The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-19
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Rival Railroads Urging Their Iaserests
"a 10 the Avenue

Rival Railroads Urging Their Isterests
rs 10 the Avenue.
Afthe meeting OF the hoard 81 aldermen. the
spccsal order OF business being ordinance No
49, granting % the Northern Pacific railroad q
franchise Of fairty feet along the eass side Of
Railroad avenue. between Weller stree. and
Yesser errsns, was tskea up for discussion
Captain snyder moves end Mr.. KoEn seconded
70 place the bib on .tx final passage nr. Fon
sfus ssiE fssas number OF gentlcmea interested
IN the matter we-c present. and his motion the
privilege Of TIE soor was granted them There
vere present A. r. Bu-iesgt and ]. T. Mitchell.
f.. cf the Northern Pacific. Judge ElTke aa6 /.
!. sfsgrer, OF TIE Seattle Montana. Colonel ".
II. EEsrger s3d Y. G. Boguc. Of TIE Onion Pa
cifc-
NJ BarleIgh stated the division of Railroad
avenue ard explained The proposals OF the coun-
Gil committee The effect OK the committees
prng.osxI was 20 saTe one % two crossings OF the
Unson Pacific and enable eli roads coming "a
frcm the south 70 do 50 on straight tracks He
stated ail the sscrs faRea Ia regard 20 the matter
and rccsssed tae stasenen. 81 the corpoEssloa
coHssrl sres tise ordinances were legal with
stnrse exception 20 meet this point the cf1i-
nsnrss hsd h=el re-aFrenged
Judge Burke said he had 8 re~ proposition
ard tEs, was ina; the Northern PSe5fe should
fake np is ira ks ard lar them OF oae SIDE Of
ssd Est on the pew slght-of-Esy. let il enter
Into a stipulation 10 this eject and he woEid
uE6eftaSs ;h1t the city xhoHld riTe il a. il
afked be,veea Box stree; aad the CITY limits
CsloEsi ". II Eainger. OF tie Union Pacific,
practically encors1a Judge Burkes statement
cs the case. These crdiaznces took TIE rsghf-of-
var awsy from the Portland d Puget SQUAD
between ecris.R points and gave q 80 the
Northern Paeshe. Mr. Bog8e hzd made care
fui examination Of The ground aad TIE passage
81 these nsdinsnces esseetuaIly shut oat the
Portland & Pagei sound road from entering The
eify- Their franchise touched the Northern
FhcA6E ~ severai points On i1s cd Franchise
These ordinances granting the Northern Pacific
sbiyty feet eEf them 0sIt from making crossing
agreements with the Northern Paclae There
vxs Boz 80 longer say Goabt as 20 the resump-
fion Of sork on the Portland & Puget sound:
the oaIy question was as 20 the time of resarnp-
ton and that depended On the condition OF TIE
moaey market.
Mr.. Boxne was called npoa % explain the Sit
uation treln the blue print of Railroad avenue,
but declined. saying The council vas aIresdy
well enough Informed
Hr. Burieigt replied to Judge Burke in SAP
castle vein. and compared the repeating clauses
In the Seattle ( Montana end Union Pacific or
dlnances, shown. that they were Identical
Judge Burke had secured several deleys because
Colonel CiosSgb Wa the only person authorized
70 make any agreement. and was On the way
ous here. Judge Burke had promised that IL the
Northern Pacific woDld give UP the cd rams
horn, he would recommend 10 the Seattle q
Montana company % coueedc this franchise, but
the Seattle & Montana Was not dispensing fran
chises They wanted 20 connect their track
WIFE the Terminal railway. but the Seattle &
Montana pus an Injunction on them. When they
had covered the ground already granted they
came and asked for q franchise 70 connect with
the lskc shore. All they wanted was way
oEf- The Great Northern had sixty feet and the
Portland Puget sound thirty feet, but he did
not understand that they were both going 10
build 10 Portland. They were going to build
joint road, and for that would have ninety feet
while the Northern Pacific would have nothing
II these loads wanted the east thirty feet of
Railroad avenue from Weller street TO street
and could not get through without il. give il 10
them, The rams horn was not tide land. was
not subject 70 the harbor line commission. was
absolute property, yet these people wanted the
Northern Pacific 10 exchanges 1t for a mere ner.
init 10 build road on Railroad avenue. re-
vocshie az the pleasure OF the coun-
Gil. They come and say. "If Won
will get US way through the propertv
~ the Oregon improvement Compauy we viii
give you this thirty feet, /" but the Northern ps-
cihe had no right 10 give away the property ~
sne OREGON Improvement Company. He then
proceened TO argue in favor Of terminal com
rany. Bur the Northern Pacific was NOT !,
position 20 trade for il had nothing 10 tr.as -
% that IL couid not move for o terminal c,rn
pAny. He denied eny desire TO antsgoni,a the
Seattle 4 Montana and the Union Pacific
Nj lngFahan stated that he did not believe
auy one railroad could come 10 the council "a
make . proposition which would be accsn,sh,a
70 any other. ist them get together ana ar
range things satisfactorily among themselves
fhs~ef let Ia L..
ment He moved tina; the ordinance be laid ~,
TIE table. but the chsr ruled that the ordinance
must be either accepted or rejected
Nj wilcox believed inst the council hsa ,ha
power 10 repeal every ordinance nassas -,
Tire territory became state, and thar ire Roil-
road avenue franchise should be repealed ,,a
thai franchises should then be sod 10 the h,rh.
est bidder. lie moved that the ordinance Ia =.
ferred 70 committee Of two from eaoh ho,,so
which should confer with the railroads ara sa,'
tie the matter with them. The motion fopnd no
secoader "0
Nessrs. Bogsrdus, KoFn. Miller and SNYDER fav.
crcd delay. Mr. Pontius said that II ,hs, ma e.,
the ordinSnee submitted they would wor. an
injustice. lie favored a settlement by negotiation
among the railroads
br. Sweeney favored rejection az the orf,i.
nance, and also favored a conference sy,o,,,
railroad men to settle the controversy.
President Hall said he was sure that tho r,eo
rie who were asking for this ordinance had NOT
thoroughly St0dicG il, lie called attention ~
one section which would be likely 10 involve
the city in lawsuit
On motion ot Captain Snyder the ordinance
was Reinforced 20 the judiciary committee
An invitation Was received from the MAYOR Of
Vancouver 20 he present at the celebration on
Dominion day, July }. The city clerk was in.
ssructed 70 accept sud acknowledge the recent
Mrs. Wusthon petitioaed for = hosri OF arbs
traitors To apporiion her damages caused hv the
Terrace street slide, referred to the street com.
mittec
Petition of property owners on Albert stree;
for grading thereo. on immediate pavmeut Man
was referred to the street committee.
Petition to improve Marion and Fourteenth
streets az their own expense was referred 10 the
stree. committee.
pr Sweeney said that the license committee
had ascertained that there were no saloon limits
and the following ordinance was introduced
The limits are as follows: Beginning AZ From,
and Depot TO Second, 30 Cherry, TO Third. To Yes
Ter, TO sixth, to Jackson, TO Seventh. To wcller.
60 Commercial. % Norman. 10 Railroad avenue,
20 Union, to place of beginning The limits also
take IN four blocks in Fremont on Union ave
nue. and Lake avenue, two on each. Mr.. Hall
called attention % the fact that the hotels had
not been provided for in the ordinance The or.
dlnance was 10 referred Tor q more general enc.
The petition OF eighty Eve residents OF Ere
mont for a fire engine at that point wss referred
10 the tire and water COMMITTEES.