The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-26
RAPID TRANSIT LINES.
Lake Washington Cable Rail
road Company Formed.
TO TAKE THE YEsLER AVE. ROAD
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Articles Of incorporation were MED yes
terday a. the auditors Office and with the
secretary Of state for the Lake Washing
ton Cable Railroad Company. with capi-
tai stock Of $GD00 The incorporafors
and trustees are. Mr.. Fred E Sander. Mr..
H. X Hall and Mr.. l. d. Burns. The OBJ
iects OF the new corporation are to buy sell
and operate cable roads.
The real object OF the company is under
stood to be 70 absorb the Seattle Construc-
ZION Company, OF which Mr. Fred E. SAM
der is now the principal stakeholder. and
which owns and operates the Yesler ave-
nue-J ackson street cable line.
The Yesier avenue-J ackson street cable
road will be shut down next Sunday night
and the track raised from the intersection
OF the alley between South Second and
South Third streets on Jackson, around
on South Second to Yesler avenue. and up
the avenue to its intersection with North
Second street The road bed will be raised
TO correspond with the change of street
grades in the lower portion of the city.
The work will necessitate an outlay of over
5000 by the company, and will incon-
venience the patrons of the road to con-
siderable extent.
Beginning ct point on Jackson street,
about 200 feet east of the corner of Jackson
and South Second, the roadbed will be
gradually raised until he corner is reached,
where il will attain . height of 2ts feet.
Continuing down South Second street it
viii be raised higher and higher until
Washington street is reached. where it
reaches It's highest point raise Of feet;
then it gradually declines to the turn
table, at the corner of Yesler avenue and
South Second street, where raise OF feet
o inches is made. From here to point on
Yesler avenue ct the foot of North second
street the raise is nominal.
The Seattle Construction Company has
been under heavy expense ever since their
road first started. Everything WAS in nice
running order. and an additional track had
Just been completed on Yesler avenue,
when the big fire took place and destroyed
several blocks Of the track. crippling the
service so severely that when they started
up again 1t was deemed advisable not to
use the second track on Yesler avenue
but continue the service as before
by running q single cable on Yes
lcr avenue and Jackson street The COM
pany completed its repairs on August
25 and started the cable the same day.
Since that time the road has not been shut
down in single instance and residents OF
the portion of the city adjacent to the
line have been very complimentary in their
expressions concerning the road. During
the recent heavy snowfall cars were kept
running all night to keep tho track clear.
which prevented the necessity of shutting
down the service. Cars leave the foot of
Yesler avenue every six minutes during the
day time, and If the present increase in
traffic continues, five minute service viii
soon BE- gwen.
Mr.. Fred Sander, president and manager
Of the road, yesterday said that he ex-
pected to have the track raised and the
cars running again by Friday of next week.
He says the shutdown will give the en-
ployes . good chance to rest up after sew
erai months of incessant labor. The COM
pany now employs seventy-two men. in
Guiding conductors. gripmen. laborers and
oilers. Every employee almost without ex-
ception has been with the COM
pany since it started up, and
are experienced linen. The conductors
and gripmen are thoroughly competent
and have net had single accident since
taking charge Of their cars. The company
averages an expenditure of 5000 per
month Tor running expenses and repairs.