The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-04
Puolie Improvements VIII Give
Work to Small Army.
CITY WILL ExPEkO $500, 900.
The Disqualification and Perfection
Of sraufe's street system Pro-
melted by the Couneii-imn nae u se
Amount of Work Already Ordered
or Fa.orabIy Gont~mpisted-te-
dar River system Plans Ready.

Public improvements TOW proposed IN taia
city. exclusive OF the construction Of the
Cedar river water system. aggregate In
estimated COS, almost ssaoa. Actual fig
ures taken from the records Ia City Engin-
Ger Thosrssons office SHOW siss.l0o worth or
improvements which will unquestlonabiy Re
made within tho next few months and ses-
srai works which are yet doubtful s"ells
the amGaut to quite $1,000. OF this %
Ser cent or si2o.evo will 70 TO tAe iaboring
men employed There Is constant work In
sight during all the working season for
a least zoo men, In this must be consld-
cred the amount OF side work enta!Ied by
every public improvement The sidewalk
ting of streets means the employment OF
numbers OF men IN repairing fences and ad-
jaceni property. bu.kheading. etc. The
laying or repairing of sewers also means
side work.
OF the amount 10 be expended b. iae cay
in beausifytng and peFfeciing the street
system. .ii920o VII 80 Into regarding. re-
planssag and side walking; $1,000 wiil so
into sewer extensions and improvements.
vntle 1909 viii lie spent Ia l@ying . water
already bel ordered ~ ordinances passed
IA the eity council under favorable
consideration before ina; body.
Cedar River ~ stem
The most extensive contemplated i'm
pgovefnent i the building OF the Cedar
river water system. involving ccst 70 the
~''Y u slseso9 and the employment oil
"a men TIE engineering department Is
al ready TO brgln Work and upon l0e com
plesion of the condemnation proceeding Ia
susiuG Gne fkshf-of-Ray, could finish the
System inside Of Two years.
fno work cn this gigantic plan divides u"
self naturally into several subdivisions as
follows. The eie4rsag 81 twents live ana
a half miles Of Firht-ofwsy, construction
OF hea.iworks Ia Cedar river. the pipe line
trench and structures from the headworas
10 the city: high service reservoir in tne
city park ani low service In the Magic
tract. water toner on top OF queen Anne
hill.
Tae headwofks viii be a low dam. or
divertlng weir. across the river 70 hold
the water steady and level at a height
Of four or five feet. The high dam pro
posed by Engineer Williams is not now IA
yorea. because OF the danger Of washouts.
At one side Of the dam Il race Will he
carried through the solid stone. and VIII
run into "a settling basin. a short distance
below the river. In this basin the sand
and gravel and foreign substances VIII
he separated aud thrown back into the
MAXI stream. only the clear, crystal
water being allowed TO enter the pipe for
it, long journey 10 Seattle
The pipe VIII have a diameter Of four
and ons-half feet and between the set
Ting basin and SwaG lake viii he made
Of nr barrel slaves. Between Swan lake
and the reservoirs steel pipe will be used
In the depressionS where the head Of
water is particularly strong. The pipe
will he about tweuty-cght miles long
Tho construction Of the two reservoirs
and water tower will require abou; D.. or
49, men. and viii he the completing con-
strucl!on Of the system.
R~grade First A,~aue.
Tho foremost street Improvement II the
year VIII ia the regarding of First ave-
nue. from Pike street "a Depot street. At
the time Of the gre&i FIRE in iS>9 First
avenue. then called From: street. was
widened by ordinance from sixty-stx Zee.
90 eighty -four feet. Many fine new build
ings have been constructed 30 the new
line while many old houses remain out
10 the OH street line. giving the avenue
q very unhlss usss-Aike and uuseemiy sp-
pcaranCe The original SHADE. TOO was
made mote FEY ths rtIuose ~ opeulag
roadway than with the teeA % establish.
ma a business thoronshfagc AL This -
u be changed in the near future The
board ~ puhlic works is ROW calling for
bids for the regarding II thc avenue 20
easy gfasiieats. The Intention r. &c m Ike
this enc or tho most beautiful roJdN asa
81 the city.
About iGAes clih.e fest Il earth are ta
b. removed. amt the cast iu Iuding aC
fncidtutals viii he over g. Hss} \ small
army 81 men az least faa. viii ha Kept
employed for several nuufits Work Is
is-tne~ 8.
Of olA najdtngs. Tho contract feg gfal
tnS vii he 1T March 10
H~nntif, the streets.
Tenders are now called for IN. coustrse-
tion of a bridge on Jackson street. h--
tween Second avenue south ana Fourth