The First Paper Step Toward a Lake Washington Ship Canal

A preliminary step toward the beginning of work on the ship canal was taken yesterday by the filing in the county auditor's office of a notice of water right. The notice is signed by the president of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company and D. N. Baxter as secretary. It claims 10,000 cubic feet of water per second of time for manufacturing purposes, at a point on the meander line about 500 feet south of the north end of section 17, township 24 north, range 4 east, W. M., and for 500 feet on either side of said point, the same being the place of intended use. The manner in which the appropriator intends to divert and store said water is by the operation and use of a waterway from a point on Lake Washington where this notice is posted—about 500 feet south of the north line of section 17, township 24 north, range 4 east, W. M., and for 500 feet on either side of said point—westward to the point above described as the place where it is intended to use such water, and by the construction at or near the point of intended use of all necessary locks and dams.