The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-25
ONLY TWO TRACKS.
Conditions on Which Lake
Shore May Extend South.
Permits Crsnssd by Bcsrd Of WORKS
Passenger Rates Dsssarbed-Ths
e. r. wants PsIeass whest

A communication from Corporation
f:onussl Don worth In regard to the appiI-
cation Of Reeeiver Brown. Of ths Lake
shore road. for permission 70 lay tracks
on Railroad avenue. south Of fssier Az
enue. vas transmitted 20 the board OF
pubsic works yesterday. In 10 Mr. Don
worth says:
ssI find that ordinance No. 1 .1s, passed
October q lssg. pnrporss 20 grant 20 the
seassie. Lake Shore 4 Eastern Railway
fsogunsnv the right and authority TO lo-
este. lay down and construct rsiiWay
consisting Of one or two tracks along
strip Of land thirty feet in width. included
in Railroad avenue, the center line ot the
strip being thsrf1-sssen fest essteriy ~
the center line OF Railroad avenue. which
makes the right-0f-wsy consist u the west
thirty feet Of the east thirty eight feet OF
the avenue Tbls right-of-SAy vas
granted from . point go feet south OF the
south marginal lice gof fesier ayennc,
running thence nortbwardiy parallel with
the center lire OF Railroad avenue TO an
intersection wifh the center line OF an
other rtghtof-way granted 20 the same
company by ordinance No. SO.
II am informed thst.at about the time
of the passage OF ordinances Ne. ]. 10 the
railway company built the track now ex-
listing extending from It's depot grounds
north Of fesIer avenue with the North
ern Pacific tfacks south Of the avenue
This track IL still being operated. and Tor
IL the railway company has Bo franchise
or license other than the franchise con-
tanned In ordinance !. 206 II Is evident
that the railway company and the city
contemplated that this company should
have bat two tracks across Yesier avenue.
The present track Is some forty feet east
erly OF the right-of-way. The company
t.xl.r 10 tad sfsh Ia
three tracks across the avenue where the
city has given permission for only two.
Consequently a permit should not be
granted TO extend the eastefiy track on the
franchise right-of-way until the company
or its representative has removed the pres
emit track or given satisfactory security for
its removal rs soon a. the tracks shall be
completed on the franchise right-of-way.
In NV opinion. therefore. you should grant
q permit only for the westerly extension
Of the track at this time. except on the
shove conditions.
ssThere are several objections that might
be raised to the validity OF the grant of the
right-of-Hay contained In ordinance !. 2c6.
bat As the city council has designated this
route / think it is your duty to allow
tracks TO be built In this location until the
council shall intervene by new exercise
of It's powers.
III the company or It's representative
should be unwilling TO accept two tracks
across the avenue, changing the location
OF its present track to that designated in
ordinance los, the rights of the city can.
! think, be protected by action of the
council at che proper time. For these rea-
Sons shall not further aIludc TO the OBJ
jections that have been suggested as TO the
validity of the right-ot-way described in
the ordinance"
Secretary Heifner was instructed to is
sue q permit in accordance with Mr..
Donworth's opinion.
The Rainier Power and Railway Com
pany applied for permission to set poles
on Fifth and Republican streets, from De
Forrest to Matthew streets, which was
granted.
Chief of Police Jackson asked that a
hydrant be placed at the corner Of Yesler
avenue and Yakima streets In order that
tho property in that vicinity can be prop
eriy protected in case Of fire. The request
was granted.
The petition OF property owners that the
water main on Green street be extended to
Baxter street was reported on favorably by
Superintendent Calligan aud the same
mcndation by the board
Ahp sEbdtsp DSt6ttH LIN w btts tAt &ui-
nese laundryman, and the water depart
ment. which has been before the board for
some time. WAS settled by Yik paying S2i. 15
TO the city water department.. This was
done In accordance with the opinion of the
corporation counsel. who decided that any
cash payments which Yik had made to Mr..
Wilson were Legitimate, but that the city
was not responsible for the private trans
actions between Mr.. Wilson and his laun-
dryman.
The new odorless excavating company
put in petition that II be allowed to dis
charge the contents Of an excavating pump
through the manhole into the city sewer.
The company agrees to do the work OF
cleaning cesspools for less than one-half
what il Is being done for at present.
Action vas deferred.
At the suggestion OF Chief Hunt the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company will
be given forty-eight hours notice 10 remove
lot of debris on the vacant let ia The rear
Of the Union block. The chief saws the
debris Is liable TO be fred at any time and
. ire in that vieinity might prove disas.-
rouA.