, 1888-06-07
THE NEW CABLE LINE.

THE PROPOSED ROUTE How THE CARS
WILL DE oPERATED--LINEs IN OTHER
CITIES AND A TALK WITH A CABLE CAR
COMPANY PRESIDENT.
Whoever visits Chicago for the first
time is amazed at beholding the street
cars running with great rapidity with
out either horse or an engine in sight,
to explain what is propellng them on.
The ease with which these cars are
stopped and the rapidity with which
they are started have made them
great favorite with the public.
s. These lines are also especially con-
Senient in cities OF long distances and
for suburban residents.
At the last session OF the council Il
petition was presented asking for
franchise for a cable line road to begin
at the south end of Howard street,
thence along Howard to Front, thence
west from Howard, either on Front or
Main streets, to Post street, thence
along Post to the Spokane river, thence
across the river, by II bridge at or near
the present Post street bridge, to
'hgidge street, thence west on Bridge
street to Monroe street, thence north
on Monroe street to Boone street to
west line of city limits. Also line to
connect Herewith extending from
Monroe street, west to College avenue
to the west line OF the city limits.
This petition was properly referred
hA N
night
Mr.. j. NJ. Thompson, who is the
president of the Pacific Gable Con-
struction company, of San Francisco,
is in the city tor the purpose OF max.
ing an arrangement whereby the line
can be at once constructed. To a
REVIEW reporter who saw Mr.. Ihomp-
son yesterday, that gentleman said
"The business of our company Is con-
structing cable roads, furnishing capi-
tai for the same, and becoming inter
ested therein We are now building
five miles in Seattle and have just
applied for right to build two and
one-half additional miles in
that city. Portland is ne
agotiting for two cable roads,
one OF which is about half COM
peted. Tacoma is negotiating for
one mile road, and Butte City, Mon
tana, for double track road of one
and one-fourth miles. San Diego is
about to change their electric and
horse Car system to the cable. San
Francisco, within the last few days,
has negotiated loan for three and
one.half million dollars for cable
road, one line of which will be twenty.
twolmiles in length.
There are many features about
cable road. If we build in your city,
there will be expended over two hun
.Nred thousand dollars in construction.
I3y the cable system the people get
! safe and rapid transit. 1t is just as
cheap to run the cars frequently as at
longer intervals, because we have To
run the rope all the time. The lines 4
increase the value of real estate along
\the route they run, and this has
notably been the case in Los Angeles.
and the average increase III Seattle has
been fully three hundred per cent,
The Seattle road will be five miles
long and will overcome an altitude OF
about four hundred feet in about two
miles
1t is not the present population of
your city, but our belief MS TO its future
that induces us to invest here now.
We have great confidence in the rapid
growth of your city and can see no
reason why you should not have with
in the next five years population OF
fifty thousand, considering your varied
resources. II granted II franchise,
work is to begin in ninety days, Pay
roll in Seattle is $4,000 month, paid
to employees there, and we regard
this enterprise, which your city has
shown a great interest in, us one cal
culated to advance you rapidly, and
AS in keeping with your well known
public spirit.