The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24

destination. OF this amount 1900 horse
power viii be furnished TO Seattle and
1000 to Tacoma.
Machinery Now at work.
The machinery now In pace is, of
course. merely a construction plant, but
It Is made up on just as thorough a scale
as though 1t were to form part of the
permanent power plant Most of it is set
on the natural rock foundation which juts
out boldly into the stream about 800 feet
above the fails. This foundation is an
advantage with which the company
starts. and one which 1t might have taken
many thousands of dollars to put In place
by artificial means II il, OF course, on
the south side of the river. and is within
a few feet OF the track of the Seattle &
international railroad, though consider
ably below IT'S level. The task Of lower
Ing the heavy machinery down the side
or the steep slope from the railroad was
OF itself by no means !nconsderahle Just
east OF the rocky ledge on which the ma
chinery rests, and half way up The slope
10 the railroad, is another natura for
nation Of which the company is taking
advantage. II IS Ii level bench forty or
fifty feet wide. on which is placed the
rock crusher which is 70 take the misses
Of stone as they come frour the blasts In
pieces, which will be used in making the
concrete dam across the stream. The con-
Ven'eut location OF this bench will be
seen better from a moments inspection
than from column Of description. The
stone which Is brought UP from tile main
shaft by the hoist is carried up into a
tower Immediately over the shaft. whence
It viii be carried to the crusher by simple
gravity. when IL is properly ground NJ
q mill Will ~. I'd ia,
bins. Along the waters edge immediate
" underneath these track will be- laid
ont 20 and alongside the dam. Crushed
stone from the bins can be dumped Inn
Uediafely on cars on this track and from
them dumped directly on tire dam.
With eli this in view. Il viii be interest
ing 20 note that the company has now In
p!ace ard at work two big tubular eco
nonic boilers OF I25-horve power each
with two excellent feed pumps; q mag
rificsnt air compressor which runs the
fifteen drills that are deivirg into the
Sold rock a. the mouth OF the shaft and
TIE equally solid rock ~ the mouth OF
TIE tunnel below the falls. with capacity
fer taking in $50 cubic feet Of air Ser
ul3nute fifteen drills which are run bv
this compressed air engine: hoisting
engine which is 10 Eft the vast tonnage
90 stone that VIII come from the shaft
t3at goes down Tperpeniieuiarly - depth
81 10 feet through soisd rock and wa.re
= eight fseg Wide and TWENTY-FIVE fest
long: connected with this hosting enefr.
3 cage. which runs UP and down the
shaft acting "a huge freight elevator
~ which the mnekers and hlasfers 90
down 20 their work and OH which the big
masses OF stone are brought 10 inss NJ
tower; rock crasher. located as a ready
described; ffsT-fcct toger Immediately
above the shaft. into WHO'S sne hetzssae
engine carries tAe sgoas brought ,ea g~s~-s
tas shaft: and sinking psifnn. ready 20
ee giacssi down ~ s'fn shafG - ag M, ~-.-
ans water that may aay unza.4ta therein
The air compressor - sas.ATy.ess.1s Know.
as class A" Of the tnzsrsa.G - rasssrsf
patent, and has a1l tie latest improve
nsants. IL makes uinesv-fas4r rexassa4loas
- minute. ard saeA revelation sucks in