The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-05
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fl took the dirt away or let II stay there
Il would De flying In the face Of a court
order.
But since Mrs. Smiths house has been
moved hack from the face o. the pFecIp-
itoas cliff where for A time x threatened
almost daily TO toppie over. the superior
court Injunction has been dissolved
Meanwhile the big hill has been sllding
az Il never did before. II seemed irnoued
..-sth the idea thar all SEATTLE was getting
a rsw move on and that IL behooyed IL
not 10 tie a whit behind. The city. freed
from The injunction. has been al WORK
clearing away the dirt and perhaps this
has helped the hill 10 slide.
Engineer Jhom.on's Plan
city Engineer Thomson row comes Tor
ward with a plan. embodied In a previous
report Of his. by which to stop the slide
AS reported 70 the council. it is as follows:
finder date OF September n / had the
honor OF forwarding. in compliance with
resolution No. lis. report touching the
Yesier way sliie. This report was accom-
panied by three detail sheets delineauns
a proposed plan OF Improvement and also
hy an estimate Of the cost Of such I'M
provement exclusive Of the cost OF real
estate necessary 10 be condemned TO carry
said improvement TO completion in the
sum OF sig 40 This report and estimate
were promptly referred TO proper COM
rnitfee This committee has rot yet re-
ported upon the same. The slide, how
ever. instead Of awaiting such report. mas
greatly accelerated it's movement. Within
the past month the injunction OF Mary ID.
Smith. prohibiting the city from removing
any earth within Yesler way. was dis
solved, and In compliance with the order
of the hOnora bic United States court, the
board Of public works has kept the street
clear. so as 10 allow the operation OF the
cable railway The expense for this work
during December was s2ss15. The appear
ances are that the cost of keeping said
roadway clear during the remaining win
ter months, that Is TO say. January. Feb
ruary and March VIII aggregate about
$500. or including December. sl.l00. After
having made this expenditure We will be
no further along than we were al the be-
ginning of the work and each succeed
ing winter must necessarily prove but
repetition. There Ia a strong proba bility
that the expenditure at this time Of a con-
siderable amount of money would so
sustain this earth as to keep the street
open during the life of the piles to be
driven, say, for a period of seven or
eight years. The number of piles indi-
Gated on the plan Is |05. A considerable
number OF these will fall on private prop
erty. II will be practically Impossible to
sustain this street without going upon pri-
vate property. both for the purpose OF
driving piles and for the purpose of con-
structng drains. That being true. and it
being also true that the United States dis
triet court has declared il 10 be our duty
TO keep the street free. believe ii TO be
good policy on the part of the city TO at
once proceed TO condemn such private
property for public uses. probably for park
purposes. and to forthwith proceed to
drive all the piles shown as necessary in
my report Of September 90 and also to
construct some Of the drains necessary for
relieving the surface. An expenditure Of
about s5.a00 will be necessary to do any
thing satisfactory upon this work some
part OF which ought, In my judgment TO
I've borne by the Seattle City Railway
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