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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1907-09-07 - Duwamish,"eptember 7, 1907 Engineering Number 15c, per Copy Succeeding pacific Building and Engineering Record Published Weekly,; Gig 19io1ume 5, No, 36 GENERAL INSURANCE And URETY BONDS E. ATKINSON & CO. ©stool Block, Seattle , Phones% Exchange 47 i Independent 182 ARINE, BENT, PLATE GLASS ACCIDENT, BURGLARY,ELEYATOR ;AND GENERAL LIABILITY PAC! F1 C TA N K CO. DEPT. /"J",n OLYMPIA, WASH. MANUFACTURERS CYANIDE. MINING. WATER. 3gm, AND WINE'TANKS ILLUSTRATED CATALOG MARLED Me . Uttle Falls Fire Clay Co. cturers 1 S EATTLE 01111111111111NMEINaIMES! 316-318 Pacific Bloch $5.0© per a ear BRICKMAKERS' BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS 324-25 PIONEER BLOCK Harper Brick & Tile Company Hill Brick Company A. Abrahamson S E A T T L E WASHINGTON SUNSET MAIN 1077 —PHONES— INDEPENDENT 3685 1 DENNY-RENTON CLAY and COAL CO, tic CITY YARD" Utah Street nearAtlan Factorise at VanAssef Renton and Taylor. 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One of the most the White. Instead, a system of polic- The total area of overflow in the val- from the artificial conditions growing objectionable features of the Black ing the rivers by going over them lea between Seattle and Tacoma was out of the civil divisions or the valleyriver system is that it prolongs the every summer and burning up such not less than 50 square miles, or 32,000 The question is, shall the entire subsidence of floods. .A-s soon as the drift heaps as will admit of it, cutting acres, White river be carried down tbe Dm waters have fallen a little from their up trees that bave fallen into the river, The work of this flood was more de- wamish valley or down the Puyallup extreme beight the storage in Lake and blasting large stumps, so that the valley, or be divided so that approxa structive In the case of the Stuck and ma e.ydebris will readily flow out in high Washington begins to run out, and t i one-half shall flow down in water. each direction? As an engineering maintains a high stage in the Black question the answer Is a simple one. for a mcnth or more after the other In regard to the quantity of water to The distance to the sea by the Du- streams hava reached a lbe taken care of in the time of flood,ow water it is difficult to form a satisfactory es- wantish route is about 40 miles; that stage. by the Puyallup Is only 20 miles.timate, and the figures given below are The The building of the Lake Washing- based upon the practice here of allow - slope by the shorter route Is much ton canal and the consequent lower- ing 40 cubic feet per second per greater than by the longer and the ing of the lake by not less than seven square mile of watershed. same quantity or water can be car- feet will make possible the diversion The areas of the various watersheds ried in a smaller channel. Finally, na- of the entire flow of this watershed ture has now transferred the river to through the canal into the Solutare as follows:e. Black river, including Lake the south slope and it will be simpler This measure will effectually solve the Ington and cedar river, 580 square Wash - to perpetuate its work than to change flood problem, so far as the'Cedar and miles; Green river, 388 square miles; it by artificial means. To throw the Black rivers are concerned, and will White river, above drift barrier, 480 whole river to the north would re add a much needed fresh water supply quire very radical and cosily work, to the lower end of Lake Washington. square miles; Puyallup above mouth and to divide the river effectually As already pointedof Stuck, 360 square miles. out, it is con- In the permanent scheme of flood would be even more difficult and ex- sidered certain that regulating works, control on the Duwamish river, the pensive. such as levees, cutoffs, etc., will not sia InvestigatIous verify the Important complish their purpose with certainty flow of the Black river can be neglect - fact that the White river since white as long as driftwood is Permitted to ed in estimating the flood discharge, because it will be diverted into Lake turns aharply north away f ram the settlers began to come to this coun- ow in the streams wl (Yu controlofai„ .ahi i. . as..-ng,on as soon as the Lake Stuck, almost entirely blocked the try, until about ten or fifteen years any sort. This is so evidently true ot Washington canal is milt and the lake channel, threw the whole volume of ago, was down the Duwamish valley, the White river that some measure or lowered. Taking the remaining three the river across the neck of land and and has been there the greater part a radical nature is required there, and rivers and applying the figure of 40 swept it out completely, and turned the of the time since; and the change now it has been decided, after much care - c cubifeet per second per square mile entire stream down the Stuck valley. proposed is a new status for that river ful study, to recomrrier mend the construe - to their watersheds, gives as their tion of a drift baat the point Wben this sudden accession from and imposes new conditions upon the where the Wbite river now separates flow at the points where they emerge the White reached the Puyallup it Puyallup river from Sumner down. To from its old channel. The purpose of from the foothills the following: swelled that stream beyond any pre- carry the White river by this new the proposed barrier will be to create Green river about 15,300, the White vioua record. The channel was com- route will require extensive and cost- a drift jam which will effectually stop river about 19,200, and the Puyallup Pletely demoralized, the banks were ly work; it will always involve some ll adebris of whatever character com- river about 14,400 cubic feet per sec - cut to pieces and the bed filled with Increased risk in the Puyallup valley, - s and driftwood. and it will Increase the difficulty of ing down the stream. The proposed ond, sandbar ._ drift barrier, which consists of a com- In its natural state the entire flood The following measures of relief are keeping the navigable waterway in proposed; Commencement bay free from the soil- pact wing dam 550 feet long o n the tfiwiomawostho fo br thebe added p uWaydandlieltudep wtaoansde either rl aee the streamsaDnoy Disposition of the Black and Cedarff_ Disposition of the White river. ment brought down by that river, On north side of the valley, securely al me 1 the other band, with the White river chored to the bluon that side; rivers. excluded permanently from the Du- short structure of similar character might have to carry 34,500 and 33,600 wamish valley, the flood problem in on the south side to tie to the south cubic feet per second, respectively; Measures for taking care of drift. discharge of streams in ques- that valley becomes a very simple one. bluff; and an open pile structure be- but under the arrangement now pro - Flood_ __eee the two wings. The north posed the Duwamish will have to car- tion. Black river carries into the Duwa- tw rnish the flow of the Lake Washing- wing is made long enough to exclude ry only 15,300 second feet, while the Means of InY .,„ creasing caPacit e` streams to carry floods. ton and Cedar river watersheds, em- flood water from the old White river. Puyallup will have to carry 33:600 set; Treatment of the Duwamish river. bracing a drainage area of 580 square The open work of the barrier will con.- and feet. Treatment of the Cedar river. miles. As a contribution to the floods slat of five rows of piles property The capacity of a stream to carry Treatment of the lower White river. of the Duwarnish, the discharge from spaced and throughly braced so as to water may be increased by cutting of hed Is much less than bind the whole structure solidly to- bends, thereby shortening its length Treatment of the Puyallup river, the large waters Benefits of permanent flood relief. might be expected. Nevertheless high getber. The height of the barrier will and increasing its slope and also re - river has proven the most difficult Black river valley and contribute per- ent bed of the stream. question to pass "on. This difflcul- haps one-fourth the flow of the Duwa- For the Green and Puyallup rivers no either by building levees or by enlarg. The proper disposition of the White floods Inundate large tracts of the be about twenty feet above the pres- ducing the resistance due to short curves; by increasing the cross section Puyallup rivers than any of the others. A radical change was produced in the channel of the White, and one that could easily be made permanent. The lowest known point of separation of the White and Stuck rivers, prior to the flood, was at a point about 5.h miles above the mouth of Green river, For a mile and a half below this point the two channels were nearly paral- lel, but came very close together at the point where they begin to di- verge strongly to the north and south. In the early stages of the late flood most of the White river water came down the north channel and the worst effects in the valley from Auburn north were felt at this time. But Just before the flood reacbed its crest a drift jam formed where the river ontractors The Katalla Company wants propositions to erect its General 61:fice''..,, Building at Katalla, Alaska. it is to be a 2-story wooden building, about 140x40 ft. Contractors to do all the work, ,the company to furnish all material. Blue prints can be seen at 953 Empire Building and at 31 7 Pacific Block, Seattle. 444 'a. " PACIFIC BUILDER AND ENGINEER tog the channel; and by removal of ob- structions of whatever character. The making of cutoffs is a measure that should be resorted to sparingly. The advantage expected is generally much exaggerated, particularly in the matter of increased velocity of current. The cutting of a full channel by arti- ficial means is ordinarily very costly, and as it is generally impracticable to fill up the old channel completely, the making of a "new channel takes more land out of use. In the general ease, levees or dikes of sultable cross-section afford the cheapest, and most effective means of increasing the flood capacity of a river, and their use is recomureuded along nearly the entire length of the valley. here considered, The to width should not in any case be less that five feet. From five feet', to' ten fees In height, the width should at least equal the height. The side slopes should he one on two and should be given a strong turf -of Bermuda or other suitable grass. Sticks, stones and roots should be carefully exclud- ed from the embankments.' unless otherwise specified the levees should be at least 20 feet from the edge of the bank and the materials for their construction should generalry be taken from the ai'le next the river. With a good sand provided, revetment will not ordinarily be necessary. All drift, heaps and dense willow or other growths should be removed from tb.e channel ea as to ] it Y d allup waterway of the deposition of sediment which will otherwise always be a great drawback to its malnte- nanee. In fact, it would he an immense ad; vantage if both the Duwarnish and the Puyallup rivers could be led by inde- pendent channels, narrow enough to maintain a good depth, to deep water in the Sound. Otherwise they are des- tined to be a perpetual source of trouble and expense in the great waterways. It Is only the difference of cost be- tween the two methods of dealing with the Puyallup river that leads or.e to hesitate in recommending the second, and in view of the great benefit that would follow the permanent, exclusion of the river from the waterways, it ought not to be 'rejected without most careful consideration. The following estimates cover the cost of the 'work as proposed above: Duwarnish river . , . , . • • • • • • $ 350,000 e0,000 260,000 Puyallup river 350,000 ('edar river White river $1,0 i 0,000 Assets in 'reclaimed river beer 1.45,000 In submitting those figures th,e •unit price for dredging of cutoffs has been taken at 9.6 2-3 cents per cubic yard; for levee COnslruction at 25 Cents; for certain excavation in Cedar river where the ground is full of old drift, at $1.00; timber crib bank protection at $5.00 per running foot; land for cave, t'ee an n, • xglrt, of way at. $500 per acre and up- wards, depending upon the locality; land in cut-off channels, whf€:h wi11 go to the diking districts or to the coun- ties and constitute an asset for work, at one-half the ,price of right of way for the. corresponding cuts. the mouth of the White river to about Only two-thirds of the volume of ex - a mile below the mouth of Clark creek, cavation lri the cults is estimated, it will car.y this quantity of water with being assumed that river current will only a small amount of levee work, wash out the 'rest, after it is tstraightene1 at certain Whatever method, of dealing with points and cleared of obstructions. this flood problem is"adopted, the die-. From the point above mentioned to the trios" or counties having It lit charge rcrrnpanrati mouth of the river the channel ;lid not should appreciate from the start the carry over half the discharge during. absolute necesslt3° of following up the will lye necessary to make it contain the 'flood. The bed is badly filled up work of construction by a regular and the flood flow of the Green. the sandbars and drift and will have efficient system of maintenance. No Cedar river should be carried feet to be radically improved before it cats. work of this character, however well tally a new channel 100 Irerforun fire duty required oP' it, built., will maintain itself without some wide from the Columbia and Puget The importance of channel rectlflca- expense and attention. The very crea- SeuItd railroad bridge to Lake Wash- tion on the Puyallup is greater than on lion of these works will Increase the ingtun. That portion of the work the Duwarnish, because the Puyallup magnitude of future disasters 11 they ft'orn the bridge to within1,000 feet of will have to carry more water In the are allowed to deteriorate until they Black river can bo done Lake Wastt await- future thanZh heretofore, while the u, no longer serve t.helr purpose; for the Ing the lowering of Washington, warntsh will have less; and because lands will be greatly developed as a and it should be done without delay in order to relieve the town of Renton of the hauler of the Puyallup are o more result of the works, and future over- unstable than those of the Duwaunlse. flows will be far more destructive the danger of further overflow, The A mote radical and effective method than they are now. It is Important, cleared of old drift and should be adopted channel should be thoroughly oe takPuyallup, ing care of the Pu olio u, and therefore, to provide for annual re - given one that has only the element of cost pairs to the various works, and for strong levees 20 feet back from against, it, is to divert the river from clearing, the drift out of the streams. the edge of the panic• a point: about a mile below the mouth The area of land subject to over- Acceltting as a permanent arrange - south Clark creek in a new channel di- flow, which will be relieved by true meant the diversion of the While river redly south nearly to Flybolos creek, measures above proposed, is about to the Puyallup, it becomes necessary at the foot of the bluffs" on the east 32,000 acres. 1t Is estimated that the to provide a channel to Carry its flood side of the valley, and •carry it thence increased value of these lands wliilch discharge, estimated at 20,000 cubic parallel with the bluffs to the Sound., would result from complete flood pro - feet per second. The _slope- for the This plan has three importc:rut advert- tection would average not less than first three miles below the site of the Cages: It will relieve lute whole lower $230 per acre, making a "total of drift barrier is about 30 feet to the portion of the delta :from danger of $8.000,000. The indirect benefits to f the wow to the floodw ft will irtterco,nt Wapp,,to and the community and country at large, Ira sharp bends the Concave banks will require protection. The cheapest Perris of reasonably permanent work is that of a double row of piles, faced with plank, the Interior space being filled with brush and stone. With the drift disposed of, and the 1llacic and White rovers diverted to other outlets, the Duwa,mish"will have to carry only the water of Green river, estimated at 15,300 second feet In flood- As naturehas accustomed this y a nurach larger volume vely little 'additional work mile:`; for the rest o the drainage by preventing destruction of bridges, id, rnartst; line interruption of traffic, prostration of eve t'he'Pe.y 'bustnees,. and possible loss of Jute, cuaar- It is not considered advisable to at- tempt to confine the river above the Northern Pacific bridge to a narrow fixed channel, even if large enough in itself, when unobstructed, to carry the flood flow. It is proposed only to clear the driftwood out of the channel and protect the banks from further en- croachment, The river should be carefully trained and through the Northern Pacific and county bridges, which should have clear spans of at Feast 1,85 feet and he placed one above the other directly in linty with the current. It is recommended f.o protect the right bank from further erosion of overflow from the barrier to as point 4,000 feet below the bridges, and not attempt to contract the channel. to any great extent. The protection work pro- posed for this section consists general- ly of a double row of piling faced with plank on the river side and backed with brush and stone. From the point just mentioned, at the foot of the s'tee It slctlae, it is r'eC- otnmended to carry the river in an.air- proximate ly - straight. line parallel to the 11Jlwanitee railroad gu'ad.e to the point where it now cuts through the natural. dam at Summer. A channel width of 150 feet Is proposed, with le- vees on each side, 50 feet back, and 20 feet wide on top, rlsiru,g two feet above the assumed hydraulic grade line at flood • - From Sumner to the mouth of the White it. is only proposed to clear out obstructions from the channel, no levees or work of rectification being deemed necessary. The Puyallup river must be given a channel capacity 0f 34,000 cubic feet per record. The present channel, from Hylebos creeks and sot torestlon on the dealt:a: not be clefinilely estimated, but it safe to say that they would, be even greater than the direct benefits. The proposed work, therefore, to seem tc, be fully justified as a simple bu5lneee proposition. Builders' Exchange. The -first regular meeting of the Exchange since its incorporation and occupancy of permanent quarters. -was held at the rooms, 200•204 Arcade An• nex, Tuesday, September 3, 4 o'clock p, n1, The organization was form, pleted and all former records as a '',mart of the " incorporated 2511' change. A committee to investigate the changes made necessary In the by- laws by the new state code, and trey consider the advisai:rility of 1aa'rvitil, them reprinted, 'was a.ppointt.ed, as fol- lows: H. TeRoller, W. S. Brown and. D. 1C. Fryer. II'eward ,Joslyn, city electrician Seattle, discussed before tlA1 change the pending ordinance- to re3' Mate the electric wiring of all classes of buildings hereafter constructed to the city. " It Is 'proposed to have pre1Y erly aulhorize,d persons to do the 'u°lt- Ing and Inspectors to pass upon tine same. The purpose of the ordlaauce Is to curt out the extra fees now ptad the Insurance companies and to aycld delays and troubles arising from the Present system„ A committee rota• slsting of W, S, Brown, R. L. Farnkst and C. C. Caawsey was appellate( flu investigate tl'se subject. As soon as the Exchange minis arvr completely farnish.ed a "smelter" 'will be given for the purpose of" twinge. the members together. and rnaic;lrn$' them acquainted vvfth each other,' Personal. A. K. 'sham, M. E.., Seattle, hues& ceftted a position with the 11ey001d5 Alaska Company and Is now en route, to Valdez. R. 1f. Tbom.aon, city eng'l,ncer, of Se attic, hale returned from his vacation aarri resumed his duties. P. E. Mellugtl, Tacoma, has the arur" tract for laying the brick pa'vc"m:1.1u Chehalis. The value of this work">vl:ll amount to about $46,01)0. ,T, E„ Tourtellotte, architect„ Iloise, has returned to -his work from 'a fif- teen days' outing. W. T. Adair, contractor, Hamittnnm Mont., has completed the tine Tea'" nicipal hall for that city, C. E. Whitcomb, Lewisto has the contract for building the store for L. Statutes at Orufino,.101 Trade Notes, The Northwestern Tile & MII.at' Co.,. Seattle, has secured a centre, for the wail and floors In the P,eget Sound National bank, Kieburtz, Smith. and Rowntr'ee. attle contractors, fitted up' the tt m'1ttee and private 'rooms of then) can I3auk & Trust Co.'s safety,d.ei,t04 Vaults,. The Everett SSt'fck company In 01)0,, tar be reorganized.. C. M:. Chamber'.