The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-24
TO SAVE THE BRIDGE
Great Exertions Of tho Lake
Shore st Snoh0mish.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY SYSTEMS.
A Proposed UndsrSround Cssduit-zrsu
blss 81 KAilroad Buildsrs-Nsv
Lines in Orsgon.


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for anotheT snh.ccntrsctor ana renest the rrf-
cess Al tnas WAY men VIII 90 along the lne'
nave paio one man on three Times IN WeeA.
Inc result u inst our contractors never nave
iuu crew for many days IN succession. cannon
keep tnef ORGANISATION IN eood shape ana re
prevenseo from working = rapidly = u the
ueesese many " our QUO men a. sne -. n.vo
neard tnat there u = lot OF rsiirosd Du,lolns
eo'ng on mere ana nave ioioWed ~ nere. Aalge
numbers OF men are coming ous IRON d Rsui
ana minneapolis
Thu directors ~ the Metroro,stsh street Ran.
way Company are negotiating with representa-
yves OF various systems OF electric railway. . 2
preliminary 70 beginning WORK on the foads tof
.ney are oepermineo 70 ADOPT syssem Wnicn
Wlu leave no room for improvement Iney re-
GARD u - only question OF ume wnen III eiec-
tric wires wlli be put Underground ana . the
irancmse OF the company provioes tnat the
Overhead system snail o. abandoned whenever
!. becomes prscticsDie, they are invesueaung
tne storase battery ana nnoefground cononH
ascent. Coionei :. y. nAnes ssys tna1 sney
proving success, though the weight Of the
batteries and the delay caused by changing
cells have beeen objections hitherto Means
have been found. however, to make the hat
teries lighter and to make the change Of cells
consume only . few seconds on each trip.
Efforts are being made to induce the company
TO try the conduit system, which consists Of =
wire run underground, the trolley passing
through . slot similar to that on cable roads
and taking up the current In that way. The
difference between the construction OF such Z
line and Of . cable line Il simply that the wire
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The whole available force OF workmen ON the
I.ate sbore road has haen concentr.tad e tha
snohomish bridge IN orier "a ave 4 from IA.
struction nv the loo lam pre.idan& nuphem
loft sor the .oere -, = sracsal tra;r va.ta-d.v
afternoon 20 attend to the work. The istest 8.
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anew than through leaving 1t undisturbed.
Trains continue 70 cross the bridge cautiously.
Reports received from the Skagit valley say
mat that nver 10 over It's banks as Sedro, and
fears are entertained Tor the safety OF the Lake
Snore prloge snefe.
y. :. Denny preparing 20 put an : new
s , c0nnecsang me electric raaiwsy WIN Inc
eeaseie' LaAe Snole Esssefn Track q Euso-
wssei. Aho sMiscH wiA up tne AAAe onofe
49, o1sw zen Iesewa.el ~ rlemons .nu run
sn 49, ~ s puaAs sec1ne nauon On sns nuse-
Lumber yard for the transfer OF material from
the Western mill By means OF the switch the
Lake Shore freight cars can run over the cleo
tric railway track. which is Of the same gauge
as the former road. Lumber will thus be trans-
-- -'ss ~ '.-e --.-
L Mcclure. general manager NJ the North.
western Exnress COMPANY returned IN the c;tv
last evening aftar rlosing IN -. ofscas -
the company in Skagit county. the business on
the Lake Shore road having been turned over to
the Northern Pacific Express Company on Octo-
Der l. The Offices on the Columbia 4 Puget
rs;,rosa 80 sa 70 ..I Souna = us nslDol