The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-22

It Is the freely expressed hope OF
everyone having the interests of the
city at heart that the action of the
city council Monday night, indicated
in the above. marks the end of the
trouble the city has had over the
building Of the sewer. Since the work
began, almost. there has been friction
that threatened to develop into more
serious and exceedingly bad COM
plications. In the interests of har-
mony, concessions were made and the
change resulted. II this removes the
cause Of the trouble, everyone will be
happy, and the sewer will be complet-
ed at an early date, though hardly as
soon as expected.
Councilman Thompson, speaking Of
this resolution, said that the city had
unfortunately gotten into very en-
barrassing position, which had come
about through no Intentional fault. APP
parently, Of any OF the members OF
the council. Engineer Nicol. he said.
had not exercised good judgment, and
this had been so plainly shown that
the council had agreed that a change
in engineers on the sewer construction
must be made. He asked the mayor
II he was willing to withdraw his for
mer opposition to the proposed change,
and II he would consent to the action
Of the council in substituting another
man in Mr.. Nicols place.
Mayor Reed replied that he was as
anxious as any man living to see the
sewer built and see the work done
properly. While he thought certain
things had come up which the council
should have taken a hand in and set
tied, the question Of a change in en-
gineers was now before the council.
and II the members thought another
man should be chosen, he would offer
no opposition.
The reports of the engineers were as
follows:
To the Honorable. the Mayor and
City Council of North Yakima, Wash
ington:
We, the undersigned, to whom was
referred by your honorable body the
matter OF certain changes In the
grade of the Beech street trunk sewer
now in process Of construction for said
city, for examination and report as to
the effect of said changes of grade.
and whether said changes of grade are
a material deviation from the profile
adopted by the city council and under
and by which the contract was let for
the construction of said trunk sewers
and whether said changes of grade
adversely affect the working capacity
of said trunk sewer, and whether said
sewer will be Of materially less value
to the city OF North Yakima II con-
deviations from said profile as adopted
by the city council and in accordance
with which said contract was let. have
the honor to report as follows:
That from an inspection of the work
already done. and from an examination
of the original profile adopted by the
city council. together with copy Of
said profile with said changes Of grade
marked thereon. we find that the pro-
file as adopted by the city council re-
quires a sixteen inch wood pipe ex-
tending west from where the new
sewer connects with the old trunk
sewer constructed in 1892. on a slight
ly ascending grade. to a point about
1000 feet west OF the above junction.
at which westerly point the grade line
makes a vertif Il rise of 81 feet. from
which point al IS inch earthenware
pipe extends westerly on a one-fourth
OF per cent gradient to Sixth street,
and thence west with Is inch pipe
on the same gradient to near Front
street. and thence westerly to Reed
avenue. the pipe decreasing in diameter
to ~ and finally to 10 inches.
Changes I'm Plans.
Instead of following the grade as
shown on the original profile. a verti-
cal rise Of two feet has been made at
a point about 500 feet west OF the east
erly end of the wood pipe. and again
at the point where the IS inch earthen-
ware pipe begins the grade elevation
has been changed by a vertical rise of
two feet from the original profile and