The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-18
West Street 4 North End Road
to Be Opened To-Day.
UNION PACIFIC sLockADED'
Freight Refused From Othsr Roads-
Through Trasns FROM Portlsnd
to Fairhavsu.

by party OF directors and invited guests and
the practicability Of the road was fully estab-
lished. The party consisted OF President d. II.
Gil nan, yice-President w. r. Ballard, Auditor
and Treasurer c. l. +. Kellogg. Judge Thomas
Burke United States Judge G. h. Hauford, Mr..
ID. +. Dufie, Mr.. Keith Wilson, Mr.. +. d. Sampson.
representing the Thomson Houston Company,
Superintendent L + Tibbetn, Mr. Sanger, su-
perfntendent for Contractor Osgood, and .
number OF newspaper men and electric road en-
ployes. The car was started from the corner OF
West and Virginia streets at 2:15 o'clock. The
car stsrted of smoothly and sped along the CIR.
der rails and over the well plankei roadway on
West street without the ja1 and jolts usually
incident TO travel on new track. The shapely
mssss standing in the center OF the street with
their iron arms were m uch neater In appearance
than the doable rows of poles along the other
lines. and divided the street into two roadways
without interfering with the beauty or utility
Of the street At the junction OF West street
with Banner the first turn was made, but - 1t
was s'reverSe curve" the car swung around
easily and made two short turns and coma
menced climbing the grade on Banner street
without the speed being slackened ct all
Another reverse curve turned the car into
Mercelptreet and the party had . splendid
view of Queen Anne hill from fts base The
company viii build sidewalks from Mercer
street up into Queen Anne town along the
several connecting Streets and will run .
number of Its cars only this far, while
others will be run cut to Ballard.
After leaving Mercer street the car turned down
gentle grade on Beach street into Water street
where the girder rails come to an end and the
less easy riding but more durable rails are
used. Water street, ct this place. IL built over
the water and the company has built very
substantial bridge with its track occupying one
side, leaving the greater part of II for .
roadway which il already used by humid
reds Of teams daily. This roadway, nearly
mile In length, was built without . MT Of cost
TO the city or county. The company has built
. side track leading to the track Of the Seattle,
Lake Shore 4 Eastern . few rods to the west,
for the purpose OF transferring coal for the
power-house and materials needed on the road
The bridge makes q sharp turn into Third
avenue east Of Gilman's addition, and the line
follows this street nearly 70 the crossing Of Sal
mon bay. When the power-house, q
short distance nom Smiths cove. was
reached. he party alighted and inspected
it thoroughly. The building Is pretty
well along. but It win take about three weeks to
complete 1t and to get the machinery in opera.
ton, the motive power in the meantime being
supplied by the Seattle Electric Light and Power
Company's plant The structure il . substan-
tial one, being entirely Of brick and iron 1t has
$50 feet frontage on Third avenue east, and l23
feet on Alva street The car barn Is about 60xl30
feet in size and win hold twenty cara The floor
and the track outside II built on slight grade, so
that the cars can be run out in hurry in case
OF 6re The engine-room il about 50x60 feet in
size and will contain two 20x48 Hamilton Cor.
liss engines and six dynamos. This machinery
il now on the ground and il being set ON foun-
dations Of solid concrete In the engine-room
to the rear are being placed three large tubular
boilers Of LIS horse-power each. This nest IL
equal to the task Of furnishing 400 horse power
or more ii required and the engines can
utilize all the steam they can furnish
The tall brick chimney has reached height of
Ito feet and IL about completed The run from
the power-house out to the salmon bay crossing
was made without incident; put . slight OBJ
structiOn was met which prevented the party
from riding into the town of Ballard over the
very substantial trestle, which also furnishes Q
splendid driveway. The car was started for
the return. trip at o'clock and made the
run to Madison street In twenty minutes.
1t will probably be three weeks before the
road Is completed and in smooth running
order. Then cluster of i've electric lights win
burn from the top of every other pole. When
one OF the lights burns out one of another
cluster Of five red lights, BY an ingenious ar-
rangemenf, takes its place. The company has
received but two cars, and both Of them open
As yet but ten closed cars are on the way, and
some of them will be here this week. They are
very handsome in design, and are
feet spread instead OF six, as on the other lines,
and for this reason the cars ride much easier
An electric freight car will be run between Sc
attic and Ballard, making two trips each way,
and the company will haul all of its coal and
supplies. This morning cars will be run out A
Tar a. the power-house and return, and this
afternoon and at all times thereafter cars will
be run through to. Ballard, for the present at
intervals Of forty minutes, but later on Z ten or
ifteen-minute schedule.
The Front street cable cars began running
again at 0 80 Yesterday morning, after Sabbath
rest from midnight Saturday. superintendent
Dawson was at work for forty EIGHT hours.
without pause, except to eat and got the
changes OF the track so far advanced thai cars
could run again. The concrete from the old
track and turntable was dug out, the cable was
transferred 70 two new sneaves, when are
underneath the new turutaole, ana tempo
rary switch was built for the running of cars
until the turntable Is in place The tracks
leading into the power-house were also
lowered to the level of the floor and thus the
platform in front OF bhe power-house will be
sloped of to the level Of Depot street. The new
turutable is twenty feet in diam r, to accom-
modate the combination cars, whit the old one
is only twelve feet This will be placed to-day,
and by the end OF this week the combination
cars win be running. The temporary switch
at King street viii be taken out an6
cars viii then run on turntables at both ends Of
the line. the result being that the service will
be considerably expedited. These combination
cars are diff rent from those ON Maids on street
having no cross seats on the dummy end The
side seats run from end to end of the dummy.
making II much easier for passengers TO board
and alight from the car. This week will see all
the Improvements in this road completed.
There is q good prospect that the completion
OF the Lake Shore road to Sedro will be quickly
followed by the establishment of a through
train service from Portland to Sedro Anacortes
and Fairhaven. The Lake Shore officials are
negotiating for the running OF through trains TO
Fairnaven and Anacories. and the Northern Pa
cihc viii probably be made a party to the ar
rangement. AT present the cars of both the
Northern Pacific and the Lake Shore are only
half employed. and il would require no add.
tional equipment, and increase the earnings. to
run the Northern Pacific cars through TO Fair
haven and Anacortes and the Lake Shore cars
through 70 Portland. II 10 proposed to run one
through train each way daily for the present.
but 10 run two trains each way after about the
middle OF December.
So great is the blockade on the Union Pacific
railroad that = railroad official said yesterday
that the officials at Portland are refusing 10 ra-
ceive cars from other roads, aud that conse-
quentiy IT, tracks OF the Northern Pacific and
Lake Shore roads have for two or three weeka
been crowded with cars consigned to points on
the Union Pacific road. Toe Union Pacific has
refused T. receive not only the Cars of other
rosds bur its own cars, when offered by other
roads The same person Is autnorty for the
statement tina the Union Pacific officials have
declared that they viii handle business origi-
mating on their own road osf,rs they take any
business Transferred 10 them