The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-14
Company IL Ready to Place lts
Underground Conduits.
HOW THE WORK IS TO BE DONE.


The details CO tks plans - tAs sHnsst
Telephone ard TeiegYaps carnpary fssr 'as
abolition o. IRE 1nssxistiy system 81 aerssi
cables nsw IN use In sea.tis. ard he sg.y-
ssstsl!oa of a sTstem of unasFs f3daa roa~
Quits fer carrying he thousands % teis-
phone wlres fforl all parts Of tae city 20
she company PROPOSED new central efsee
biIssing GA Talf6 avenue. near Seneca
street. have now bssn fluffy arranged. and
IN less gsan ten days the work ~ pacing
lhs wires underground vi.I be begun.
Superintendent 81 Construction +. n.
nFown. xho has charge og the work. II row
In the e.ty. end has maze complete nr-
rangemsnss for everything. and o9ly the
formal ratificaslsn e. the cansgsny's plans
by tie csfy council IS now waiting TIE
underground cable system Itself will COS,
DO, leas than sa.ea ara lss sns,aliatlon
will employ about fifty men for eigh,
r;onihs, GfoaHd has besn broken for the
new building. aaa n wlIl pfo5ahy be
completed hy ihai time. II vii e5Ss from
sis.1o to IS go exclusive % the nsw APP
paratBs Altogether not far from ssno CSC
wlIi have been expended when the whole
work is completed and the telephone sys-
tenn Of Seattle placed on par with that
OF San Francisco ard etasr large cities
Map of the ssstem.
The map af the underground system
shows that The main c0ndgif VIII be laid
en- Third avenue from the south margin
Of pike street - Yezlsr way with smaller
condulsS divesg.ag az University. spring
and Marion streets. running west 10 Rail-
Rad avenue, ard at Madison street. run
ming ssss 20 Tsnih avenue. Al yssier way
the eonduH v 80 feFE. nne branch running
wess 10 Fifth aveuae south. and south on
that aysngs Sc Jaeksau street aad ne
o;ner running down Yesler way 10 Wes.-
ctr asena@ Tits arrangement ~ the COR
duifs viii eSssf fhe entire business per-
ton Of she city. and entirely 10 away with
overhead eapssa 81 'isaas
The cendultz WtiI not as many have sup
passed. hs merely large clay or concrete
pipes That system has been tried ana
found almost worthless Mr.. EFewu says
the gias Or spRctete he.nx = conductor Of
eisctricsy and aila@tng the current lost
from street railway AMI inaet pants 81
ruin TIE insulsitou Ct the cables IN 40
time, ga the contrary. ths c.nluts viii
fiber pipes. fbrpe iHches IN diameter each
carrying oae cable and laid IN bundles TN
saiia concrete. Tie fslmts % she small
pipes VIII b sucA saat t3th tie inside
aad onsede ag the HIpss wili he absolute
" smooth, ara render il :mpossible 70. the
easla 10 i'erome iotilegi.
Pipes an Handles.
Leaving the central sta ion. The conduit
nsrta 70 Pike street vii cansla, Of twenty
Ak q these snaal, fiber pgpez. ard going
south OF lAiFty-six as far a. Spring street.
where faus VIII be led wee. A. Madiso,
street ten saore viii ho dsve-ted runn as
east TO Tenth avenue, ~ Marion street
four a1ore will leave IL. maiu. running
west. and a. Cherry street eight TIE re
na!uiug tea iapUs AL continue down
Thlrd avenue 30 IesleF way where ore
half of t7ltm Wt.i go dawn tie ss8n8e and
che others up &c Fifth aveaue sauih where
o7.e will be dropped. sBa tbs remaining
three pipes ctptloaed dewI 10 Ia kson
As the ili@rsg ettaH 3 each stree. there
viii hc a waWHole Tsgs an The prEasIpa,
CROSSINGS hetpR ~ feet. and elsewhere
ssa, hliile Of solid htisk masonry arrhca
over aud protected bF i rast iron Ever
z,efEhsng fretu Ga 80 sN tsa,.~.fv re
system Will practically ias1 fore e. asa fhe
concrete poured afenna toe pes harden.
almost 70 stone, ANT absolutely prafrr:s
the exterior ~ 'he lutte i3lef psp~s 4 m
ait ard aisturT.
Through eaeh 81 these smsU fiber ,ig.es
block by lss ; oS an 5Hseulcus +para.la
the eaa-eefvered ksefss Nsli Is. drawn
Each .aa's "A = te what is called . '-is3-
pair ca1,ie airing s0 sePars,n s:t~.
Insulated with seft pspeg 3nd buuHa issfe
q arnf 6uuate, hAb palr % these wires
constitute tAe c.rr-at Joe one telephone
the in@alei.7s az oee wlre being ea.ored red