The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

tie psopse Of aAls cisy wsls ~ drinking ard
bathing sa the rsear aatey * e,sslss aver
AID enjoying sssEsea ffan Gre IL 80 sazaess
water sgs;euss to h. Eouss IN NE wegl1
Fsw people whe base 2s0t vaxsfe9 ahf eify
hal and ssssgs tie fHtaxsor o. fsss city engi-
nearing department esa appreciate ts.@
sready application &C expert sabor wssca
has been pSss ar the usaEss aEsz s.sgsaaea-
tons for TIE sss9sIn- Evarg sesais II the
wogk ha<~ ssen under tsse G5re1s per-
soslai supervision OF ssssy Eng1Tsaer r IT.
Thomson. and he rae besu allied salst.n "a
ex~vssse saa h.g1sss; Judgment ~ wastsfa ats
prrsesasua Is eAgssb1e. TEsat gsa iaaEraens
bias heen equal 70 requirements 3 sssaaasn
IN The ufaqgEa&stsf5 admiration eAagesSgs1 fy
evil engineers ard contractors wsa have
ssuessi the plans ana tas2este2 tAe
ground.
Twenty years aso. when Seattle boassed
= population 81 $50 seals. J. III. Whit
worth. then esty sgseiaser. recommended
the CITY to astasss Rock eT~~as 81 a soalres
o. HaSgr ssegass. with Gesl4r river as q
auxiliary. Ten yeats later gssh f19saga-
ton .ncfeasea tented. Eeaizsste N.}.sagns
recommended tia adoption Ok seaAr river
~ sa- sossres ~ ssgppsy with Rock sree6
~ ar auxiliary. TIE teeofgnlentlattoa q
Mr.. Williams sas acted usAas8, and tbs eity
e. Seattle to-day owns about tao saies of
Tire channel of Cedar river aass a aaartsF
OF Fsft2A 81 the CfsaSfsE4 81 ksSeEk h.
AREA Of WATERSHED.
The area q tAe q watershed & fAs RIVER
IL comparatively small ard mevo Il not ter
the excessive rIegiasia tiaa %. ihks climate
Il wssla ncs pa cos=xasrea sufficient 70
presserly ssirpss a city og sssis stYs ~
Seattle Ia expsessd - b@. The egttss t'aaar
river watershed embraces approximately
2ig square miles Use atseisarea frern this
watershed r. almost ssEeofnpseh@mzs be IN
ssneuut though varsfsE widely w3th the
Different as~sfss, n graphs diagram fur
nAraset by The catT sgsinsey showing tie
cisesaafge pann.tsg fae CITY intake het seen
Aagsssr 1856 ard Js1y. iss~ snaseats1, The
average fssYs - 81 between go sssl as3 amI
esaes san gallons per 3ay, VITA 4 minimum
ss asssoh~V lss9. af bat hss5e moge 1ssn
lsl.esfss cations fss a#x. sad gsss xiEaurn
Ia SessmeeF. 1ssss. sc :. 80 ~ so gallons
per day.
Giving ~aeA .nhAb,ssanf att average eoss-
ssafrspfssss ef lfe gallons per aas. . eaFsfgi
sasssaHsisssg of The discharge from s,sas
watershed wasaie Favu1ss fssrseient water
for g psnsssasson Il from saa9tsn 10 s asa gsga
peopse. TsIa s8less@ailng c&n Ae aerou-
rsshss ~ the n<e 81 a storage fsHa rxa{r az
Essa sake- whasB fae City ss1s Owns Ana
ghscks HES ofa F7e fSssl@ ~ the psgs@ Tine.
about hire miles neloN che fzySut Il IN
saka.
According II Mc Williams st.soy,. the
expenditure 81 a afmaff sums ef money
wesaAa enable s~an Issts - lsa improved SO
"a - ssspoaaa s9tgsetsaf wafer "a furnish
tie ese during extreme s1xy w@Stre -
csasss Ra!igsss pey 1aY fsr ssx months or
Sasss Ass3 EallEss~s gsr 4g<y tar taTse months.
TEE aesssssity Is <aeA IN Impending fes-
~vse3r w1th tae ssresesst fsoEsasaisps4 IS aos-
wSes 3 fsatfef sgr t2se fs2Egrv
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contemplate thr As-.y eelsveey 81 =, .s' as.s
sssioss~ sfesn Cys52F river s}gssrs - ts'sY
rssrk -eaervesv Alza taa tsass5s.sa a4s-
charge AZ @.ass go sas3ass s3av is4sa swan
lake, % s~ e4iles afssg in ease ~ asset.
tens.
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TIE rosst * tnsske Is ahaa+ az miles
stSsxe tgsc staten - Marie VALLEY and
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