The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-28
aIf NILES OF ROAD.
- the Electric Company :
Lines are Completed.
=, ~ sew Equspment-Ce"sf
80. 80. Exsension-La,i"s
Double Track.

,u,r sess OF trucks for the Se seaasle
To p.slxav and Power Company
- uopday night, and VIII he at
ansea ,.s ears that had come last
s1s With them came also = TO
vsef' -sr engine that viii be imrne-
loFS ,,laced in position in the
tfsias r at the foot Of Pike street,
The. With an additional s'-horse
- axnsruc. viii supply power for
s,.,ion OF the extra ears that
70 lie running. The com
.. synamo capacity q The present
,rill then he iorhorse power we.
~s.ied BY engines co'fiDi'iihs -
Iorse power.
rsE CEDAR STREET LIsE.
=. Cedar street extension. of the
ise %. raad il yell along toward cry
The track Is laid to Dsr
'o' Iake Union. and the ma
efees' an hand for stringi the
-. 80 wires. Two Of the four new
e III BE- used in the operation OF
"a ,-sart,. which, until tue city COM
~ y - grade along Dexter street,
peaes ~ ,osress. viii run only 10 the
- RS viii he run every hall
Sc. 49,, The terminus 70 the end %
eosI Ut :, second and James streets
~ -. remaining neg cars are To i'e
Jbs ~ -, the North Seattle route, and
ssssa;se will make the run 10 the
s.stbern terminus
eKgarLY IMPROVED SERVICE.
w.. the cars that make the trip
'.ls,,s 10 Lake Union, eight cars al
- will be in operation. The
q, the Lake Union trip will be
tn& A. ever, bat the schedule
~ - arranged that car will leave
vi : s,.aet for North Seattle every
JAZZ .snut4s. With the additional
h1 .s.. ,saye on the Cedar street run.
s.,ss;ll 90 between CEDAR street ana
- ..rest every eight minutes.
ufrsa DOUBLE TRACK.
t,,ee ~ men Is now engaged ia
..a.,,ur,sng an additional track along
- r.se Union branch, on Hoseii
80, r. j. the intention 90 build a
800 track from the junction al.
nts and Seeonsi. two-thlr6s oi the
.ss ont 10 the lake. The uncertainty
ss.,.t the Eighth street grace prevents
as6ni,e promise BY the managers OF
~ i'm. a. 10 the time the tracks Will
= c,r,,.Ie,aei. 1t Is hoped. how
-, 10 have them ready by the time
~ nss mower house on Pine street,
tstrseo Fifth and sixth, i completed
end IN. entire new plant Is IN pssi-
tion. The propo- Ell power, WITH the
huildipgs. will cost nearly siU,ino 1t
iii enrs.ist OF n steam plant, with
tour bpIlers OF i50-horse power each;
tso Reynolds-Corliss engines, OF 300
horse power each, i've dyDamos. oil
the Thomson Houston make. so-horSe
mover each with other minor appar
stu. necessary for the operation OF the
vho,s system. II il expected then To
run Twelve carr, with i've reserve Tor
ertra occasions. At least Tour oil
these will he on the Lake Unisn
branch.
The Cedar street extension viii be 10
Fremont inside OF forty days. The
right-of- way is graded from Foiat
nearly TO Fremont. south 10 the point
on Dexter street where the city grad
ers are AT work.
When the Green lake extension,
now abont TO be begun, Is completed
the Seattle electric railway will have
twelve miles of line fully equipped
with rolling stock and supplied with
power sufiicien: 20 run almost an UNI
limited number OF cars. No electric
road on the Pacific slope has nearly
the same trackage.