The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
SNOW CREEK WATER IS PURE
Prominent Taxpayers Go Over Conduit Line
and Say There Is No Danger From Slides


ton be carried out that a number of
citizens have in the past ten days
made it a point to 60 over the entire
length of the companys line, which is
now under construction, from the point
where it circles around the mountain
to the intake on Snow creek, both to
assure themselves on the abundance Of
the supply at this, the lowest stage OF
water, and if possible to determine
just how much danger there is from
interruption from snow slides. DR..
McKeown was one of those who has
walked over the line, much of which is
completed and ready for the wooden
conduit. He said to a reporter for
this paper that he was surprised to find
it in as good shape as it is and so little
danger from snow slides. He said he
found one or two places where there
was evidence that slides had occurred a
long time ago, but that even at these
places it was easy to protect the con-
duit line from interruption if the coun-
Gil had the right to insist on it being
done. He also said there was an
abundance of water OF the purest and
most unobjectionable kind.
Last Saturday ]. D. Wheeler, Harry
Osborne and the writer made the trip
in Mr.. Beecher's auto to the Mountain
Home ranch where the company in
stalled saw mill some thirty days
since and has already sawed between
fifty and one hundred thousand feet Of
lumber which will be used in building
the conduit line. The lumber is neat
ly stacked for drying and is protected
against injury from weather this fall
and winter. Work on the conduct
line will begin early next spring.
From the Mountain Home ranch,
which is between five and six mills
from town, the party walked over the
bed cut out of the mountain side to
lay the conduit on. About seven
eights OF the line from the home is
completed. Nearly all Of the earth
portion is completed and much of the
rock work done, tho considerable rock
blasting will have to be done yet.
Where completed the bed for the con-
duit is six to eight feet wide. With the
exception OF two points, one about
ffty feet and the other seventy-fve,
there will be no trestle work at all. At
neither point is there danger from
slides.
At one point the trestle will be
located under an overhanging ledge.
at the other there does not seem to be
any danger, but Mr.. Beecher, the sec
retary and general manager of the
Snow Creek Water Co., stated that he
might decide in the interest OF abso-
lutte safety to blow out bed so that
the box line which is to convey the
water will rest on solid rock and be
protected by the rock wall behind
it. In this connection We will state
that the conduit is to rest on AKA and
4x6 inch timbers with 2x4 and AKA
side ribs. The box is to be construct
ed of one and one half inch lumber,
tho it is as thick as the lumber that is
called two inch in the market. This
lumber. of which there are great stacks
already sawed out, is ten and twelve
inches wide. The sides, bottom and
TOP are to be constructed OF lumber oi
these dimensions. The conduit will
be three feet wide and two feet deep.
From the Mountain Home ranch 10
the intake on Snow creek it is between
two and half and three miles. The
intake is well located and at this point
the water was found to be fourteen
inches deep for width Of about SIX
feet, perfectly clear and very cold,
running swiftly over a rocky bed.
There is not any soil in evidence at OF
near the stream. Mr.. Wheeler and
Mr.. Osborne expressed themselves as
well satisfied with the quantity and
quality of the water. They also said
that il was their opinion that there was
little, if any danger from interruption
of the supply of water from snow slides
but as a matter Of absolute certainty