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991818

To the Mayor & Common Council
of the City of Seattle.

Gentlemen.

I wish to call your attention to the urgent
necessity of providing means for delivering coal at
the Pumping Station on Lake Washington.

The barge now used by the Spring Hill
Water Co is almost entirely worn out and cannot
be considered at all.

There should be built two barges of about
the following dimensions; 22 feet wide, 80 or 85
feet long, and 5 1/2 feet deep. These would probably
carry about 125 tons each, sufficient to last
(when the new pumps are in use) about 5 [strikeout] or 6 [end strikeout] days, as
the consumption will be about 25 tons per day.

And I would further suggest that steam
power be put on these barges, which would enable
the City to get coal wherever required, without
depending on hiring a tow boat.

Barges of the size above mentioned would
cost about $1200 to $1400 each; the steam
power from $2000 to $2500 each, making total
cost of two steam barges say $7000.

As to the comparitive cost of delivering
the coal, the Spring Hill Water Co is paying
at the rate of 35 [cents symbol] per ton for towing, it