The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-23
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
How and Why the Grade Of Columbia
street Was Changed.

he seton = one q very grcAt Importance 20
'he eIty and also 20 the railway caraparies In.
deed one q thc attorneys Of the defendant nail
lead companies Ia . recent argument before The
courts msdc the statement thst his clients IN.
;eFesl u The ease we're q 70 less amount than a
laIll5oR dollars
TIE action arose cut Of these facts After the
tTe the city ceuacs2 established ~ & vsrt cf tAa
general teEslst q the city. the street known IS
Railroad aTenEc, and desired 70 AEve the rail
road eonFaniss a leh haa rights-ol-way wind.
ing &0ns the water 'front.' % shift theSz rights 30
that a. would - IN the new Railroad
Rv0nue- The seattle Issa shore &
Eastern roa1 acccGed To the desire
O. tke ccgncli and moved cut into Rsil-,~d
sve1ue, balldlng is tracks there Il big additional
cas. The Fueet soand Shore and col
uE1tla Pgcct Sauu1 ca-psrscs 81
first expressed readiness 70 do Ike
wise: but after long delays refused 70 DO
- Il the meantime TIE CITY. trusting in
Tie promise 81 the two co7uvzus,.s "a
move inio Railroad avenue. hsd
changed the grade OF Columbia street. 50 a "a
make az easy incline from the wharve> IN >,
Front street AtWest street the grade was made
SIX inches above the wharf. level, upon which
level the tracks OF tie reads had Formerly been
laid, and 81 the poiG; where the ols rsilrasd
rlgtt-ot-wsy Dad luterSectest Columbia street
which vas about thirty feet west 81 TIA
sAey between West and Kroot streets, The
grade al bo.h q these points had been The Ssr,sa
- the wharf level, Eni TIE only prsef5cs 80
ErS1S Tor $ railrcSo slcnS the water front Had
The FSllTNac goDS OUT into Railroad zyeaue ms
change O. grade would not have affected tAers
Columbia street ha3 Just been tile5 ia ~ the
cay 80 ss "a u3Ge sn easy incline iron
West street Dp q Frant, when the Calurahis Il
Puget Sound Snd me Puget sound Shs-g -asS~
made up their minds e. hl2ld On thsyr % -5rht-
ef-wSy, commonly known IS the '-rAra's ho-r,''
because OF is wandering over seve-A. h}ocks oF
valuable water front property. CONSERVATION
wSS begun 81 NeSler avenue SD0 cepttrt,sli
s. zaE north as CoiQE1b3s stFess. "a Ac- rhe rev
street grade stood up before thega = barter
thirty inches Alsh- The cogapaUS Was thresfsr,.
ing - cut through This grade when CITY At+ar.
nSy AieeTtSon, acting 01deT Instructions fr,,Fa
the council, secured the restraining order which
was dismissed yesterday. since then there has
been = gresf deal Of dShsins over tie case
IN the way Of motions . rysSe
tie temporary restraining order perpe.us9 IN
function ca behalf of the city. and Tor alsS0lvlvr
the restraining order On beAS8 the defendant
companies. The matter was vigorously rraS>-
cuGsd ey h. II. AloSrssou when he was eigy attar.
E1eS. and BY his SUCCESSORS ; Il. Piles and
Thomas Il, SheYArd.
In the course ot these preliminary contests the
cay has made ogt strong case BY ash2a1itS Of
sStepfs3 AGAINST the defendant c4ompsnleS. bv
wSN 81 sS>lganees aud Agreements mssse 10 the
COUNCIL ey tue FSilraSd E&DasesS tAst they
eee~a move onto Rallrosd avenue, IL saith 81