The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-18

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sna acccss thereto &c nadc sf.e rom oc}erslon-
Ado grades ano oangesous crossings. fIsu-
c!ises were onsreo foads on shese faiisoad hisn'
In 80 Tar a. the city had the power, existing
grants and rEhts-oi-way la coEnict witn tnis
Eisn have been repealed. The efef-presens
'rrarns horn" ytght-o9.way has been fought men
ky inch. The ordnance by which King street
had been vacated ten years before and granted
to tho Seattle ws'la Walls Railway Com
pauy was sum.na.liy ssp<aled and its successor
iahe Oregon Improvement Company declared .
rresrasser on e-ounds cccupisi by Its tracks
during many ycass. South second street bisecs.
ing tho yards aud shop site oil this company at
right angles south Of King street, has Just been
.seclnrcd public highway, after Iegai struggle
carried by the city to the supreme court The
winding "rsins horn has been estopped north
81 Columbia street because Of the strong posi-
.ion taken by the city in defense OF Its estab-
!sshed plan Of railroad locations aud street
grades.
To grant n rigAtof-wsy 40 pctitioned for by
the Seattle & Montana Railway Company aud 10
ysacate south second street Ia their favor Is to
which the city has wresfed from the Oregon I'm
movement Com pauy ny legal means To al
Law tracks II be constructed scfoss Jackson.
Commercial. South Second, south Third and
.tauth Fourth. 60 petitioiied for 10 to place a
barrier in heavy grades aud dangerous cross
ihgs which would block business at
jackson street almost a. cfYecsualy a.
uitn n wall We must not lose sight
III the fact also that the petition states
tne intention of continuing the line east and
tbuth from South fifth street, thereby forcing .
series OF crossings along the line OF Grant street
which would practically block accoas 10 the
.mud fat distfict' from the east ~ we'll N from
sec north. This proposition II . deltberate
tbandonn ent OF the direct limo dedicated by
the city in Railroad avenue and south street
The honorable and consistent struggle hitherto
successfully maintaiuet in defense Of the uni
fprin system OF railroad locations. determined
Upon after years OF study. will have been vain IL
This petition b. granted. Railways yet 20 come
60 our gstcs, seeking share OF oflr business and
commerce. can but follow this example. II sue
Cessfui pick their own terminal sites without
sessrd To plan or systcm In defiance OF estsb-
tSshed street grades, aud force aright-ol-way TO
them.
II has been urged py some that the ground
chosen by tho Seattle & Montana railway
s5c only ground within the patent lines on
yshich depot could DO built. This do not be-
i.eve to be true. but were !; true should regard
81 as the more fortunate, a. IL would rive the
city OF seattle the more pericc. control of the
situation Nothing ID more desirable than that
the city al Seattle take BY firm hand this mat
scr o. union term nails, and control them that
&c be not cprsef with some so-ealled "Union
Depot Company, which would provo hesn 20
one, i.sa e. another and fowl To another Our
atate constitution ana our city charter gives the
eight in the name o! the city TO open up and lay
out OF, the tide fisls such asgce:a she may
elect; ky proper legal action therefor, coz
sseiya the city could open and confirm a. q
street such area and extent of ground she
might In her wisdom select a proper for thsse
testnsnala Hsving so taken such grounds she
wcald be in position Co command the respect
and attention OF all railways. and To 80 place
these railways as 90 put them on even foot
iur aad also put them In touch vita the great
maritime world. 10 got away from which ap-
pears To hc a PAT: OF the plan OF the seattle &
Montana railway.
Evea this could not hs done without some
contention bat 10 would be . contention which
the entire public wonld justify, and would
leave q heritage OF prosperity instead OF