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Prior to the southern extension of the North Trunk Sewer
Line to Pine Street there was no sanitary sewer in Madison Park. Sewage was mostly piped into Lake Washington
with the hope that lake water would dilute it to a safe level. A “Bathing
Beach” on the southern border of what would become Edgewater Park Apartments
had a sewage outfall on both ends of the swimming area. At that time Madison
Park had few real houses but there were many rental cabins leased out by the
McGilvra Estate. If Madison Park was going
to become the upscale neighborhood that developers aspired it to be houses
would need toilets that didn’t flush into where the home owners went to swim.
c1915 - SMA - 944