The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

three-quarter miles of double track street
railways, making the total mileage of
track sixty-one and one-haif.
The tables given below show in detail
what has been done and is being done in
the way of new construction. The ap-
parent discrepancy between the table OF
track IN operation and of track constructed
and put In operation is due to the fact
tnat, where single-traek road has had a
second track laid, the new track is in
ciuded as single track in the table of road
constructed.
The new construction in detail is as fol-
lows:
On the Yesler avenue road the Jackson
street bridge has been abandoned, and a
new double track has been laid along
Rainier street, so that cars run to and
from the power-house on the Yesler ave-
nue. trestle. A shed has been constructed
at the power-house in order to have the
cars under cover at the starting place.
The Front street cable road has been ex-
tended from the Yesler triangle along
Commercial street to King street, where
turn table has been placed. The Depot
street power-house has been enlarged TO
house more cars, and the tracks at the
power-house have been lowered to the
level of the floor. A new turntable has
been built to accommodate the combina-
ton cars, which are being introduced An
extension of this road is under construc-
ton up Poplar and Temperance streets to
Queen Anne Town.
The Commercial street motor line has
been built TO the head of the bay, dis
tance oftwo miles. and cars have been run
min -
months. A second track is now under
construction, and it is intended to extend
this line several miles further south this
year.
The Madison street cable road has been
completed from Railroad avenue to Lake
Washington, distance of three and half
miles. The western end was opened about
the end of March, and put in operation
with power-house at its eastern terminus.
The eastern end was put in operation about
the end of May.
The Seattle Electric Railway Company
has doubled its tracks to Lake Union and
North Seattle, and rebuilt its old tracks.
1t has built line around the west side Of
Lake Union to Fremont, where it connects
with the Green Lake road. 1t has also
built new single track line down Lake
lines in the center of the city from Second
and James streets, down South Third and
Main streets to Railroad avenue. 1t has
added to its plant and equipment three
eighty horsepower generators, nine new
cars, with two fifteen horsepower motors
each, one car body having been built in
Seattle, and there are four others in the
shops nearly completed; in fact, they are
finished except painting. There are four
teen trucks in course of construction, four
for single-truck cars and hve pairs for
long double-truck cars OF the combination
type, which will also be built in Seattle.
The Green Lake electric road has been
built from Fremont to Green lake, and
three-fourths of the way around the lake,
and has been put in operation. A switch
has been built TO the Green Lake mill to
haul lumber.
The Rainier avenue electric road with
single track has been built from Fifteenth
and Jackson streets to Dunlap's addition
to Lake Washington, six and half miles
to the southeast, and was fIrst operated
few days ago. This road is being extended
down Washington street TO the water front
at Railroad avenue.
The West Street & North End electric
railway has been built from Yesier avenue
along West and other streets, along the
water front of North Seattle to Boulevard,
where the power-house is located, and
across Salmon bay TO Ballard. Ii was put
in operation in November.
The West Seattle cable road makes cir
cult of two miles through the town, start
ing from the ferry slip and returning to
the same point. 1t was put in operation
in September.
The James Street cable road is part of
the Union Trunk Line system, which is
intended to traverse the heart of the city
in many infections. The James street ca
BILE road has been nearly completed from
the Yesler triangle to the power-house at
the corner of James street and Broadway.
Other lines, forming part of the system,
will run northward along Broadway TO the
city limits, southwark along Broadway
and South Fourteenth street to the south
ern city limits, and eastward by a route yet
to be determined to Lake Washington.
These projected lines will be operated by
electricity.
The Rainier Electric Company is build
ing line from the Lake Union terminus
of the Seattle Electric railway along the
south shore of Lake Union and by trestls
bridge across the lake TO Latona. Thence
it will be extended to connection at Free
mont with the Fremont and Green Lake
lines.
Other lines are projected with fair prom
ise of early construction, but none are
mentioned here unless they are actually
under construction.
An important step in the progress Of
street railway work in Seattle is the estab-
lishment of a car-building works at North
Seattle. One car has already been COM
pleted there and others are nearly finished.
This industry promises to produce for Sc
attic all the cars needed for street rail-
ways.
Following are the tables, already men,
toned, which will show at a glance the
work done and in progress in the year
1890
In Operation January 4, 1891.