The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-05

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And fn case ~ compsnies cannot = thss
time arrive q snch adjustment and agyee-
naent. sbst for tSe present the councd
make provision By franchise rights for
temporary privileges Of the various COM
panjes- adjusting the sasne as nearly ~
possible 20 location on the avenue applied
Tor.
Alter council convened last night il Vas
learned that the Union Pacific would soon
present . petition for the vacation Of Ger
tain streets and alleys upon the ground Sc
iect<d for terminals. ard is was
sheseupon decided that IL would
BE- wise to lay the whole matter
over 10 such time ~ this petition could Be
acted upon. thereby settling all the ques-
tons ~ once. 4 Communication from
the Faishaven 4 Southern also caused =
complication. and was used - . pretext
By the committee for not submitting the
report it had prepared This eommnnics-
ton Was az follows.
FAgsHAsxx & sssrrBxEs RAILROAD COL
F1szHAyEs, hasb.. April l. fsaa |
G<stfeseE- About March the Fairhaven 4
Southern RailrnAd Company presented pe,i-
ton 70 your honorable body asking rlght-ef-
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hare rot been notified that any FINAL artiou has
been taken by the council upon she petition re-
fesrcd 20. I, appears frum certain articles pub
issaed Ia the PosrISrxIGsssxcKs OF the 18Th
Hit that 4 ixerpectxd there Will be Q conference
OF those interested In rishssof way In the city
OF sssttie on Wednesday evening. April 2 We
hare no other notice Of such conference than
such - appears tn the newspapers, and we ma
II impossible TO be represented In peyson II the
proposed conference. and therefore write for
The psupsse OF calling your attention TO the
reresxsty Of the city taking sosne actio0 upon
oar petition. Our work Of construction il going
on rarddly toward scsstle, and we desire 20
build through iis city this rear II we shall be
permitted 10 60 throsxn at Ill. II seems 20 as
tsst oar line ~ too important 20 be ignored,
even ~ q Eme when what supposed TO DC
more important lines are asking for righfs-of-
way We are Ia good faith hi asking q Way
through the city, and believe that the business
Of our road viii faraish ample compensation TO
the city for any privileges IL may decide 70
give us
Concerning the terms upon which We are
willing to accept . righf-of-way. We have TO say
taai In our petition We proposed 70 take rights-
of-way upon such terms as the city grants to
other companies and we are willing 70 submit
Ia sueh limitations and restrictions Is the city
imposes upon other companies asking for the
same rights and privileges
We desire some action 20 be taken q spcedily
~ possible, because We are 20 far progressed
with the location OF our line. Is well
as with the work, - 10 make tt necessary
Tor rs to know whether We will be
compelled TO seek some other route for the con-
ssructson Of our road. Yours very truly.
H. q. THOMPSON,
Attorney for the Fairhaven q southern Rail-
road Company.
When It was announced by the CON-
mitfee that II would not report q motion
was made that the matter be referred. and
that report be submitted at q meeting 10
be held next Monday night To this promo
sition Attorney Mitchell of the Northern
Pacific filed an objection. He said that his
company could not be represented
at meeting 10 be held then. He sug-
gested that the committee take q week
more time, in order that his company
might consider .'the new issue forced into
the matter" He said his company had
never been able 70 meet the Union Pacific
before a committee OF the whole. or
IN any way except upon paper.
This Union Pacific which you propose to
have act jointly with us, said Mr.. Mitchell.
has never conferred with us; its confer
ences have all been with another compapv
from which il is supposed to ask nothing.
! cant say that my company will accept
this proposition. Its interests in
this matter are SO identified with
those OF the Columbia 4 Puget
Sound that its officers will have 10 be con-
suited. Then we are in no particular
hurry, and these other roads, which have
to build here, certainly cannot be. If a
weeks more time is given I think these
cobwebs may be wiped away; schemes of
these companies may then become clear.
and perhaps a satisfactory conclusion ar
rived at
~ was thereupon decided TO Law all
further consideration of the matter over TO
meeting OF the committee of the whole.