The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-07
LET THE PUBLIC REJOICE.
The Front-Street Cable Cars Are
Now Running.
A Eisssry Of the Incorporation and
Building OF This Great Pxo-
lie Convenience.

4 TIRES Of .hs dunzaiex. Or grin cars. az
the FfvnteSrees Cable Rsi1way COMPANY
we're run ali daT yesterday. A large nurn-
h~zr os passengers were carried. who
seemed oTersoEed that 10 great a publse
convenience bad been pat IN operation
TIE eosaplesioa Of = public work 80 iua-
F FoTtans IL an event Of 80 xaen moment
slsas history Of its inception and COM
I pieEl9u En@y prove OF lnreregs 10 the
readers Of the PoxT-IxTEL1EnKxcEx
on The 18th Of octoser, ISIS, three CON-
psn1ss we're incorporated Ia this city. oae
OF thesn the Seattle Cabie Ra4Iway Pgsent
( Gs1npaEy. This corporation has earstaI
stock 81 s60. GO and " the owner IA tbs
cttY q over Ice patents used in the cor
I ssFDefiUu and operation Of cable railways
On the same date the Freut street Rail
say construction Company was ineorpo-
rated with capital stGe K az syo1 co T'he
/ object OF this corporation was 20 construct
zsc oE.erAte cattle roads In this city. The
+ Frcns1-frecf Cable Railway Construction
Company IS closely connected with the
Pacific CsDle Company Of San FrgAcisco,
OF which J. n. Thorn pSoEl Il president
On she same date the Front street cable
Halfway Company was Incorporated for
fae purpose Of operating and maintaining
e11is lines Ia this city. On Saturday last
the Front Street Cable Railway Construc-
ton Company sold 20 the Front Street
Cable Railway Company the finished rnsa.
together with the machinery aad other
plant for zBfl. 5GG. In future the From;
street Cable RAILWAY Company viii oser-
ate the road.
TIE ESTKRpSIsTs6 FSCo2FoEA1ozs
GAe iacorpors,ors OF the three above
mentioned corporations were Jacob Furth.
H. q. strnEe, Bailey Gstzert, ]. C. Halnes,
]. NJ. Thompson, A. b. stewart ]. p. Hoyt.
=. Ii. Denny, r. Il. sander, c. NJ BOmat
". McAtcken and G.. II. Heilbron. Each
OF these individuals Is stakeholder in ali
three OF the above mentioned corporations,
The officers Of the Front street Railway
Company are. Jacob Fgrfh, president; II.
g. strive, vice president. J. p Hort. treas-
egers Maurice McMicken, secretary: III.
tsorhafn, Secretary: Mr.. Jackson. superin-
tendent
Toe road is $3.50 feet in length and "a il
has double tracks the entire length OF
track - II go feet. Ii Begins nj the inter
section OF fester avenue and Front streets
aud Is built along Front TO Pike street;
thence along Pike 20 Second. thence along
second 10 the engine house and depot at
she Intersection of Depot and Second
streets. The return trip viii be made as
follows: From .he intersection OF Dersot
aud second streets along second TO Pine:
thence along Pine 20 Front and along
Front 70 the place Of beginning 81 the In
fersection Of Yesler avenue and Front
street.
The road is built In the most substantial
manner possible. Tn conduit for the cable
! IL made OF iron. solidly bedded inrPortlana
cement The roadway between the rails
bitnainous rock. The rails are solidiy
laid, and those who had the pleasure of
riding over the line yesterday can testify
as 70 It's smoothness and solidity.
Ak ALARE DEVICE.
One OF the most notable improvements
! Ii an alarm device, the invention of So
periutendent Jackson. 1t consists OF an
electric wire, which Is placed alongside
the cable. runs the entire length of the
road, and il connected gith an alarm bell
a. the engine house. In ease OF an scci-
dent the conductor can go 70 one OF the
aiauhoies. which are located every "a
feet. and b manipulating the wire send a
signal 10 the engine house. SO that the
cable may be stopped In few seconds
after an accident occurs. This cannot be
done 01 the cable reeds In san Francisco
ana elsewhere. IS there the roads are not
supplied with this device, aud the condac.
tor has 70 hun; around for several minates
before he can find a telephone and send
tn2 news Of a break or accident 10 the en-
cine house, so that the machinery may be
stepped.
superintendent Jackson Is now at work
on al ingenious electric clock which will
BE- placed in the tower of the round house
This clock will automatically ring bell,
through the medium OF a wire. AT the
power house and also a. the Occidental
garner 81 that trains can be started ex-
s.. - time, without the assistance OF a
starter 81 each end.
Another great improvement Is ia the
tart.sable. by means of friction pulley
operated by placing Il against tac moving
cable tbs tnfGstable is operated. All that
is necessary is TO connect the friction pui-
ley aad the tGrn-tabse dies arouad, carry
ing WITH il the dummy and passenger
ears. Ia san Francisco the tuFn-tabI. 4
opeFatedb hand This ingenious device
Is also one Of superintendent Iacksons
intentions.
Ar THE POWER House.
Al Depo. and second streets Is located
the depos and power house and Offices. IL
Is three stories In height and occupies
e0xi09 feet OF ground space The base
fIsletlt Is TO be used for the storage OF coal,
en1 Is built in 8 most solid and sEbstaTI-
/ tlal manner. This Is evidenced By the
TACT That 800 tons of cement were used in
lis construction. Ia this building are the
two large CaTliss engines. Zach IL OF sat.
telenf capacity 10 operate the cable. The
idea IN having two engines Is Ia have one
10 fall back On in case the other breaks
down. The steam for the engines is gen
3azleton pattern. The cars aud dummies
win be housed iu this building. The
upper portion OF the bliiGing VIII be used
principally for sleeping quarters for the
employees. A large room viii be set apart
as a general sitting and reading place for
the employees, There viii also be rooms
for paint and repair Stops. In the engine
room is a dynamo which runs two arc and
Is ipcandcseent electric lights, which are
to se used principally 20 light up the en-
gine ro0ga-
Al present the company has six of the
largest gizsd and latest Improved daIauIies
with their attendant passenger ears. The
number OF dummies and cars VIII be in
creased as The business OF she road de-
naands Il. The average speed Of the ears
Will be seven miles az hour. but when
business Is brisk az morning, noon aud
aIziit, and people desire 30 go down and
Sp town ia = hurry, the speed will be In.
creased ap 10 70 miles an hour The ears,
when tae road Is fuliy operated. viii leave
the terralat every six minutes. The time
table has 1907 get beea ssTanged, bat the
cars VIII ran for ~ hours out Of The ~
HogTHY oF CREDIT.
J, NJ Thompson and Superintendent
Jaeksoa deserve the greatest credit for the
thorough manner ia which the road has
been constructed. also for the short time
in which the work was done. Mafk vas
begun GA :he 9Th OF November and has
heea hurried 70 completion BY working
constantly WEEK DAYS. nights and Sundays
evsE since that time Mr.. Thompson,
though Be had fun authority from the City
Council 10 ol2strEct the streets aiaug the
line OF tae read during It's construction.
has been very coGsidcsate 10 the public
Taas4gh Ii was not convenient AND would
have cnss considerably less re oaly built
one side 0f thc road at time, TINS leaving
the psneg side clear For the passage Of We
hicles-
The cable line runs In front Of She pro
posed Denny hotel ant viii make that
building when ceTnpietes; as accessible rs
anF structure 0n FROST street. II NAV be
said thas rae Denny hotel would hsrdly DC
success WeFe * not for the fact that the
cable railway rams past is future site.
IL was learned Yesterday that il was the
intention Of the trout street C6bie Railway
can p&By 90 extend is line stu further.
provided sGatieleat inaHeemeni Is offered.
The extension ~ the mad IA ans given
direction beyond the power house insight
aos be paging investment. but II suite
sen4 property Is donated the company viii
Egv The experiment. The direction % the
extension will DC governed entirely hy
these who make the donations of land.
0Ug or DASGEs. Randolph Henry. the
man WHOSE ieg was ampaE&se4 a Grace
hospital on Tuesday is gAlning strength.
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