The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-15
OVER THE NEW LINE.
New Electric Line Reaching the Denny.
Fuhrman Addition on Lake PeninsuI

New Electric Line Reaching the Denny
Thurman Addition on Lake Peninsula.
ride out the Lake Union line, short stroll
through bit of beautiful scenery and along the
line of the Rainier Railway and Power Com
pany's new road, brings us out upon the
peninsula of Lake Union which overlooks from
a hundred splendid building sites Lakes Wash
ington and Union. Directly facing the PENN
sula and across the lake is the sloping ground
occupied by Brooklyn and Latona The end of
this peninsula has been the scene of unusual
activity for the past eight months and so much
has been quietly accomplished that he who was
familiar with the ground last winter would now
rub his eyes with astonishment on beholding
the transformation.
Messrs. D. I. Denny and II. Thurman are the
owners of 156 acres of the most slightly and
accessible land occupying the most picturesque
locality imaginable and these gentlemen have
spent and are spending $4,000 in grading the
streets and alleys and laying sidewalks. The
two gentlemen mentioned escorted your cores
pendent over the ground yesterday. After
ride on the Lake Union line, from choice, We
walked from the end of that line TO the Denny
Fuhrman addition. Beginning at the near
est boundary OF this addition there is beautiful
drive graded TO a width of seventy five feet that
borders the lake all down one side and across
the end OF the peninsula, and is TO be graded
down the other side, connecting with Broad
way. When the city will grade its streets out to
this point IL will constitute a most charming
drive, and will fill long felt want in Seattle
On reaching the addition a most beautiful
panorama OF scenery was unfolded to our adj
miring gaze, and each advancing step revealed
new peeps of nature. What with lodging flying
stumps as they were blasted out, and avoiding
the graders teams, We were kept busy and en-
tertained until one of the contractors announced
dinner at the graders camp, and invited us to
join in the onslaught on the boiled beef and
cabbage, etc. The four graders stood agape on
witnessing such unheard-of appetites. AS we
were finishing a meal lit for king, a little
steamer landed at our very feet, and embracing
we were carried back to the car line, thus finish
ing most pleasing and profitable trip. In the
way OF transportation this new addition will be
well supplied, as the Rainier Railway and Power
Company's line runs along the north side of the
peninsula, and the James street line will run
along the south side. The former comp would
have their line in operation within week but for
two refractory property-owuers who, according
TO report, are exorbitant in their demands for
indemnity and have enjoined the company from
building across their land. The line is COM
pleted up to this land on both sides and only
awaits an adjustment to complete the seventy
five feet OF track necessary to finish the line
when cars will be started. The most slightly
building sites are in this new addition, and it
promises TO be the popular residence portion of
the city,