The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-23
2 and 3 Colonial Block.

power surplus. and by means of friction
clutch pulleys two dynamos will be driven
for the purpose OF street arc lighting IN
the district contiguous 10 the reservoir.
The water after leaving the wheels, Is
discharged into tail race. passes on into
the reservoir and through thirty-inch
main on Fne street to the present dis
tributing system in the city without so
much az one drop having been wasted.
Only one attendant IL required to operate
this machinery. and Seattle win have $50
horse power at her disposal without one
cent OF expense for fuel.
Inside Gate Chamber.
The arrangement for piping inside OF
the gate chamber is similar to that at
the high service reservoir. The gate
house proper will be an ornamental con-
crete structure OF Roman architecture
34xso feet cement sidewalk Will en-
circle the reservoir with n parapet wall
and surrounding iron fence. AT present
q. NJ. Alexander. superintendent In charge
of construction, has large force of men
at work and will soon begin cementing
the inner part OF the reservoir.
Extending forty feet from the west OF
the gate house an overflow chamber Will
conduct the surplus water through a
twenty-four inch pipe to Lake Union.
This chamber is calculated TO take care
OF 100000 gallons OF overflow. or double
the capacity OF the Cedar river conduit
There Is also an emergency overflow pipe
in the distributing tank In the gate cham
Der that will discharge the present carry
ing capacity OF the Cedar river conduit
In no possible manner, II is said, can the
reservoir overflow its banks, as In case
OF emergency II could be emptied OF its
"a 900 900 gallons in three hours. The gate
house at this station Is somewhat larger
than that of City park, as more room Is
needed, for these pumps will be operated
by impulse water wheels to supply the
Queen Anne stand pipe.
Hi9h-Service Reservoir.
The high-service or City park reservoir
81
Ions daily. the same as the low-service,
and will attend to the wants OF that
portion OF the city between 225 and $50
feet above sea level This receptacle is
inner walls If one and one-half feet to
every foor drop. This makes a breast
work OF great strength. On the outside
the drop IL the same, and the entire
work has been so executed that the
banked earth. fifty feet broad. is as firm
up Twelfth avenue TO this station, a dis
lance of twenty-seven and one-half miles.
and will contain two pipes. one forty-two
inches in diameter, the other thirty-six.
These will pass through the gatehouse
and through two screens, thence around
a circular wall and over a weir or thin
steel plate a measuring device will be
arranged TO give precise depth, which
VIII record mechanically the rate of flow
into the city from the headworks In
millions OF gallons per day OF twenty
-FOUR hours. After running over the weir
the water passes through pine into the
distributing tank; a steel cylinder. twelve
feet In diameter and thirty feet In
height. All the water must be turned
into this tank so II may be directed
wherever the person In charge desires.
Makes q New Park.
The reservoir II lined with concrete,
and rs soon as II has properly set IL will
receive heavy coat of ashphaltum to
prevent the loss OF any water whatever.
The work of lining the reservoir will
commence this week About the bottom
OF this 24.ooo 900 gallon receptacle Is laid
small pipe, TO be used in cleaning the
reservoir. and this seemingly heroic task
may be accomplished in an incredibly
short space OF time. A concrete parapet,
surmounted by an artistic iron fence.
viii lend Its picturesque touch. at the
same time preventing children from fall
ing into the water. Forty feet OF the
emhankment. lying outside OF the six-foot
path will he seeded TO grass and plant
cd with rose bushes, and, as T.. w. Cum
mings assistant engineer in charge of
clio about the reservoirs crest would he
converted into vcritable fairyland. The
view from this position is grand. un-
folding, as IL does, a vast panorama of
tho Sound and Olympic mountains. J.
ID. Corey IA the assistant engineer In
charge.
The standpipe on Queen Anne hill win
have capacity OF about 71s0to gallons.
The pipe IL thirty feet in diameter and a
tribe over sixty feet In height. When
completed Il will be encaaed In concrete
and a spiral stairway will lead 10 an
more extensive view may he enjoyed than
AZ the high-servtce reservoir, This stand
pipe will supply that district cmhrac-
ing so feet and over above sea level.