The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-29
CHANGEOF POSITIONS.
Colonel Briggs Becomes TrafIIc
Manager Of O. l. Go. Roads
CLOSING sourH SECOND STREET


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Orion Pacific railway IN this city. yesser-
d,y resigned his y~xision and accepted SER
vice with the OreEdn improvement Com
psny - frsffic manager OF the railroads
operated By that company. namely the Co
lambda & Puget sound. which, IL il said.
viii be continued 10 Portland from this
city; the Seattle q Northern. from Ana
eortss to Hamilton. aud the Port Town
send 4 southern, from Port Townsend 10
Tenino
Colonel Briggs came 20 Seattle August q
OF last yest 70 oct as freight solicitor OF the
Union Pacific. and on september 10 vas
appointed agent Of that line IN this city.
He came he.e from Omaha where for three
years and four months he acted ~ general
agent Of the Chicago, 81 Paul. Minneapolis
a Omaha railway. For three years before
that he acted as local agent, travelling
freight agent and general agent OF the same
rosd in Minneapolis
Colonel Briggs has been In the railway
service for twenty-five years. beginning
with the 0gdensburg & champlain railway
in 1855 Daring his residences ia this city
be has been an active ami faithful repre-
sentative OF the Union Pacific. making
many warm friends among the business
men OF Seattle The position which he &C
ccpted yesterday Is new one. created by
Manager H. W Mcneil, OF the Oregon
ing requirements Of the lines operated By
that company.
Colonel Briggs brother. II. b. Briggs.
was recently appointed traffic manager OF
the Duluth. Red Wing & southern Rail
road. With headquarters in Red Wing.
Man.
In repiy to inquiries respecting the tenn
poyary restraining order against the city
secured by the Columbia 4 Puget Sound
railroad. Manager II. W. Mcneil yesterday
said
II have sought TO restrain the city from
proceeding with the opening OF South Sec
and street on several grounds. but particu-
larry because We have occupied the street
south Of the tressie by consent of the city
council. and were also authorized TO put in
our tSackage there. The city now has
Weller, Commercial and South Third
streets. and has no necessity for extending
Second street through there, unless it be to
interfere with snch an important industry
as the company has established there TO
salt a set of sehemers who wish TO run
rough-shod over our industries to provide a
driveway for q terminal that Is TO boom
West Seattle property to the injury Of this
city. while they at the same time ask for
si1ch unheafd OF privileges by telling how
they love and what they are going TO do
for the dear people.
mo street was ever legally laid out there,
and m arrangement was at one time made
with the council by which Second street
was 70 be opened and Third street was to
be kept closed There might come time
when IL would be proper to push Second
street through. but just nov the people
interested do not require 1t, and We pro-
pose 10 contest such an action. We have
valuable improvements there. not only the
car shops. which do large amount OF
work for our roads. bat are also prepared TO
manufscture broad-gAuge cars. The shops
are now running on an order for fifty cars,
which IL has been found we can build for
sisS dollars less than the cars can be put
up in the East and shipped here. We in-
tend 10 increase our works largely for the
manufacture OF all kinds of cars. which is
an important matter to Seattle and will do
more for the dear people than the parties
who pretend to be their friends are doing
by trying to force important terminals out
OF Seattle that they may gain by building
town on the other aide of the harbor.
The parties behind this movement 10
cut through eur shops ara aIso DESTROYS of
destroying In q large measure our mill
property. upon which we shall put up
6rst-class mill thai viii do more work than
the Port Bakeiey mill | don't mind say
ing now that this has been our intention
for long time end | was only prevented
froa putting up the mill last year by the
urgent advice OF Colonel Haines, who held
that II would he unwise TO jeopardize such
valuable improvements until the question
OF The ownership OF the tide flats was
settled had received the consent OF Mr..
Elijah Smith and the plans were all pre-.
pared. Mr. Smith will he here in q few
weeks and We propose putting up mill
that win give employment 30 loo or $50 men
and cut 10000 feet of lumber.
The people who are forcing terminals
out Of Seattle are not onsy DESTROYS of cut
nne through s,etson & Posts property but
wish TO destroy our 900 feet of wharf prop
erty by running local tine through it.
am wiling to JUN any trunk lines and
heip them to run through our property on
sn even keel but | shall certainly tight
every Tom. Dick and Harry that attempts
to- ran a dummy road through il 70 boom
property outside the city. II the people
don't see II that way now. think they will
find sn correct before very long. Our
property Is in Seattle and not outside, and
whatever benefits Seattle benefits us"
The Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake
eompany's instruction car arrived here yes-
terdsv forenoon from Tacoma. in charge Of
r. NJ NeIiis. assisted by T.. D. Fowler and
ACCOMPANIED by George H. fairehsld. air
brake expert OF the Northern Pacific. and
frank kistsen, travelling engineer OF the
same line. of MiSsoels.
The instruction car il s.xsy-elght Zee.
long. weighs 10000 rounds. aud FIVE
months we're required for its construction
aud equipment IN pitishurg. Pa The car
Is used for the instruction OF all railroad
employes in the use Of the automatic sir
brake. In the center Of the main secsic,,
cl the car there - representation of thirty
passenger cars With the full amount OF p!y.
tng. valves. etc, for operating. Overhead
represents ilteen cars With the air.
whistilne signal apparatus This i new
system, hy which the whistle on the engine
= constantly blown by pulling the cord in
each car. instead Of using sne usual he'll.
cord running through the train. The
compressed air whGssiins signal apparatus
il used In the Fast on al passenger trains.
bat the Northern psciae is the onlv trans
continental. line using the Westinghouse
system.
On one side al this section 81 the car are
nemt~r O. brake cylinders. trirse waves.
containing valves. etc. in operation. oa
the ether SIDE the same are in Ses,soa