The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-23
THOROUGHFARE
The Lake Shore Road Blocked
on Railroad Avenue.
yEslEH-s OFFICE IN THE Way.


Ire Er1c<lavs-s ca the Seattle. Lake
Shore 4 Eastern road. VIXEN they nE.s.
ucrk last nsehs re-e within q vsrv sbort
distance Of Yesser xvenzse. which vii -
reached tsdsv. wAe1 they reach IN. ssx-
nsls tier VIII rsres with an oh~srarssa.s in
TIE of-ses q tAe Seattle Coal and Izrnhe~
Sozapxny, which stands IN gail-oxs ave-
hue And rpcn TIE iiza granted the railroad
company ov It's franchise Mr. Yesaer m
nsszi<ss that Ee vii ret remove the busss-
sraS. az1 when the road rsxehes Il another
rAEni~ss way var vii probably he precsas-
lated IAsi-os9 xvsnse having been legally
caH1eEzrAe1 and the companies franchise
having been granted by the city, the ctr
government vii likely be called upon 70
remove the building. The snsvssakls In
Iz-scs@oa and couater injunction gil prob
ahsy foeG follow. and the matter VII he
taken irto The cogrsS.
No nes more was made hy the Gos1ruhsa
u Pe-ef Sogs,ad o. the PE-es Sound shore
rozzzs tosx-a occupying Their old rishs-of-
ways yesterday The TACT Of the matter i
taAt Tie c,spzfezs line Is aow SO thoroughly
covered slta i1janct5cns that there $
scarcely room Ieft fos psle3riser II Judge
han1o-a arrives home to-day soGe OF the
In1unrsaors VII probably cozae M for hear
ing before him to-uaarrow.
Manager Naseaa OF the Puget Sound
s1ore road. was very warm yesterday over
sae action Of the eoazcl Monasv night IN
extend-1g Post street SO Is 10 provide for
TIE condemnation CT tie right-of- way
eszir1es- BY the companies, and passing the
ordinance providing for gates AZ ali places
where railroads operating outside of Rail
road avenue cross streets or alleys In
reference 70 the Post street matter he said
ne csan I believe the property owners would
stand II. and the city would nos be in a
Position 20 pay The biz damages that would
ae asked for the condemned property
Such action, = his opinion. could nos work
AID he thought The coGneil was acting most
aosara4y L. lis moves 20 drive the company
from is riSht-of-w2y. The railroad had
rested rights there and sAe proper place TO
try legal questions vas in the courts. The
COUNCIL had assumed an authority that il
could rot maintain, and would find Is out
lie termed the ordinance requiring the
railroads outside OF Railroad svenne 70
keep gates and hxgmen az each OF the
crossings ss the stiles; thing any man
could thin& Of
'Jast imagine" szid he. how absurd il
IS for the council 70 require us 10 keep up
gates and provide hasmen night and day
where our track crosses the street, and
YET ths railroad fifty feet 10 the west and
parallel 20 our road-only sew Sseps-is
placed under no restrictions. Its as plain
IS can be that il Is not the public safety
that IS considered. il is only an attempt 10
place Is at 3 disadvantage
This road will not submit 70 IL. and
don't think The pubic viii require IT, To
injzre this road is 10 in are the city. in
tend IA employ man as assistant super
ingerdent whose duty IL wsn be 20 have
control OF the road II the section coming
within the councils ordinance, and he will
stay IN jail IL necessary until tine courts try
this qsestion- We viii abide BY the Law
bit We don't propose TO keep gates, flag
men or anything else. The action OF the
council in this matter is boys play.
IF we are wrong. let the court say So
bat re Won throw up orr rights upon the
say 50 o. any body Of men who hare 10
greater interest In the city Of Seattle than
we have. The action or the council against
the Puget Sound shore road is singular
and certainly misguided. y