The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-28
CEDAR RIVER WATER PLANT
COPIES OF CONTRACT AND sPECT-
FfCAT1oxs CIRCULATED BY CITY.
Make Up Pamphlet at seventy
Pages. Containing Every Possible
Detail OF Interest TO the Con-
tractor - lnterestaug Ftwurcs.

The printed copies Of the contract and
Specifications scr the new Cedar :.vsr
water system. now being distributed by
Secretary oiesou 20 prospective Niadess'
show lahorlous and palns;aking walk ON
the part ef tie city engineers office aau -
: neat piece Of printing. They make up -
pamphlet OF seventy pages which contains
every poss BILE detail of interest 10 the eon-
tractor IL the genera! peaAie cSeio tsad
these new idea would Ire ga.ssd as -
LIS. enormous magnitude of iAs bTsJsstSx
improvement. The Enaia items az COR
sg.ncsaou are as fellows; HeaSwoTks On
Cedar rlver. consisting az disertInx wesr-
81 intake canal ssss feet aong. AID a So X
Ting aasia, pressure Fiie 10 tae ,slisr
inches IN diameter and "a miles IosfS. y.
which "a mites ara 20 lie OF EsNets1 stees
and - miles slave aiiee banded Win siest
hands haf an lnch ia diameter. hs1is
service reservoir in the city, with ca
paelty of is,JeAsp9 saiiSns, and low ssrv.
Ice reservoir WITH a capacity az Ns"Hu1
gallons. al auxiliary high ssrsiee steer
ssasdp.Ese. ~ feet In diameter and - feeb
high, incass1 IN concrete; \ pumping h'sil
10 The ssandpipe. IS 20 feet Of f.-saca Pipe
and 2.eoo feet OK is-incn pipe: stave pipe
cofinsetiag the reservoirs, % inches II ui-
AfnoteF and one nise ioag, besides S,~ss
fee; waste pipe from reservoir. Ftvettd
s.eai pipe. So inches Ia diameter and s.SD
feet long. connecting low service reservoir
with distributing system; tsf.aH' cubic yards
Ni SAttNAtiNB III StsahAlF@ NtEAAA ssfN4
channel; Gearing r-gh;-af-wsy, coI1strus-
lion OF dam and connections NJ swan lakes
two gate houses With valves. eic-
The reader must b~sr IN mind that. each
Of these items involves r vast deA. OF Ffa-
ferial as we'll as construction work For tn
sfauce. at swan lake apaut fifteen acres
IF land are TO he cleared around the shore,
a trench - 20 bts excaVaIcd and a tunnel
driven through the ridge. and a dam Is 10
be built across the out.et OF the lake, with
a finished top width OF twenty feet aud
containing about 2,t.a cubic yards 81 earth.
The specifications Tor this one section show
the following items: Fifteen acres OF
clearing: 2.eoe cubic yards Of earth In dam,
mo cubic yards excsyating. trench; S."D
cubic yards excasati1g. tunnel, Ss2,ee feet
of lumber in tunnel; nea feet Of lumber
in cribs and gate chamber: 90 pounds OF
wrought iron bolts and rods: 1850 linsst
feet OF p.ling: li5.ooe feet Of lumber In
slaves. i.esS pounds Of steel in bands. ono
wooden gate, with hosting gear. four cop
per wire screens, one frame gate house.
And all this Is bat one section OF the work
out OF Atty.
Some of the other totals are, OF course.
far greater. In the wooden st2ve Pipe
2Sgs,0sS feet Of lumber viii be required.
and s.AS0.oso pounds of steel In the bands
which are 10 girdle the stave pipe. Most
OF the steel pipe is TO he half an inch thick
and all Of Il is 10 he e Inches in diameter.
This part OF the pipe Will be O. miles. or
81. $50 feet long. In the gate house and
chamber at the high service reservoir in
the city there will be s2@a pounds OF
twisted steel rods. fa.s*a pounds uf steel
plates and 3d. coo pounds Of special castinga.
In the metal work for the stand pipe on
of steel plates and 1880 pounds Of steel
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