The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-10-20
The Utter AbsmdiE of His Estimates and Calculations is
Shown Up
PIPE LINE LEFT BETWEEN IGGE AND WENATCHE
Pat of umwater Light Water Company Not Long Enough to Hide
CIOen FOOtfaCS and Figures by Reliable
and Practical Men

| The lowest point on Snow creek isvery
nearly 700 feer higher than the inter-
section OF Front and Eighth streets!
Not very material point but as we are
using figures let US be correct. Rope
number three.
Mr.. Woldenberg says the dam and
intake on Snow creek could be built
for $500. Mr.. Buckingham says
if it is built of brush, pine logs and
gravel it might be built for $500, but
is sure to be carried out by the first
spring thaw. Anything like a sub
stantial and durable intake will cost at
least $4,000. Rope number four.
5000 to build settling basin, with
screen, gates and house. Where is
this to be built? How large is it7
What is it to be constructed of that its
cost is only 5000. A round hole in
the snow is about all Mr.. Woldenberg
could possibly get up in the vicinity Of
Snow creek for 5000. Two ropes for
number FIVE.
Bridge across Icicle river $3.50.
Assistant Forest Supervisor Blanken-
ship supervised the construction of a
wire suspension foot bridge across the
Wenatchee river near Chiwarkum this
summer, right on public road, which
cost nearly $4,000 The Icicte canal
company built wire cable bridge
across the Wenatchee river one and
half miles below Leavenworth, on a
public road, to carry its pipe line across
the river, that cost nearly $4,000. If
Mr.. Woldenberg had estimated his
bridge across the Icicle river at $2500
he would have been nearer correct.
Put in a coil Of rope for number six.
Now we come to blunder number
seven. Here we need the whole rope
factory. Mr.. Woldenberg takes his
pipe line across the Icicle river and so
lar as anyone can tell from his figures
and facts he leaves his pipe line right
there, making no provisions to get it
across the Wenatchee river and into
Leavenworth. Perhaps doesn't even
know it is in his way. And this is the
man who proposes with figures to show
the good people of this town just how
to get water system. Angels and
ministers Of grace, defend US from
such wild, inpracticable figuring.
Our "Bilr' must have helped Mr..
Woldenberg make up his figures.
When we have given figures we
have at least given the name of some
man whose estimate is based on exper-
ience, who is we'll known in the COM
munity for good, hard common sense.
Mr.. Woldenberg, how can you expect
this community to have any confidence
in your judgment or your figures, after
being thus tangled up in a web Of
your own weaving.
With the purpose of presenting our
readers with the views OF reliable,
practical and well known men on the
cost OF installing a water system for
Leavenworth, The Echo this week in
terviewed number Of men, among
them R. c. Buckingham, who has for
the past four and half years made his
home here and in this vicinity, having
done between ten and twenty thousand
dollars worth of work for the Chelan
Consolidated Mining company in their
tunnel at Red Mountain, where he al
so superintended the digging of
bitches to lay pipe lines. He also
completed as1600 excavating contract
for the Washington Steel and Iron
company east of town last spring. He
said he had been contracting and work
ing in earth and rock work for fully
twenty years. and had worked in Mon