The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-11-02


! pDriatign aud go the waterfront 90 said
1 hey. except r. few street ENDS owned ~
snld ely. e. privately owned anf pri.
/ concerns but most ~ b ~ railroad and
T steamship lines. and said waterfront hng
ih" lands adjacent are much conReaie1
I - business Interests. and
whereas. aHid topography ~ the nafihs
I onri ana Houth ~ Euioft Bay o. saeh
I importation, unfl Lake WaahlnRton
4 shnii % opened 20 a. sea by said canal.
I mnri De- br say ~ fhe Duwnmlsh valley.
/ county aud cry develop. must neterHafllr
I b' mainly. and PERHAPS exclusively. oc-
~ shops and affiliated facilities aud
ws W. = H. q very great lmporisaes
/ ufHt turing and Industrial interests ~
I E,iA rity ana county be free e. deFel9p
algnE permanent limos without tbe fe-
/ einiahf" ana waste Incident 20 e0mpui-
sgif changes ~ ssiabiiahsd businesses;
/ whereas. such freedom cannot BE- Rad
/ IL accomplished ana every dollar ~
MONEY contributed AMI prudenty sE-
/ of said improvement viii bring general
! irf uuiafr benefits % said county and
y. s'pis ~ .F'peaing IN value the msnsy
Whereas. said Duunmish river,
l sifeiEhisnsg and deepened. az aforesaid.
ana said canal when eonsfftated wui
! each serve the yHrpoaa ~ a rFaaf public
! highway inta no fatsri1r ~ 80 e,.,1efg
/ ~hsfei'y The transportation and comitner-
I largely augmented and mannfarfuring
ana business Industries stimulated and
Developed. ans ~ the lowering u fhs
NaiHra u Lake Washington eight feet.
| more Or iess. large areas ~ farm lands
sfhiu said county wili be made secure
.fe,n aiaasifogs fipoda and, ~ general.
ehtimabis benefit 10 King County and lfs
people. both ln fostering ard Developing
/ tho commercial and domestic resources
anl ~ enhancing generally the Values u
real property % said county and there
~ Increasing The eountys annual rsse-
Hnfs from taxation. ana
Whereas said public Improvement
would fhua and othefBiae result 10
large pablo benefits 10 safd eoanfg and
~ p@gfir y a character peculiarly local
! !" Hald county. md wpuid serve and he
~ tiftcilg county purposes. within the
meaning n ths provisions ~ the act %
the legislature 81 the state ~ washing
son. entiusa AN Act authortrinw saA
stnposefinR the organized oountlss 30 fhs
rilie - Wilmington 90 contract ludebt-
same. and declaring an emergency" APP
proved March ~. issei and
whereas. the drainage and roruraer-
~ uses - - served ~ constFuftlns
satd canal and ~ Strengthening WIDEN
ius ard deepening said DuNatniah river,
snd ne turning ~ Cedar river iufo I.zbs
another and inier-rsiaisS az snats.siiy
AID rerlprucailY necessary each H. saeh
nat thsY are IN fact. and are best and
most economically considered and dealt
wifh as a ssaRis project and public In-
prov ffnrui. consisting - nter-dependent
com ponsnt parts. ne fun utiiity 81 40
pfr ~ which parts IL secured without
"cpriuS az ~ the others: and
whereas. 81 q saia public Improve
80, ,','ni enc ne .aiers. shore lands ard
within King c0gnty. and
whereas IN order that King County
80 is sitiE~na may have ana enjoy this
uses and benefits. - aforesaid. - ar-
efns from The construction snd opera
lion ~ Naid canal. and % the midsned
snd straiEhtenmd channel ~ the Durasp-
~ faFsh y = necessary that the sAca-
cor pistnd and riEhf Of way for ths
siaenlaS and STRENGTHENING of said river
usunatia1 Dr ofheraiss and that safA
/ liffr - siralghteued and deepsnsa 81
a,,r-aEinx. ard thai said level of Lake
washington - lowered as Aforesaid ard
he waters q Cedar river Be turned inio
lake Warrington and said neufun coul-
ias,g ~ waterway bs ronnfrurteas and
Whereas the acquisition 81 sites for
pueiic whHrFes aud docks and % other
faEhts zud Interests necessary and prop
- aha fuller enjoy merit % the benefits
p sal public Improvement by the peo-
r.e = kinE county. all reasonably cost
$3.50 go 90, and
Whereas. the sxrsendIfurr ~ any enc
= hsid sprnf. respectively. Or any part
thefeefs upon that part % sald lnlpsuss -
Z sNttt q Ahtfh " - the feaSotia Die cost.
- part - the reasonable cost e. afore-
said. siii b. q substantial and ornament
eenirihuilon toward realization 81 the
enfifs Improvement. ard wiil be Acfu-
ally ~ brnefit 90 kiuF County and fhs
t3priH thereof % the fuii extent % fhs
amount - expended IN AID and fsrthsf-
nHr@ = said ttnpruE enents ard
Whereas. il Is the Intention 81 mi.
I fes'l3tinn thaf kluE County shall bear
Z its proper share Of the cusf % paid lrz-
Z, w. .s, sp ,i, q ss 'e's5si parts and
I fsrfere eith the progress ~ she CONNER
eiai waterway aforesaid. nut ON ne
/ commercial waterway districts free 10
proceed wifh their @crk under ths law
q tasiF creation. and thereby raise and
"ng4nG The sums n~c~Nsarg % pay tor
fhe local benefits 10 each. and
Hhrreas sald improvement. and each
strictly county purpose. and
whereas said Board ls proposing and
.afsn2ths- ~ authorized and empnas cred
- 20 o. @ hNse kinE County, ~ Rad
through said Board. contract inaebte8-
ness for the object and purposes of the
public improvement aforesaid. aud Ia ala
ard furtherancr and con pictioH 81 the
hs expended under the direction of and
sahiect 90 the approval u said Hoard.
thereof In eNcavatinE fhs channel ~
said Lake Washington canal. ggro coo %
thereof in acquiring riEhts Of way Tor.
and 10 dresiEing sionE tho same q
Strengthened. Nldened and deepcnei
channel FOR said nuwarutah river afonr
waterway District Number one. $500
eee % thereof In acquisition for public
uses q sites for wharyes and docks. and
~ other rishfs and interests necessary
or proper 10 be acquired In aid or further
ance pf said Improvement or u secHr-
ins The drainage Or commercial public
facilities ana benefits 20 be derived
iherefrom, and $50. eeo % in turning
cedar river into Lake washington along
Commercial waterway Disfrie, N,Ir9l.r
Two, suhier, 20 the approval Of this
Board. and
whereas. II Is the purpose and iu,sn-
ton Of said hoard IL authorized and
empowered as aforesaid 90 secure pay
ment ~ said indebtedness BY iesainE the
negotiable coupon bonds Of said county
&i.sbe. oea 90 IN series consacutively
numbered q i.TSe bonds ~ king Copnty.
able 20 such party OF person. parties or
persons. az shah purchase the same or
&c bearer, twenty years after date Of ia-
sue, with interest az the rate % not 70
exceed four and one-half per cant Per
annnm. pay able annually. and to con-
tract such Indebtedness By selling raIa
bonds in such blocks ana amounts and
az such times as the Board o. County
Commissioners may decide but AZ not
be expended. under the direction and sub
iect 20 the approval Of said Board. ail
no proceeds ~ such sales. IN aid ana
furthcraucc aud completion % said inl-
provemcnt and FOR the several particular
purposes and In the sums respectively
for each such purpose, as hereinabove
mentioned; and
whereas N appears 20 said hoard that
the proposed bonded Indebtedness %
81, Ibu, 0u0.0n. hcrUinahors contemplated
togUthcr with the now existing indebted
ness % King County. would De less than
five per coutum OF the taxable property
~ said county, as shown by the last
previous assessment roll thereof for
state aud county purposes;
Now Therefore, by reason Of the
premises:
lie IL Resolved by the County Gem
missioncrH ot King County, IN regular
session assembled as follows. That az
The general election TO be- held IN king
County on the eighth day OF November.