The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-20
CAR SHOPS SCHEME.
Street Railways May Combine
to Forward It.
THE UNION PACIFIC ROUTE.
Price of Rails Goes Up-seattle . Nom
tana Asks Ballard for = Fran
chise-steamer Combine.

A call was issued yesterday by L. B. Griffith
for meeting at noon today Of representatives
of the several street railway companies in the
city to consider proposition to unite in the
establishment Of car-building shop
in Seattle Speaking Of the plan
to PosrINTELLIGENcEs reporter, Mr..
Grifath scid: s.My idea is to have all the work
done at home which we can do here. We are
now buying cars from Pullman which are part
~ made of Puget sound DIR, and we have suit
able ash for the purpose. My idea is TO incor-
p0rate with small capital-say $1,000
subscribed by the different compani es, and If
we need more, let the roads ordering cars make
advances on account Of the work. The old car
house of the Electric Railway Company in North
Seattle could be used and we would rent it for
the purpose for $50 . month. We may not
be able to build cars here as
cheaply as we can buy them ana pay freight,
but even If it costs moro Il would be better do
the work here and keep the money here than to
seEd away for ii, especially when many OF the
materials are our own products. do not pro-
pose that we should make all the parts of the
cars, but would simply have the shop where
we could build the Cars and buy the material
here as far as possible. have ordered guam
tity of brass brake handles and sets of lamps in
Seattle. We have foundries and machine shops
where the trucks could be built, q brass
foundry which could turn out the brass
work and woodworking shops which
will make the woodwork. OF course, there
would be parts of the cars which we should
have TO buy from outside, but the building
would be done here. We already have sixty
cars in view to build and they would keep US
busy fora year. We should have the advantage
OF being able to do our own redairs instead
of patching them up. If we could get one fin
ished in time for the Northwestern exhibition at
Spokane. it would be good thing to send it
there, but car takes ninety days to build"
Vice President Holcomb and his party of
Union Pacific officials passed through the city
on Monday night on their way from Blaine to
Portland, where they will meet Chief Engineer
Bogue today. At a conference to be held
there they will decide on the route
of the road between Seattle and Tacoma The
fact that condemnation PROCEEDINGS have been
entered all along the shore line between the
two cities is considered strong evidence that
route has been selected, but some of the engi-
neers and officials strongly favor the route
surveyed along the west shore Of the Duwamish
river for the the Seattle & Southern railroad.
Mr.. Bogue viii come to Seattle in q few days
and whichever route is adopted viii let con.
tracts and have work Immediately begun.
Meanwhile pile-driving is progressing on the
depot grounds and the superstructure is being
put on.
The following telegram from A. D. Charlton.
assistant general passenger agent of the North
ern Pacific railroad in regard to the improved
Pullman car service. was received by General
Nadeau yesterday: 1.-THE St Paul sleeper,
which is now running on No. 2 out OF Portland,
will be discontinued after August a. and placed
in the service between Seattle and
St Paul on and after August q.
to be attached to train No. 2 at Puysllup. This
sleeper will leave ST. Paul daily on No. and
will be cut ont at Spokane in the morning ana
picked up by No. 8 in the evening and taken to-
Seattle, thereby accommodating the local serv-
ice Between Spokane and the Sound and give
direct service to Seattle passengers through to
st. Paul Please advise all agents in Seattle and
Tacoma OF this arrangement; also agents in
Spokane Falls.
A petition of the Seattle & Montana railway,
signed by Thomas Burke, attorney, was pre-
sented to the Ballard town council last night,
asking for right-of way through the town Of
Ballard. Mr.. Miner explained the nature
of the petition, and filed profles Of the road
with the council. The petition asks the right
of-way for two or more tracks, which will re-
quire sixty feet along the north and east marginal
line of Shilshole avenue. The p tition was re-
ferred to the street committee, which is COM
posed of Messrs. Hight, Nanny and Holland.
Mr.. C. L. Hamilton, agent of the American
Construction Company. received a telegram
yesterday from the Amalgamated Association
OF steel Manufacturers stating that steel rails
OF all weights have been advanced 81. so a ton.
and that the demand Is 80 great that manufac-
turers refuse to contract for delivery short of
sixty days. The Pennsylvania Steel Company
has contracted for $4,000 tons, which is its
whole production for a year.
E. W. McGinniss, city ticket agent of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad. and his family, returned
TO the city yesterday after vacation at Harri.
son Hot Springs, B. G. Mr.. McGinniss says he
had q glorious time with C. F. Mundy, and
caught any number of fish. He bought a lot
and.win build a cottage there \
Yesterday was pay day on the Northern PE
cific railroad. and about $12 500 was paid out in
this city among tho men employed at the sta
ton and running on the road from Seattle to
Summer.
The directors of the Terminal Railway &
Elevator Company met at the Rainier last even
ing and formally accepted the road from the
San Francisco Bridge Company.
quantity OF light rails for COL Ellsbury's
vain CHI 49, IA