Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-19
srnEET RAILWAYS,

ances, we're submitted 10 the City Coun-
ell Friday evening. providing for the
construction of street railways IN Sc
attic.
Ths first vas presented by the Seattle
Street Railway Company" Of which
David r. Denny, George Kiunsar. Amos
Brown, I. n. Bigeiow and D. B. Ward
are the incorporasors and trustssa-
Section LIST provides fog the granting
to this company the right and privilege
to construct, equip. opsrats and main
tain Q system Of street railways within
the city Of Seattle, q follows: Com
mencina on James street, between SEQ
ond and Front streets; thsnes to Front
street., thence north, along Front, TO the
city limits- BEGINNING at the intsrssc-
ton Of Piks and Front Streets. thanos
along Pike 70 Eighth stxUee, thence
alor-a Eighth to Pine, thanes along Pine
70 Ninth, thence along Ninth and any
other streets on the mose praotioable
route 70 Lake Uaion. Thasvhsn the
city shall opsn and arads Wsst street,
aid railway company shau have the
night and privilege 20 yaeats it, hns on
Front, from Pike strsss north, and 90
upon Wsst strset, from Front street. 70
the mos practical ssrsse crossing south
Of and including Pile, and construct
and 0pafats it strsst railway along and
upon West street, from the point IL 10
sntesed upon, north 70 the city limits;
the company TO give the City Coonoil 80
days peeyious notice thsTeof, In eass Is
ss1 d 70 make the change Of route.
said railway company may also con-
struot, operate and maintain . ons or
two track Hns of it, street hallway, -
follows: Commencing at the interssc-
ton Of Front and Madison streets, or
|Second and Madison. thence east on
Madison TO the city limits; the work
thereon to be commenced within three
years from the passage of this ordin-
anos and completed within tan months
thereafter. On any Of said conpany's
lines 1t may b deemed BY il sxpsdisnt,
construct and operats what u known q
cable road.
Section 2 provides that this company
shall plank, pave or macadamize that
portion OF the streets on which the rail
way shall be laid, the entire length
thereof, between the rails. and for the
width Of one foot ON each side of the
track, of the Same materials used By the
city, whenever the said city shall i'm
prove its streets, and keep the same in
repair.
section 8 provides that the track of
the said railway company shall Be laid
in the center Of the streets and dush
with the pavement.
The remaining sections provide the
length Of time streets may b obstructsd
In making repairs TO track, specifying
that the oars 70 be used shall b of i'm
proved ops1 or enclosed pattern, pro-
vided With brakes, and shall be drawn
BY horses, mules, or stationary engines,
and that tie rate Of speed shall not ex-
coed nix miles per hour; the rails 70 be
of iron or steel, Of the most improved
pattern for street railways, the company
shall run its cars at stated intervals,
and ct such hours of the day or night
- shall best accommodate the public.
Work TO commence within ten months
after the passage Of this ordinance; the
line on James and Front shall be oym-
plsted within dfteen months from the
date Of the adoption of this ordinance,
and the line on at least ono of the
streets named, except West street, shall
be completed each year thereafter,
until the line is u operation ON all the
streets named, provided said street IL
graded This said railway company
shall forfeit the rights and privileges
conferred by this ordinance by it, fail
ore ~ Commence work at the specified
time. and also by its failure 10 oonplete
the work a. herein stated; such priv.
ileges to be forfeited only on the streets
not built upon, but none others. The
railway company shall pay annually TO
$25 on each car used, besides all other
taxes imposed by law. The city shsll
have the right by ordinance to regulate
the rates of fare to be charged; provided
the rate fixed shall DO not less than
Or twenty fares at i've cents each; fare
to include one continuous passage one
way only on any line Of said Company
road. Acceptance Of these privileges
must DO made within thirty days. Do
ration OF franchise, nfty years.
The other ordinance provides for a
charter 10 ]. b. Metcalfe, James Mo-
Naught, James n. Colman and ]. Furth
TOR q street railway, commencing at a
point in the said city Of Seattle ON Jack
con street, west Of the westerly line of
Commercial street, near the shore line
OF Elliott's Bay thence along and upon
Jackson street TO the westerly shsre line
Of Lake Washington, viz: along and up
ON said jackson, easterly TO LAkeview
street TO King street thence along and
upon said KING strest 70 Baker street !;
thence 10 Weller street, thence TO Duke
street, thence to the shore line Of Lake
Warrington, with Q branch on Commsr-
ciai street, southsrly from jackson
street TO the city limits; also along
Com merciAl street 70 Mill street, thence
along Mil street to Broadway; thence
along Broadway nostksriy 70 the city
limits 70 Bancroft streee; thence along
Bancroft street and along and upon ifs
continuation. or such street or strests a.
are made extensions thereof, to the
shore line Of Lake Washington thence
along Lake avenue 10 the city limits !;
with q branch along Eleventh street,
running uertherly to Mill street, and
southeriy 20 the city limits; also q
branch upon and along Taylor street,
northeriy to Bancroft street and south
erly 70 the limits Of the city. Said road
W oevo y oooot0 VI Ulu8to Sx6ok, ~ the
option OF the grantees; the rails 10 Be
Of iron or steel. Of improved pattern.
That the owners Of said railroads shall
keep the same in repair the track Of
said railroads shall not b more than
Ave feet between the rails the rates Of
fare shall not exceed ave cents each
way on Jaokaon strssk from CONNER
cial street to Twelfth strsst, and tsn
cents either way on Jackson street from
any point on said road. east Of the sass
line Of Twelfth street; also the fare shall
not exceed tan oents each way from any
point on said road north Of the line Of
the sixth standard parallel - IL ct pres
ent runs through the city Of Seattle.
The care and dummies shall b Of i'm
proved construction, and shall b moved
Of speed not exceeding eight miles Der
hour. The carr OF dummies shall be
moved BY horsss, mules or cables, at
the option Of the grantees hsreof. Thia
franchise 10 10 last for hfsy years.
Work OF construction 70 commence on
Jackson street, within six months iron
the completion Of the grade Of aid
street. and work on several streets TO Be
completed within tvo years.
These ordinances we're both referred
10 the Committee on Streets, and are
4 now b0lnQ conaidarwd hv aaid s~osnu,is