The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-30

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Two steamers OF the stern wheel type.
with an aggregate gross tonnage Of
seventy-one tons and maximum draft OF
nve and one-haif feet, were engaged in
the tranic on the river and 200 passen-
gers were carried.
Accompanying this report OF Capt. Tay-
lor's 10 one from Mr.. Eugene Ricksecker
the assistant engineer. Mr.. Ricksecker
left Seattle on the 5th Of August for
Newport. Wash. by way OF the Great
regarding men. supplies. transportation,
etc: for the work in hand. He returned
as far as spokane on the 9TH. where bids
were received. for furnishing materials
at that place. and where additional mar,
were secured for the party. After having
completed the arrangements for shipping
port and embark the men on the steam
er Volunteer and the outfit by q barge
towed By the steamer Red Cloud. on
August Is There was but one accident
location OF the work. this being the break
ing of the Red Clouds machinery. which
compelled tie up for the night at the
canyon.
Camp was established on the right hank
OF the river at the entrance Of the cam
water. The work in hand contemplated
, Hnow rem 40 q fsrtair points Of rqsk
that projected into the river from the can
After the completion OF some prelin-
mary work IN the building OF trail along
one. wall OF the canyon from the camp.
formed BY plank ten inches IN width,
canyon. by iron brackets Tho south
Until this trail was finished. the work
was reached by long detour from the
summit OF portion Of the ledge forming
supplies being let down 20 the work by
rope from clin some 200 feet above the
water.
During the higher stages OF the river.
the current was confined In the canyon
and steamboating between Newport and
the canyon was considered easy but
as It neared the low stages. steamboats,
quarter OF q mile OF the canyon.
Rock was removed by hand. the chief
dimculties encountered being from Jump
holes The former 90" "ccurr o p spnny
during the latter part of the season.
hut whether from cold or from the re-
ARRANGEMENT OF the molecules" says Mr.
Ricksecker. ''of steel due to constant
hammering, ! know not. I incline to the
latter. II was noticed, however, that
when har OF steel had been branded
with stamp the break occurred on that
element OF letter that was perpendicu-
lar to the axis OF the bar. II would
seem advisable, therefore. to suggest to
the makers of drilling steel that they
stamp their wares only at the extreme
end OF the bar and never In the middle"
The remedy for the crumblinR holes was
, 20 p,n e me ne IN, me arlvins 2, short piece
the troublesome rock. The holes wero
fired electrically by n battery. nifty holes
being connected In one circuit on several
The FIRST drilling was done on point
a, and the exposed rock fred on the
sth 81 December. The. outer section OF
the ledge was removed three feet. and
the upper portion OF the remainder hack
70 the line OF the Improvement has been
broken up. II is believed that most. II
covered hy the next high wafer Six
hundred and atty cubic yards OF rock
were removed, and 2sSo cubic yards re-
and the balance composed OF boulders.
At point "B" there was removed l. ~
cubic yards. the average depth OF rock
the case with point a" the higher or
snss,,ueanergsd portion 90 Box canyon was
drilled IN August while the trail was be-
again on November 4 al which time az
but the last eight feet OF the oufergnr1at
portion OF the point was nnsusmerged.
and sred. but not before the water ecr,,4
Tnenced TO rise This done, the force waa
transferred back 10 the island for stue
returned second time. when a second
section o. f0rgy-f0ur holes was drilled
This section and the third section aha
holes vere done IN August. we're fired On
December n. closing the season tn.
outer Two sections we're blasted two and
ore-haf faet below low water resnov
ing 80 cubic yarfs Had there hNst,
time tho lowest woali have been drilled
deeper. and ihe results would have been
egrseePoneinxiy greater.
Portions az the island points 'sf,'' ana
b. we're begun August D. THIS was
reached from point -. b. 4 row boat ara
was exceedingly dangerous BY reason az
the whiripools and the trearherolss cur
rent, and On this account the foot bridge
previously referred To vas built This
quarter inches diameter Manila rnfe
securely fastened Al both enas. from
which a foot walk az cedar poles. one
aid on each side. covered with cedar
shakes. supported on three-tnch diameter
noor beams three feet long was sss-
pended BY Manila ropes Of two and a
hAlf inches atamcser. placed about ten
only repairs necessary were made sew
sret days after the erection IN takirx
y tire slack IN the rope-two or three
hour work At tire end of the SEASON
this bridge Was removed
The rock was removed "a four benches
on each point. The upper tHp benches
were removed about fourteen feet verti-
caily. the lowest governed BY the
stage 81 water. being about nine feet
sach The rock was drilled about four
feet below LOW water and the lowest
set OF holes fired November ~ during
rapid rise IN the river. many % the
holes being already submerged -Four
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