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River proposition in connection with our permanent
future water supply, and in the construction of a
distributing system this source of supply should
be kept in view I recommend now, however that
a pump or pumps having a daily capacity of 10,000,000
gallons be ordered at once, that a brick pumping
station be put in near the present works on Lake
Washington, that the suction pipes be extended to
where the water has greater depth: that a thirty
inch main be extended from the pumping station
to the reservior and that a committee be appointed
consisting of these members of the council, Beuizette
Williams and three citizens , and that said committee
proceed at once to ascertainwhat portions of the
City stand in the most pressing need of a better
water supply; decide on the location and size of
additional lines of pipe, and make any further
recommendations which said committee may
believe will contribute to the end in view.
Your attention is also called to the condition of a
portion of the streets in the burnt district. I places
these streets are almost impassable and should
at once be cleaned up and repaired. In places the
sidewalks on these streets are in a very bad
condition and many needed repairs should be
made as soon as possible. the streets in front
of new buildings should be cleaned off as soon as
possible after work on them ceases.
The condition of these streets is an injury to the
public as well as to the persons occupying build-
ings and doing business on them. The attention of the
council is also called to the fact that in the near
future the city will need a yard in which to store
sewer and water pipes and any other supplies. An
impounding yard is also badly needed and I
recommend that steps be taken to secure a
suitable location for these yards on the tide flat
and that yards of the kind indicated be filled up
and that the competent person be places in charge of
the same. That portion of the tide flats bounded by
the Railroad Avenue "Y" would in my opinion be a
suitable location for a yard of this character, if it
can be secured. Owing to the rapid growth of the
City since the present saloon limits were established and
the many changes that have taken place, I recommend
that these limits be re-established so as to divide as