The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-03

improvements for which bids have
been asked under his supervision and
which will be commenced this year
are something like 25 miles of ce-
ment walks.
Streets to BE Named
Among the innovations in street
WORK, the first of which have been
provided for the Eleventh Avenue
paving job, are the new cast iron
gutter crossings bearing the names
Of the streets. These will be pro-
vided for all future jobs. For some
time the city engineer had been
tanning for these crossings, which
Will fill a long felt want, affnrding
the James where people crossing the
streets will find them most avail
able.
City Engineers Force
In the office of the city engineer
is force of men educated to their
work who have had years of expert
ence in different parts of the country
on various projects. f. J. Shark ey.
graduate of Washington univer-
sty, has been with the engineering
departm ent of the city for the past
WV sOoio, bul llS NlllCll lllllC We has
prepared plans and assisted in field
work on all improvements including
paving, sidewalks, drainage, sewers,
and at present he is engaged on
comprehensive study of the sewerage
problem of greater North Yakima
Previous to coming here, Mr.. Sharkey
was engaged in mining and railroad
engineering work.
W. f. Barr, another of the force,
is mem Der or the Ohio Engineer
society. For four years he was en-
gagged in railway location and con-
struction work and spent one year
on the sewage disposal system at Co
lumbus, Ohio, which cost $1,250,000
United States. c. +. Wilson came
from Ottawa, Illinois, after 20 years
experience in railroad, drainage and
municipal engineering work. He was
city engineer of ottawa, a city of
$1,000 for seven years and the last
year previous to coming here was as
sistant engineer of Illinois on bridge
work. Since coming to North Yak
ina he has ben working out a sys-
tenn of grades for the city and is now
engaged on a design for a storm
sewer which is being developed for
the city and which ,willmeet its needs
for many years to come,
Another engineer in the department
is c. D. V. Fairchld, who is a mem
Der of the Canadian Society of Civil
engineers and whose experience has
bean varied. He has done land sur
vey work in the Klondikc, and for
the Northern Pacific was engaged in
dock construction as concrete in
spcctor. He did preliminary location
and construction work for the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad, and was in
charge of terminals at Port Arthur
and Fort William. Ontario; was en-
gagged in topographic survey of the
Isle of Pines; Cuba, and later for the
United States Reclamation service on
the Teton project. He has prepared
tie plans and will, have charge of the
improvement work in the Modern adj
dition.
Il. d. Thompson was a student at
the University of Illinois and has
been engaged in farm drainage work
in Nebraska. During 1910 he was
in charge of North Yakima's city lab
oratory for the testing of materials
used in paving and will have charge
again this year. Recently he made
a "Trip cast for the purpose of study
ing paving. j.. ID. Bailey, from the
University of Minnesota, was engaged
for four and half years as enginee,
with the Oliver Iron Mining com
pany, of Duluth, MINI, before COM
ing here. He is now doing general
work in the office as committing
drauShtsman, and also some field
work Tacoma AREN'T, who has had
many years experience in paving and
culVort work, is chief inspector CT
paving In addition there are sew
cral rodmen, and recently two adj
ditional engineers have been engaged
to do work that becomes necessary
because of the immnse amount of
improvements being put in by the
city.
There arc probably not many cities
OF the size in the whole country with
Such force of able men at its COM
mand The work of the city is con-
stantly increasing and Will continue
for some years to hn on a plane that
VIII demand the attention of a force
equal to the present one and prob
ably larger,