Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . In San I-ranciscos excellent sewer and drainage system the mostimportant storm relief outfall in the district east of the boundaryridge is the Division Street sewer. This structure contains threecompartments, each 8x9 feet in the clear, and has a total capacityof 1800 cubic feet per second at high tide. It is constructed in theformer bed of Mission Creek, which is composed of slimy silt veryunsuitable for foundation, and therefore required a forest of pilesto obviate the danger of settlement. The terminal yards of theSouthern Pacific extend over the
Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . In San I-ranciscos excellent sewer and drainage system the mostimportant storm relief outfall in the district east of the boundaryridge is the Division Street sewer. This structure contains threecompartments, each 8x9 feet in the clear, and has a total capacityof 1800 cubic feet per second at high tide. It is constructed in theformer bed of Mission Creek, which is composed of slimy silt veryunsuitable for foundation, and therefore required a forest of pilesto obviate the danger of settlement. The terminal yards of theSouthern Pacific extend over the sewer, so that it was necessary inthe design to provide for carrying the weight of the heaviest typeof consolidation locomotive, with a safety factor for impact stresses. 70 AIlxripal Blue Book of Sax FRA^ A, A. L. WORSWICKChief of the Bureau of Architecture LAC^ AVORSWICK. Chiefof the Bureau of Architec-ture, was born in Kansas, June 5,1878. He received his early educa-tion in the public grammar and highschools and later attended the Agri-cultural and Mechanical Arts Col-lege of Kansas, where he specializedin architecture under the generalscience course. Coming to San Francisco in 1902,Mr. AAorswick engaged in the prac-tice of his profession in this cit^^ andin 1904 entered the service of themunicipality in the Bureau of Archi-tecture. In 1906 he returned to pri-vate practice, but again entered thearchitectural bureau in 1910, taking-charge of the school constructionwork. His services in this connection, coupled with his general experi-ence and ability, received further recognition upon the inaugurationof the Consulting Architects in 1912, when he was appointed Chiefof the Bureau. MARTIN A. SCHMIDLINArchitect MARTIN A. SCHMIDLIN wasborn in Santa Clara. Cal.,March 15. 1881, and received
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