. Seattle and the Orient. Press ok Denny-Coryell which Printed this Book. ing the enormous undertaking, will na-turally prove of interest at this detail of this work has beenunder the direct personal supervisionof City Engineer R. H. Thomson, and 114 SEATTLE AND THE ^7/f/fTJ/v^ Bringing Cedar River Water to shows work in hand by Pacific Bridge Company. he has been called upon toexercise the highest judg-ment of which his professionis capable. That his judg-ment has been eijual to therequirements is shown in theunciualified admiration ex-pressed b} all
. Seattle and the Orient. Press ok Denny-Coryell which Printed this Book. ing the enormous undertaking, will na-turally prove of interest at this detail of this work has beenunder the direct personal supervisionof City Engineer R. H. Thomson, and 114 SEATTLE AND THE ^7/f/fTJ/v^ Bringing Cedar River Water to shows work in hand by Pacific Bridge Company. he has been called upon toexercise the highest judg-ment of which his professionis capable. That his judg-ment has been eijual to therequirements is shown in theunciualified admiration ex-pressed b} all civil cntiineersand contractors who havestudied the plans and in-spected tlie grounds. Theidea of bringing Cedar Riverwater into ^-eattle is not anew one. It has been recommended a number oftimes, but not until the pastyear, or until the contractwas let in April, 18;)9, wasthe matter far enough ad-vanced to be a reality. Oneof the pictures which isshown in the article illus-trates Cedar River at a shortway above where the wateris impounded and divertedto the pipes leading to thelarge reservoirs in this entire Cetiar Riverwater shed embraces approx-iinatel} 210 square City Engineer indicatesthat the water which willpass through the intake willaverage a flow of between
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