The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-18
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Ha1laSd council passed the first read
r Iussday evening Of "a ordinances
1Ine right-of-way on Shilshole av6nus
- feet each to the Seattle & Non.
ia the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
9aya
~ eeaitle, Lake Shore q Eastern now
80 fifteen feet on the south side 81 the
having secured right-of-way from
x9nefD before the street was laid out
80 has side-trncks extending over !
6r fifteen feet II has now asked the
- for Z franchise of thirty feet on this
With view to securing clear title
= occupation Of what It already holds.
~ essttle 4 Montana asked for sixty
11 ~ north side Of this street, allowing
~ four tracks. As surveyed, the
soeses Salmon bay BY bridge par
1Wilh that Of the Lake Shore. crosses
- ehore track ct the eastsrn end Of
- avsnue, rams west along the north
- Ghilshole avenue for about = mile,
Suard along the Sound shors.
! ordinance passed by the council 70.
10 Seattle 4 Montana to reduce to
~ whole width OF 6hilshole avenue
loot--and four cross streets for one
% remove the Lake Shore track
~ south to the north side Of the ave.
ri 20 construct its own tracks on the
"a now occupied by the Lake Shore
- Il requires the Lake Shore to re-
= hat portion Of its road projecting
- - bay which 10 now used for dump
NJ nom the logging trains. to the an-
80 of the sleeping citizens. Both are
"a thirty days within which to accept
1T the franchise.
- roads announce that they will 70.
- ifanchiss. Tho Lake Shore objects
<o Ismoval Of its track from one side
- street to the other and will not be
1od With less than thirty feet Of right
-. superintendent Dunn says that
lNnchise is only asked as . saving
- 10 avoid risk Of . lawsuit for posses
! i ne street, but that Il will not be &C.
"a on The terms proposed.
- SEATTLE and Montana objects to the
5SUness Of the right-of-way offered and
- conditions attached. T. ]. Wilson,
jongsr Of the road, says that the only
~ of placing tho Seattle 4 Montana
~ so7th side Of the street 10 to save its
olne the Lake Shore track. He considers
~ 1ftsen feet Of right-of-way are not
~ NE cost Of grading Shilshole avenue
~ cross streets, and Of removing the
~ shore track, especially - after the
1dinx was done, his company might be
lsoated BY injunction from removing
I Lake Shore track. He estimates the
0t d this work at $4,000 to 1000, and
= hat sum be could secure sixty fest Of
ht,olWay elsewhere than on the street
x1uostion.
lending : solution Of this problem, the
oktls 4 Montana has suspended work on
u bsidge ACROSS salmon bay, and grading
80 ~ terminal ground At Boulevard. At
pDome time survey 10 being made for Z
= . ran along the south shore Of the
IN Crossing ct its mouth by . draw
11des and running northward without en-
Ming Ballard at all.
HW1l Be possible for Canadian Pacific
- b run into Seattle about November /.
u Douglas. the chief promoter OF the
~ Westminster Southern railroad. Is
flAogity for the statement that the road
- b completed to the boundary line by
- date. connecting with the Fairhaven
nfhern. The latter road Is already In
lation 10 6edro and there crosses the
- Of the Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern.
u Lake Shore bridge at Sedro will be
rnpleted In about three weeks and by
~ time track will be laid from the south
eAe Skagit riv.r at Sedro. This will
1pnpls,e through line from Seattle 70
~ Westminster, connecting there with
- Canadian Pacific and thus giving an
llternative all rail route 70 the East. Al
|housh the Fairhaven 4 Southern is now
owned BY the Great Northern. and has no
RafSc arrangement with the Lake Shore
J Eastern, so that IL may not be possible
p run Canadian Pacific cars through to
lesttle on that date. passengers from
seattle to the East and points in British
Columbia will be able for the first time to
navel BY rail the whole distance. perhaps
hanging cars ct Sedro and New West
minister.
The Great Falls, Mont. Leader says:
captain J. h. Taylor. who has just returned
.om hunting and fishing trip across the
eotes pass, brings word that no work save sur
Ngins 10 being done beyond that point BY the
yees Northern, and that the rallroaders viii 60
- winter camp At Cutbank, near which place
1e heavy work Is to be done. A trestle $50
nigh and which win require SOC, 900 feet Of
Nmoet will be constructed ct that point
esosnef II Two Medicine pass PA feet high, aud
- second in height in America, win contain
.sween Loco 900 and 100000 feet OF lumber.
~ work from Assinaboine to the summit IL
Is me country being open and devoid Of tim
Cd Upon the summit itself is . treeless park
'efed with luxurious growth of wild timo.
Several outfits have been cutting hey
- and have about 1000 tons. On the western
-oei the divide there Is plenty Of timber, but
= Aeavy cuts are necessary. The Marias 10
rseeoly the easiest pass In the range, aud 1t
~ only be necessary 70 make q ill of eight
% the very summit to conform to the
Graders are busy constructing q wagon
nom A1stnaboine, which will be utilized
ansing supplies to Cutbank, where large
Nsaouse IL In process Of construction. Be.
49, the divide the Great Northern will pass
49, ne middle fork OF the Flathead. cross the
-. iork and proceed up Bad Rock canyon
r1easant valley and the Kootenai country.
the Portland Oregonian says:
party OF Pacific short Line men are work.
ep Bear river from Paris. Idaho, In Bear
~ county, presumably laying preliminary
a nom the southeast via Pocatello 10 the
sSSeet Their line leaves Bear river as
s - and goes direct to Pocatello, taking the
sse Gae Of the valley. 1t is certain that
acme short Line company are preparing
- route through Idaho 10 the Northwest.
save surveyors in the eastern par, of
ana also in the southern part of that
ana are tsking notes. msandering and
.pnicaliy sizing up the country for num-
49, 49, branches through the country. They are
49, snis work on quiet basis. at the same
ome remarkable developments are being
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