The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-26

before Cedar river can BE- abso-
iuteiy and for al time eafcEuarded
against pollution from sewage, a
whole village situated close O. rs
banks ulll have 60 BE- moved. narue-
son. sawmiil town OF more than
leo Inhabitants ia the Cedar river
valley. four miles below che site -
The municipal lighting plant a.
Cedar falls. nos threatens II con.
taminate the stream aud the cts
authorities ARE fgur5E on some
plan hY which they can sipe IL of
the map before lt reaches larger
proportions
Revolving stories % the manner
A. which sewage ~ the town Is be
iuE turned iuta the river have
reached this citv bat are not given
credepee b citY officials II they
are true. Cedar river ls already be-
Ing subjected 10 the fqaleat con
tnminati1u daily. In comparison
with which the danger frum the
presence nf campers az Cedar lake
seems iugluItsslmal The population
Of the town Is comprised almost en-
tireiy - japanese. Who Nork ln The
mill
According 90 maps nov on file IN
the citY engineers office. some q
the outauussa 81 the japanese quar-
ter are within so and so feet 81
the river on an elevtion about -
feet above the river Tho soil i
composed largely q gravel Ia "a
said that since the maps were made
the cabins occupied hY the japanese
have been moved much closer q
the river In the land clearing opera
tons.
The city officials have 40 hope n
removing the tuun and thereby alb
solnteiY protecting that portion q
the Cedar Fiver watershed within
five years. They viii BE- satisfied
n they can condemn the land on
which the town Il located five years
from now. when the timber will
probably BE- stripped or
A. soon as the pole line condem-
nation suit. nov pending Is settled.
City Engineer Thomson g figurins
on taking the whole city council
over the ground 90 that that body
ear decide what dlaposltion il de-
sirss % mako o. the kuotty prob.
lem.
To condemn the land on which
the town is located AZ the present
time would b. q costly proceeding
even n IL were possible A feature
which would add difficulty te any
such attempt Il that the whole
tcWuslte. the mill and mnEt uf the
cabins are owned By The Kent Lam
Der company The latter Is nov
bitterly contesflng the right q the
city 20 open a pole line right-af-way
through its land
The snit that II has brought al
ready threatens % delay the date o.
which municipal electricity can be
delivered iu this city n the citz
tried 10 condemn the e0mpany'a
whole fovusife. putting f. ont n
business 90 would undoubtedly en-
counter even more strenuous apgas
sitian
~ the present time ClfH Engineer
Thomson does no. think that tho
river from which the consumers a
this citY get their water iH being
subjected m ans appfeaiahle pollu.
ton from tie saw mill town. al
though be admits There viii De
danger II a pertinent townsite "a
ever established a. the point Bat
the people n Seattle have been lead
a. believe faat the pure mountain
stream was already securely pro
tccted from pollution by the par.
chase ~ the entire watershed Of
Cedar river and Cedar lake above
the dam "a the headWorka. rs miles
from Seattle. whore The water ia
taken In ~ tho big four-fnot pipe
That portion n the watershed
owned by the Kent Lumber com
panY and nm enormous amount ~
land 10 the watershed Owned by the
STATE have not been secured In or
dor 10 hurry the condemnation -
the state land. City Engineer Thomz
SOC has paid the cost Of the pre-
liminary proceedings ~ his own
erpeuae.
a portion o. the town q Bauo-
son f. nov drained into Will'-ma