The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-24
THE G. n. FRANCHISE.
A New Proposition Of the Seat
tie + Montana.
AL DEEP ours TO BE AVOIDED.
Meeting % Csuseil Committee and
xssIrssA Representatives - The
Chief Di0eslsy Overcome.

The committee Of the city council!
charged with the task OF considering the
yaesiiion Of the Seattle & Moniana railroad
sag . change 81 grade on certain streets. 80
~ to obtain access to its terminal grounds.
s'.et at the city hall yesterday. Alderman
,, r. Sweeney was in the chair and there
w&-e present Also Aldermen Brewer,
tram, Dauiton. Ingram. Stocks, Delegates
kson and Cook. City Engineer Thomson
ard Deputy Scott. The Seattle q Mon
tsza was represented by r. r. Shelby,
general manager Of the Great Northern;
rsss3ge Burke and Engineer Stevens
he report Of Engineer Thomson was
resi and explained by him by means OF
rlsas. It has already been published IN
f:ast and gives the grades necessary to COM
ysY with the petition OF the railroad.
The following report to Mr.. Shelby BY
tfisln y. Stevens. assistant chief engineer
e me Great Northern, was read:
II accordance with your request have ex-
sgsaned tho report OF City Engineer Thomson
or sae matter Of the street grades At che pro-
ysssad crossings of jackson, Commercial and
kssfsh Third streets by the Great Northern rail
was tracks Ia entering iss proposed depot
gsHsnis
Gnd the following propositions rot only PEI
is.ssay practicable, but s1eh rs VIII remove shs
elections found by Mr.. Thomson 10 the pro-
peesi grades OF the streets in question.
gs using gradient OF - OF par cent Tor =
distance o. tco fec; on TIE Great Northern rail-.
wy Inc from Railroad avenue 30 Commercial
ss.ses the grade ss The tracks can be raised two
fess aishes Oh Commercial street than on Rail.
ref.s ayenne.
Saxt | suggest the dropping o. the street
g.,,.sa q. the iuiersect.0n OF Commercial and
Jsa&son ssreets IS fse.-ths drop 30 begin At
tis.s censsr VI tue block between Jackson and
Nssss streets. leaving Commercial strcst AT this
r5.a1 as a: rreseg'. and falling on grade Of
gi ser cent 10 the Ao::h ii3e o. jackson street:
tEea Ievei across Jackson street. There a-e no
bgSs.l ngs 70 be affected By acssrge OF grade on
It's asli- block
$50 present rate OF grade on Jackson street
Ests rom coumsreial TO Railroad avenue is 40
st4s@s by the city engineer. pe- cent. OF, more
essesly, s.ii per cant.
Z aaee at tho profile OF Jackson street will
shsT thGt toe grade proposed tor Jackson street
wea5 from Commercial stree; is exactly the
ga, namely. l. II per cent. with an average
CT. ga Jackson street from the eaSf iine OF Com
mcf;sissl stree. to the Great NoGthera railway
tssis OF 81 feet
Isss3snd. therefore. OF forcing the grade here
Gu * ssoa street to IS per cent, as stated by
CifE Engineer Thomson, the rate OF grade
wo9is remain precisely tho same Us al present
p commercial street, at point 10 feet south
al f@ &son street, tho cut will be 5 feet. aud
nos s - set forth In the report Of Mr. Thonp-
soi, he present rate Of gfade OF Commercial
street south from Jackson street Ia - per cent
1ss proposed new rate OF grade of the SEINE
stree. sf :he points is exactly ~ per cent,
the sag.s 40 At present. instead OF being double
she ra.a OF grade reported by Mr.. Thomson
fsnpose at tho south limo OF jackson street
On %f',sh Third street ent below present ccndi-
tion Rs q feet There are no improvements a:
shis rsint. This would make slope across
Jacss9a street on the line Of south Third street
OF . ieei, leaving the grade on the north line
of JEsss son and South Third streets just as 10 il
~ pfassnt aad making no change of grade on
eou.@ {hifd street north OF Jackson street, thus
not asssstiug any buildings thereon.
tbs present rate Of grade south Third
stsess. south Of Jackson street. Is. according to
tho sssy engineers report. a35 per cent The
grads proposed will be aa2 per cent. precisely
the saSae ~ the old ono, aud not q grade of 81
per es1s, a. reported by Eag ncer Thomson.
frSsa she south TRACK of the Great Northern
railway liue on South Third street to point on
cisntsaes line OF the Columbia & Puge, Sound
Sss'aas, i propose grade OF A per cent for u
cis;esses OF 81 feet
Res5fSin; to the profile OF Jackson street you
viii hsa grade proposed Of IN psr cent from
tns ssfast Nosshera railway iiae 20 Commercial
sirse'i Esing the sana rate of grade tia: exists
there 81 present. then level across Commercial
s.rsef. ihen ascending grade of az per cent,
cas-, iHs hall q block; then as at present prse-
tiess}f assi 10 south Second street: then level
sc:os. @onsh Second street. then practically
level g xt present tn the alley between south
kecoss sud south laird streets; then descend
Ing = 81 psr cent tto per cent? to south
iAiia street. and leyes across South TAiri street;
then astsndinc per cent grade 20 the alley he
swees . iith Third and south Fourth streets:
thea esst w.iheut change.
10 s3ui M the v hole matter OF these grades
] wosia say tina, BY the construction of the
trscss az the Great Northern railway line ,ro,,
Es'ifas'i avenue to It's depot grounds upon no
iiaes sasgas,ea. .astssd of making the radical
chaag<> 9f grades at the street crossing, sc,
fosih ~ The city engineer. there viii bc ALSO
lnteis - chasgc from ;ao present rate OF
grade That Is 90 say, the rate 81 grade oil
-sess"i street. Commercial street ami south
Third s:fest, where those streets srproaeh the
ssilroA3 crossings, VIII bc exactly tho same a.
they rase
1t NA.N accompanied by the following Ger.
tiiiea.e signed by jain l. Seurry. r. IL.
White 18th. NJ. stlSrnd and Charles 4.
Nhils:
hase carefully examined the foregoing re-
peri a. ir stevens and have likewise sx.
sarcf tre streets AZ the ,oinis nentioae,i in the
fepos'. .aa have no hesitation in saying tha,
tae sfs+e1aenss shsrasn contained Ia respect IN
the fEass ot g.afe are entirely correct can
see ma engineering. hustness or rsaef!csl oh
isetiof a. sha construction Of the tfscSs of the
Great @e.f'hefa raiiwas iiue u its Sepo; ground.
epea fis' nssas proposed IN this report
ShsA Mr.. Thomson had concluded Mr.
sseveGs was invited Ia explain his plans
spAmss1t 20 hr. shelby. Nothing Was
said az ~ TINS time on the subject b., IL
SCENE 10 he ,scitiy agreed that Mr.
Themas'3s's report had disposed Of the rail.
roads isyner plan and ,hroarhou, The
dsseas 4lsn reference VAS made only {, IN.
new rfs1@osition.
In feiAy to Alderman Ingram. MFR
1homa, explained the eiec. oil sAc rro.
rasai. t;le chief objection he saw woult
lie 20 i1sse two lcye. streets have a slant
and t. al sUcA a. there Is nos a, south
Third ftscet and Iosleg avenu. Thn
Grvs.eT e<.ss Of maintenance wos.i Re east
uroa tlss city. I'm the whole. Mr.. Thorn.
soa c.ag~derea tie now proposition fre,
frofn nss'a; OF tho objections he hal seen
in the &gsi. ana added that il Vas merely
q faasts9 OF policy for ihe council A. n
~hethrF Grade crossings should be aaon;e4.
senatf kinaesr. n reply 20 Mr. SAGE
ney, sas,! he was a property owner who
wcsld aaee been injured BY the tr.t prop
os;sea. Is he could sec no o lection Ia
the Plaza low proposed lie shouEh. the
eoeacs. ~9Gii do wei 80 accent she psoyso.
ss.lcn s'os made. lie shough. some If
snF cT'Sfai features proposed we're pre-
rosteyst&s.
Jadg' Sesse said IL would be only waste
81 tine - htn 10 add anything 10 what
had be-. AL. by NJ The - G.