The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-11
POOR MANS CARRIAGE
New Street Railways Running
in All Directions.
TWO LINES NEARLY FINISHED,



= aole g ride to almnst any part Of the city or
SUBURBS BY cable, electric or steam cars. Street
-. nues are under construction or about to be
so1stfucted IN all directions and lines of rails
Will rsdiase from the Occidental triangle.
Inc most nearly completed Of these new roads
re ne terminal railway across the tide flats to
-es' seattle ana the West Seattle cable road,
which will be operated in connecfion v;th Is
me terminal road Is now ready for operation
~, locomotive has been run over 1t for the
Mst TWO days The cable road u comp lefed ana
te.oy Tor operation with the exception of the
escie. which will be stretched tomorrow. The
= mschlnt ~ has been operated successfully and
s =, csfs Wall make trial trip on Tuesday. On
Wednesday, or Thursday It the latest the road
VIII run for business together with the TermfnaI
1oao. Inc cable ro6d 10 two and Q quarter
mics long ana runs along Cascade, Olympia
cfant, Vashon and G and avenues. II is con-
siructed OF iron. cement and concrete. and has
cars similar to these on the Madison street road.
rams on the Terminal road will run every
uouI, the ierry boat running a. the intervening
nau nours. and passengers wall be landed at the
wer-house OF the cable road in fifteen minutes
rom leaving Seattle. The fare viii be S cents
gu Communication tickets by both Terminal road
OF Terry and cable road. The elevators which
nave pten erected on the West Seattle water.
'front.' oy the Terminal Railway and Elevator
company have capacity OF 1000 coo bushels,
and will be ready to receive whes. by Wednes-
day. -
The West Street & North End Electric rail-
way Whi De the longest ngle STREET car line in
me city, the length being six miles Il runs
rom fesler avenue and West STREET to Depot
street, along Depot to Banner, along Banner aud
through Beach to Water, out Water street to
inlrd avenue East in GIlman's addition. thence
TO Salmon bay md across the hay to Ballard.
an Ballard 1t will run through C rect and Bal
iArd avenue to Broadway. The tres,le along
wafer street has q roadway twenty-four feel
wide with four-foot sidewalks and scr IS Sal.
mon Day there Ii . roadway thirty feet wide
Win iour-foot sidewalks. About one mile OF
roadway from Be lard TO Fremont will connect
THIS road with the Lake Union boulevard and
compile circuit of ten or twelve miles,
shortening the distance By road to
salmon bay one third. Tn re-grade
OF west street has been completed and
al the grading done except on Banner street.
mere the grubbine has Teen done. but the sub
contractor fer the grading 10 behind with the
grazing 1he 'restle on the conunua ion of
water street, 5000 feet long. and across Salmon
pay 900 feet long, is all built and the track has
al been laid from Johnson's mil 10 Salmon
Day, with the exception of small strip, which
Will De laid this week. Track-la, ing on West
street win begin this week, and ali the track
wiii De laid In three weeks The foundations
Tor the brick power-house at Smith's cove have
been set, aud the material ior the building has
been bon hL The machinery for the power.
mouse Is beginning to arrive, but will take six
or eight weeks. The road will be operated by
the overhead system. and will have twelve cars,
ten closed and two open. The road viii be In
operation by the middle of October, or the
beginning OF November at the latest. The cost
OF this road will be s25o, 900 to 100000
The contracts for the Metropolitan street rail-
way Will be ltt about Wednesday. and construc.
ton Will begin Immediately Afterwards ami be
completed in about four months This will
be double-track line. operated by the
overhead electric system. The road will
run from the Union Pacific depot at the foot OF
South Third street. to Yesler avenue, up Jeffsr-
son street. out Third to Union, up Union to
Seventh. down Seventh to Lenora, up Lenora to
Ninth, out Ninth 10 Rollin and along Ro lin to
Lake mon. The cars will be lighted by incan-
descent lamps
The James street and Broadway line il to run
from fesier wharf up Yesier avsnue, up James
street 10 Broadway and thence by connecting
streets to Lake ashington. Another branch
to be operated by electricity will run on Broad
way to the northern city limits and possibly
beyond and also 10 the southern city limits A
large part Of the route OF this road has not yet
b. en- arranged. az the company is treating with
property-owners on the subj ct. but the plans
for the buildings machinery, ETC., are all
ready. A. soon as the route has b en- arranged.
work will begin and 60 ahead without delay.
The new track of the Yesler avenue cable
road along Rainier street is ready for operation.
and the change OF the route only awaits the
transfer OF the cable from the Jackson street
trtstie. This road has been recently sold by F.
f. sander to new company organized by j. Al.
Thompson
M. Thompson returned from Portland last
night ana stated that he is going abe I'd with the
construction of the second track on Yesler
avenue and Jackson street and win put 100 to
200 men at work He will concrete the track
this time and finish il within ninety days. The
new track will be ussd till next spring, when
the old track, now being used, will be renewed
The Jackson street and Yesler avenue lines will
then be run independently. each being double
track road.
Work will begin in few days on the extern
zion of the Front street. cable road across the
Occidental triangle to q connection with the
Commercial street road. The latter win shortly
be put in operation by means of steam motors.
having heeu conpfefed n tho head of h. No.