The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-26
THE RAMS HORNWINS
Supreme Court Decides i'm Fa-
yor Of the Railroads.
THE OLD TRACK MAY BE REBUILT
Looe- Pending Lfstgatios Esds Agsisss
The Cisy--GsnsssI Manager smith
Defends the Line.

The long legal controversy IN REGARD 10
the rams horn" risht-of-way along the
water front IL at last settled, the supreme
court having affirmed the decision OF the
superior cour. in favor OF the Oregon Inn
p-ovemens Company and the Northern
Pacific railroad. The decision in full has
not yet been received. 30 that il 10 not Jet
possible 10 tell how tar IL extends.
G. J. Smith, general manager OF the
Oregon Improvement Company. was asked
what the effect Of the decision would be
on the policy Of the company aud said:
have not yet resolved the full text OF the
decision. snd shall not - prepared TO say what
~ shall do until have received IL. but - soon
a. ws ascsytain what IL II, ws viii probably pro-
coed to rebuild the line. With one or two slight
notifications. consider the rams horn the
Ideal location for . railroad along tbs water
front Of the city, - 10 10 susceptible OF being
crossed 10y the streets with overhead crossings.
Thinking 80. think II 10 = good thing nos
only for the railroads, but for the city, 70 have
line along IL to furnish access to the ware
Eonses noy scattered along West stfeet In sd-
dss.on 10 this We have iong wanted 70 obtain an
eligible location for . coal cepo. In the porfhe,u
part Of tbs city 20 enable US 20 supply coal with
. .hor; hsal FOR tn, people residing In that Sec
ton and north OF IT, Ia addition 10 this. there
are several other enterprises desiring locations
tsHesci there b, The opportunity 20 obtain the
raw material. which viii come In either from
IL. Columbia & Puget sound or the Northern
Pacific road
Tn. rams horn. which il thirty fee.
wide, follows the line Of high tide along
the shore of the bay. but the name has
been more particularly applied to the part
of is north of iesler avenue. 1t will be
remembered that the immediate question
In controversy vas the right of the city to
make such change in the grade o. CO.
,umhsa - West street as TO make the
operation Of railroad along the rishi-of
way impractieabIe. The railroad COM
panies have been in undisputed possession
OF the right-os-way as far north as Yesler
avenue and the Northern Pacific
has n track on it as far CO.
lnmbis street. The Columbia & Puget
Sound was stopped about year ago
from extending its track north of that
thoroughfare. After crossing Columbia
street 10 cuts of thirty feet from the rear
OF tolnan's corrugated iron building
fronting westward on West street and
then curves back into Post street until the
slice cut off Coiman's building tapers off
90 nothing at Marion street. After cross
Ing Marion street IT again swings TO the
left and cuts Off seven feet from the rear
OF the Commercial Mil Company's build
ing fronting on West from Marion to
Madison street. The next block is owned
by the Lake Shore and is occupied by no
buildings. but the rams horn passes il by
running up West street and still veering
70 the lett until at Spring street il is OPP
posite the line Of warehouses between
Railroad avenue and West street. II cuts
right through these rs far as University.
veering to the west so that the slice
cut of the buildings grows thicker as IL
passes northward, until it touches Rail
road avenue. The properties over which
IL passes on these two blocks are: Amos
Brown. one lot. warehouse occupied by
Vail 4 Hubbell: Puget Mill Com
pany, one lot, warehouse occupied by Car
keek & Nicholas: the Starr estate. one lot.
warehouse occupied by Hardness & Hib-
bard; w. c. Squire, one lot. warehouse
Just leased to Atkinson. berwick & Wilson
Marshal Hopkins. one lot. building occu-
pied by the salt water baths; +. c. Xii
bourne. one lot. warehouse occupied by
the Seattle Brewing and Mating Com
pany; David Gilmore. two lots. six ware
houses. occupied by Lilly & Bosardus, Ii.
W. Baker & Co.. and Iehman's feed mill
The piece cut oil Bakers warehouse A,
which Is the nearest 10 University street,
would be fifty feet long
After crossing University street the
track rcappears and passes under the Ter
line saloon, winds along the alley among
Almond & Phillips foundry buildings TO
the wharf of tho Pacific Freezing and
Cooling Company. AZ this point the
track ends, the right-of-way crossing the
wharf and passing ia front OF the cold
storage building. IL runs back To the
alley and remains on it until s,ewar;
street is reached. Then il crosses vacant
lots and runs up Water, ending AT Clay
s.reet.
The track still exists under the ware
houses for large part Of the distance: in
fact. the buildings were all put up under
silputasions with the Oregon Improve
yr,ent Company providing for their re-
moval whenever it should become possible
10 rebuild the railroad