The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-09

Work Of Construction Was Com
menced Yesterday.
Opfsises OF the Astsxneys Ter the
Psget sound shore and the
Transfsr comp.ny.

Attog1ey General J. B. Mefea1se, sssor-
'sey For the sssssle Trzaxfer Company. yes
ttrdss made the following statement re-
ExfsIng the stains OF the Injunction case
wherein TIE CosuuhEa 4 Puget scEzd
Railway Company sought 10 eusctn the
Puget sound saose railroad from allowing
tEe ssattls Trxnsfsr Company 20 construct
sevuina, facilities which TIE latter com
pany hna engaged to hzfld under It's con-
irzex with the Puget Soand Shore Railroad
Company:
sIt viii be rscolsecsed. sald General
Meteaiie. s-th&s the Puget sound shore
Railroad Company several months since
piled IN the strfp kuowa As the broad
gauge strip. a. sn expense OF $4,000 with
tie purpose in view Of constructing q
freight depot and ether accommodations
for the Plge. Sound Shore Railroad Com
pauy. which were urgently needed Is q
publie Necessity for tie reason that nine
ienths OF the freight business az that road
In Gcsss IN the open air. This infiiets con-
siderable damage 70 certain classes Of
gauge strip Il about goo feet long and ila
feet wide,
'son the broad guage strip the Transfer
Company had made ell the necessary ar
fa1gefaerts for the construction OF the
following described buildings A general
freight depot 100 feet long and $ feet wide:
q storage warehouse 20 feet long and IS
feet wide; q storage warehouse so feet
long and - feet wide also Office buildings,
seoek- yards and stables for the Transfer
Company. These Improvements were TO
cover the entire surface of the broad gauge
strip and were TO egst the sum of SIS. 0O9.
Tine Transfer Company is amply able
to make the Improvements which
hare heretofore mentioned Just
~ the Transfer Company got to work
On thsss Improvements they were
III the reQaes, Of the Columbia 4 Puget
sound Railroad Company. The transfer
cornp any has repeatedly offered 20 do the
fair thing 70 either OF the contestfng rail-
ruads- That IL, II has offered TO pay q
rental OF the premises leased either into
bank or % the registry OF the court, sub.
ject to such disposition as the outcome OF
The case would seem most just and equita-
bic. To this proposition the Puget Sound
Shore Railroad Company readily agreed,
bur the other railroad company declined
peremptoriiy to enter into such an ar
rangemcut.
.sThe question has remained ia this an
settled and unsatisfactory condition 10.
several months until last week when the
Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company
moved on The works Of its adversary.
eafion for restraining order and referred
the case to Judge Allyn. Upon the hear
Ing OF the application for the injunction
Col. Haines. the attorney for the Columbia
e Puget sound Railroad, made q motion,
based on asidsviu. fo< q continuance. OF
the hearing. Judge Allyn. after hearing
the argument on the preliminary matter,
granted a temporary restraining order,
prohibiting The Columbia & Puget Sound
shore Railroad from in any wise interior
ing with the Puget sound Shore Railroad
Company until the 10th instant. when the
ease win be heard on its merits
"immeiiateiy upon the Issuance of this
order ii was determined to proceed with
the erection OF the terminal buildings So
yesterday the Puget Sound shore Railroad
Company began the construction of cross
roads from the main track, as agreed upon
under It's contract with the Seattle Trans
feF Company. The Transfer Company
simultaneously began the erection of It's
terminal buildings, which are so necessary
for the purpose of the handling OF the
freight sraffie Of the Puget Sound Shore
Railroad Company. The Transfer Com
pany viii push the several buildings 10 as
speedy completion as possible, and If the
work Is not stopped by another injunction
the buildings VIII be finished in 20 days
FROM the present time
Tacoma paper that that city Is 70 have
yery extensive depots for the handling of
the freight brought there by the Northern
Pacific. aud IL would seem 70 be Hnwfse 10
again interfere with tas erection Of Ike
structures for the accommodation OF the
public of Seattle
The slip handed 10 the repsrtsr read a.
fellows.
'.Tsa saisfoad company viii within
,<.s arsef time erect there one OF the
/ Iarges. freight depots on It's entire hne,one
that shail BE- equal IN sigs 10 that OF Min
- Aaf glzs4f
and Go IN width. This nlsnmesh freight
house is 90 be placed there for the accom-
mediation of the city proper. that Is, for
the local traffic, the warehouses now ia
use az the wharf ana along the water
font below being held for the use of
through traffic"
General Metcalfe continuing said: .'As
son will observe the length and width OF
the improvements undertaken to be con-
straetcd by the Transfer company in Se-
attic are larger than those Of Tacoma by
about so feet. These wiz be ample, aSn
satisfied, for al requirements for the nexf
FIVE years,
RELATIONS or TaE COMPANIES.
Mr.. q. n. Halter, attorney in tais case for
the Puget Sound Shore road, yesterday
gave the following short sketch OF the re-
iations between the bread gauge and mar
row gauge roads.
In isss the two roads made an agreement
hY which in consideration Of the Puget
sound shore road STRENGTHENING the track
ard raising aud widening the grade, the
two comp anies were to occupy aud oper-
ate jointay the right OF Way fren Black
river To seattle, and the Columbia & Puget
sonnd also granted the Shore read the
privilege OF building such siaetracks,
switches. tunnels, warehouses and ter
nsinals as Il shosld st any time
require or deem necessary. Under this
agreement the Puget Sound Shore drove
sac present foundation fer road on the
pisee where freight Is now delivered, lcay-
lag the line OF the narrow g1age ct the
eSraas street bridge. and joining il again az
Commercial street. The company also
hailt fgextIe on the north side OF the slip
enclosing space of about no feet wide,
and exteUaing from the Graut-strest
bridge tn the line Of south Third street
PRODUCED. The two companies at that
tine being operated practically as one,
the warehouses Of the Columbia and Pu-
get Sound were used temporarily, the
Sound Shore intending eventually 90 oc-
cupy tkes broad gauge sfrip with ware
houses aud terminal facilities, The mar
rog Euage warehouses being egiirely made
QaAfe. and the tariff being severe tax upon
the business of the city. about eight
utonths ago the Shore road concluded TO
build large warehouses on the be0ad
gauge strip. and ~ thai end dFove piles
ever the entsre strip, spending $1,000 ia
the wors. with the full knowledge OF aud
without any objection from the manage
utent of the colurabia & Puget sound The
controversy that followed and the efforts
Of the Marrow gauge 60 prevent the cree
ton of warehouses are too well known 70
need recital"
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