The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-05
Stone distributed over a distance of. .4ssz
Improved Coaaision % the Mar.

mo survey was made of the bar this
year, but for the past six months pilots
and bar tug captains have repeatedly spok-
bar. These statements ! have verified by
a personal inspection. They have inform
ed me that the main ship channe; instead
az II crosses the har makes straight ont %
sea. or nearly due west from the harbcr
throat. Twenty~one 10 ;wen;y-hve feet OF
where a year ago the msximnm depth 81
high water ranged from nueteen 10 twenty
two feet This reduced to mean low water
10 Grsys harnor a. about OUT fourteen feet. In
June. iNN. the governing depth Was about
eleven feet unaues1sonabiy. the Jettly has
already had most beneficial effect on the
'sThe highest observed tie during the
year was In December. i&S. which Was
lA43 feet; the lowest observed tide vas in
June. 1879. which was l.3o feet. making the
total range of tide observed Is ~ feet. The
floud current in the vicinity Of the tetty -
very strong. II PUSHES between the plies
four to five miles ard away toward the
barber throat. Al ebb tide the current.
though strong. r. sluggish In comparison
sn the f n s' 81 @ Nssr The n ossr eaa
flows In more southwesteriy direction.
Imporsass Changes Produced
Trustee spit. In the vicinity Of the ut
~. at low water 10 one vast sand-aiteh
with lagoon IN the center OF N. where
Canoe channel formally ran The north
spit seems 10 be wearing away On tts south
side. and a new channel about f00 feet
wide appears 20 run east and wees. isvsi-
ins the north rpst This channel. II II essi-
mated. has q depth Of from ave 20 six feet
The average depth OF water on the south
spit ~ the piles are driven IN In four
feet: the averase depth Of water Into
and one-half feet; the average scour -
three and one-haif feet. Quite On area ~
sand. bare At low water. shows up tn 40
vance and north OF the ltn> Of ie4ty.
Early In June, 1894 4 forty-tofs stan.l-
ard FaiYhankr ratiYa ad track seaie was
erected on q siding located south Of the
. south main line track All wesssos.nd ress
carloads Of rock weighed The empty
cars are weighed from time 20 time. usual
ly after each barge g nniosdet or az fire.
quensfy as IL deemed necessary BY de-
ducfing the tafs Of the empty ears from
the gross weight the actual tonnage Of
stone r. arrived AZ
Whenever the state Of the water VIII
permit Of reliable measurements ssf the
cargo % che barge " not mixed nsrtf-h ani
stonst the draft % the barees IL taken and
many instances the xefxht as calculated
ty displacement. and weighed Sas, iif-
fer only by few TONS Al other sffnse
when the CONDITIONS un6er which fhe arafs
~ the barge was taken v.rsssnot fsvershls
the difference was great ies frns
In all cases the amount Of rock acrsunfed
for was thar Indicated by the sales TIE
scales have h~en IN perfect working order
ever since they we're see ep. causing no
dlsy or bother shats*er.
Early IN Saveusser ts~ IL va. oh.wrg-
FL that considerable scas1r had occurred
~ the wharf when IN placse =ss great
az sixteen feet. Tnt~ nss caused 90 1osss.s
.y ne sns.r r 70. ?, .'a sassr a.s
Of loaded barge IN the slip. mattress
AZ brush Eve feet Thick ard vel wsixnfes
~iih rick vas sorssruesed argHHi the
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