. Public works . roughfares are practically level. The beautyspots, however, rise above the city streets, and to makethese more accessible, the boulevard system has beenevolved. This system, when completed, will encirclethe entire city of Seattle, and will represent the outlayof $10,000,000. The cost of the work will be assessed tothe city as a whole. The contract for the con-struction of the retainingwall along Divisions 4. 5and 6 was awarded to theWashington ConstructionCompany, 625 NorthernBank Building, Seattle, inDecember. 1913, with theprovision that the work wasto be completed by July 1
. Public works . roughfares are practically level. The beautyspots, however, rise above the city streets, and to makethese more accessible, the boulevard system has beenevolved. This system, when completed, will encirclethe entire city of Seattle, and will represent the outlayof $10,000,000. The cost of the work will be assessed tothe city as a whole. The contract for the con-struction of the retainingwall along Divisions 4. 5and 6 was awarded to theWashington ConstructionCompany, 625 NorthernBank Building, Seattle, inDecember. 1913, with theprovision that the work wasto be completed by July John McGrath ispresident of the WashingtonConstruction Company, andE. B. Sheble, civil engineer,is secretary and manager,and has entire charge of theconstruction of this im-provement. The plans wereprepared by A. H. engineer. Division 4 lies on 7th.\venue West, from Homestreet to Crockett street, andconsisted of constructing •From data supplied by E. 1Sheble, C. E., Manager forthe FINISHED \V.\LL ASV t!T.\ a concrete bulkhead in front of an existing woodenbulkhead, which was thirty feet in height. Consider-able difficulty was experienced in holding up the oldbulkhead, as it had rotted badly, and timber bracinghad to be placed and the concrete wall built aroundsame. Much care had to be observed also, as sewerand water mains were located behind the wooden bulk-head. Earth was thrown out below, and scraped behinda finished section, the excavating being done with aone-yard Haywood clam-shell bucket, deriving its powerfrom an 8j4xl0 Lambert engine (as shown in cut). Onthis portion of the improvement, the material for theconcrete forms was delivered to the mixer by wheel-barrows and distributed by chutes to the forms. On Division 5, the earth was excavated and piled onthe upper side and levelled otT and a construction trackwas laid on it, and the had sufficient elevationto permit of chuting the concrete. In this portionof the work, the pla
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