z-zeasxses n taz aging
q the gsTS we're veEy great and th@ essE
vastly a1zs prueaxsisEafsEy u the a7s-
tanes thzz .h@ Cedar river system ~ais
Be. Oar proposed supply Games a0wn by
easy grades. xhlss tA4r 81 Onss3e1 rEnS ia
course asses rugged canyon NaH ever
Sogzss ard through zasses Of roek- sszns
Use feet II Sunnezag havtng 70 BE- siens.
ard s1x ssssE bridges rIn aGrosz raytass
ard eAasms- Il - trse tEas TIE distance
= n1eh greater. Secaass AZ Ogden Il i
ouly abous seven CT eight miles apparent
H. wnEls eur Ans wla DC zboGt tvsnsy-
nine niles frozz the point where Little
Cedar river h 70 bs tspy@d TIE fan
Al Oxszsn i ~ feet. while eur hze uill
have = fza q al feet ~e ean therefore
sogso< she parallels q vel4Ese AID power
pretty esos@Ey.
TIE Ogzea company which has utilized
she Rocky nasgz1aIE stream. dass not n
teza ozers-x 10 suppsy Ere city with
watsr. s4s nEly w1La power. Yet il has
ia eansen 2iazioa TIE lTzssztion q ls.s,1
srres e aTable aaaAz. as 3 by-psoaaea Of
the enterprise contraets havs already
beea let for 2owsr 20 operate a0uEing
rnigis. nghting pEanss and transit COM
/ panses Pols Elnes wliI y Constructed 10
various toxas and EnlnsEg Gangs. so-e Of
the franchises h2ytns ALREADY a~sn zp-
/ plies! for.
The strong argument in fsvo< Of the
| feasibility % such a scheme r 70 Dc tezzd
in The fact Shas it has been carried al
satirsiy - private eatszPEsse. ard ros e.
q municipal coEpcTAtlon. PERHAPS tasge
should act be this diaeresce. hzt Il IS
well known that municipalities sometimes
enter upon projects without as carsfatiy
considering The cost and the probahze
proflt as an Individual who b. pusting Up
the money out Of his OWE pocket. Not
only were local capitalists induced 10 pat
their money into Il. bur Joseph Banaigan.
the millionaire Of Providence r I. after
submitting Il 10 expert engineers. aaan-
oiers and lawyers. took almost the entirg
bond issue Of Size 90
The system Is somewhat on the lines
designed b BeHezetts Williams. inasmacf
the greater part Of the way Of wood. Tn,
pipe IS enc continuous barrel Of inter.
! locked slaves. bound by hoops ~ S.ee
only fen inches apart. ard Is saturated
In crecso.e SO that II IS practically tacor
Tupsihle. AZ Is ends Is = valve capabls
Of vfthstsnding = pressure % liz pounds
operated by hyraglse pressure. From the
valve 70 the power house where the TAI
IS rapid and the pressure enormous. ths
/ PIPE IS of fine steel. Tire system viii gen.
crate 9aee9 horse power.
The resistance &c The municipality Of Sc.
attic entering uFsn such an expenditure
when times were ewn and taxes heavis:
already shan could be welt sorno. W.,
fully justified hut there IL 70 douat taat
with s. promise q Improvement II nigh
become very desirable as To the wate.
supply sud very profitable as 10 the mo.
tive power, when sfr. Williams. IN fsa
advised the building Of the Cedar river
system AZ = cost o.; including tke sysler
q distribution. si.TsS SIS. re vas ealcula,
ing IN the necessities ~ city a - on
He estimated that IN Ten years the rom
lation q Seattle would be a least "a 800
and IN six ycars-thst would b this vsa-
III rrtght r~aeh fNaaoo. whe= Il would neet
sooo 40 or 1eoea ~ gallons day. ana. n.
added. by that tluae money can doubles.
be bad 60 carry out the Cedar river Plan. -
TIE SIX wears have gone ~ and We havs
not reached The - aao mark. bat the pros
Fect csDee. ally with the legislation unao,
sghsea 80 city can Operate. seems "a
Justify entering upon an enterprise which
spart frora see question OF cost. vvau,8 an
cuesf'anaoIy - Of immense adyaataxe Z.
the city.
THE sEsNSTE's rNnIgsfErx.r
ACTION.