The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-11
the Old CABLE NOMINEES.
How ! Sew One Will Be Laid
On the Lake Line.
ra~ra by St~xnhoas- The SaeA'
ssu Street Tressie-ki Strse
Esad BmpreveEsss-

rss-a.,,ls ss,ss-rs.erssn s9ssasa}s asea
as. an. os~rases she Lake xkyfazsozs
rae@ lire. all fa.sy begin sstecns-rlae-
ts1a ii rs.e gssskssrs ssTevek hs86ss- shss
s.rfsswx. VS. barasxs Ter sssssaEess OF over
SO F.yss ssa gaxssssx street. a~sf~ees ,@f1sa
-sr.sssss SD -oush Fourth strssss- IhS
-sa he Con- frzas-ttsFs sGsn fssny. III oEsier W
cx@srxte sssr8r Mse fsYaEa faat tas bulge
r. s.ss ~ rshrsGt Tre essgaEssisy sheys tore
ssfs.rrssf 70 ss-5utia gsse n SD ~ Sc si1s
ssr slr pr Thousand fssE ssrs sazasrer siia
a g.er fisgussaasf Tor the old aaaafssf wssie n
ne s;rp saars.a ThIs hi8 wss Tor iEs ia1a
b~r ia s~ss1sson. Ia addition 70 Il ;. the
grade pssfg have - * Easssa from sssssea
Sx.h I, sssfn second ssreet. In sosGs
r.sxe-~ che grss4e wSls ~ RAISED two sra $
bali ss.ef aasxf IN utAers Elk aees lie sA
Il rs.sF 81 The x0sA VITA e% ts.UsN nc
sngsssr has been aeseyfsSa ~ sias sfts- ~.
4 Jackson, who hAs the general super L
fegs.sek-ee Of tne work. ssss i MI Is hn-
pests o asxe the Lake Washington esefS
railway X asiy aof ofersIioa.
Re xstS ssfAs which Hss GsiaSges4 az
Ore. agas AIKEN Ia q Lake Washington Ahss
sank there. In solze rssEagsFe fnfare sssflt.1
i; may Re sousd hs - ansisaaiy sho Wa
( ff-gtsfsb AA EztaS- Rtsr~ - fst1 %-~-@N
sgGSa4 cable Tzl seruss ifs1 s@Ae.
LAYING THE NEW c.s1E.
\ req and rather rosel method Of Fiae,-
ing tile nsw cable Ia position AID getting
I'd u the cid enc hiss been evolved II the
Fertile snin5 ct superintendent Jackson,
Tie rel euntais.ing TIE bEaasie1 sire viii
Ess yiseed ns 81 The eofiarr 81 >oNth >eSosaa
ana Jackson STREETS. The edo Will De
sslicsa "a the new cable on TIE Jackson
xsr,.f,.-ssfes TFe oh cable wfla
fss eat al tire Sesler avenue
nrssge, near the POSER Reuse Al LAKE
Washington Cue end OF the old Gable
wlis be i.sen eut over The machinery Y
a ~sesxssat r On LAKE Washington. The
steamer sill start eas directly east ia the
LIKE, dragging tee old casis after Il W Zen
sns new sGhle reaches the power house ne
old e-.fle will be allowed to sink III the
depths Of Lake Washington. The
Bsw esbl- has now seafAel the over
hatlse aad hals oi the Old cable = N the
bottom 81 the IN c TIE - amer viii be
fastened 10 the ether hs / OF tue oid cable
and il sill b. pa ed aHt ia the lake AUG
dropped to the ssottom. Then horses viii X
fastened 20 the end os the rev Cable, AM
they will DC start q west Ai5er stFeTai
hours OF alternate tagging and resting. tAe
cattle viii have been carried fTufn the
AaSe Wasting an poser house along YES
Ter avenue Ia ~onsff eeronG aasd along
sssath Second "a jsek -tsn. and ak9ne jack
son Z, tue Jack son etreet bs1ege Here the
two ends If tne cable aIil De splieed IT,
gesher and the circuit completed.
OLD sSp sEg CABLES.
when asked why the old cable was not
saved aud ssld ;oT waat Il wsula bring In
stead Of sinking IL IN Lake Washington,
Mr.. Jarks u replied The cable weighs
.-tw~ufy. six tons, and cost, when new,
/ e. so sow itwonld bring in tue eity just
81 ton or s52. ald Ii i net worth the
that there is guile q difference between the
value IT an old and NJ " cable. In san
Francisco disc ard. q cables are worth So
per ton. There they are mixed by foun-
( Gers in furnaces with steel, and IL is said
I they AID strength to the composition with
which they are mixed. Tools sDd ateusiis
! lnaGs of this mixture are said to Possess
. grsxf strength Our local founders don Z
xH,n 10 be aware OF this fact.
THE JACKSON STREET lime.
Continuing, Mr. Jackson said that The
many obligations 10 the residents along
Jackson street For this reason II hes bee
decided 10 net shut the liue down on that
street, while al additional roadway and
TIA i being blItlt. TIE road will he
Operate Il jnst a. II used 10 be before the
Gre The additional roadway and track
along YtsieF avenue has alre sdv been con-
strife 81. Another roadway aud tack viii
be laid on Jackson street Hheo this il
finished Jackson street aud Gesler syenue
VIII be divorced and operated u two dis
/ iihtt systems.
IMPROVEMENTS Al FHE LAKE
The platform at the Lake Washington
poacr louse has been enlarged and num-
II L..
tention tn erect a pavilion, to provide a
geological garden and to make The vicinity
of the power house the popular resort OF
Seattle. Every tbipg III the way If improve
nelt viii be on large scale.
EXTENDING SOUTH THIRD STREET.
South Third street Is now clear Of sill OH
strucnons anu ~ to be extended from be-
tween Main aud Jackson 10 ffae broad
gauge strip ri once. Manager Nadeau. OF
the puget sound shore, made proposition
10 the city eounc several DAYS since. He
offered % extend south Third street "a the
broad gauge strip by building an elevated
roadway twenty Folir feet wide, the Puget
Sound shore Railtoad Company TO pay for
the work and 10 be reimbursed when the
city Is more flush oil funds. Yesterday Mr.
Nadeau aud City Engineer seurrs had "a
conference in regard To the manner in
which the South Third street elevated road
way shalt be built, A plan was agreed
upon AMI work on The roadway win be i'm
medateiy commenced
noUnLE ELECTRIC TRACK.
The cars OF the Electric Railway and
Power Company Oh Front street have hith-
erto passed each Other on a switch This
st times involved considerable loss Of
time when one car was compelled 10 wait
for the other. Ia order 10 avoid this the
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double track along Front street from pi,.e
10 Cedar. Nark ON the extra track and
wire Is almost completed. IL ADDITION -
this the grade has been lowered here and
there, ami hereafter better tin e than ever
will be INSIDE between North and south
Seattle by the electric cars.
The next street 30 be put through tn the
hav front is Madison which is he1ng flied