The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-03
ANOTHER CAR LINE.
New Street Railroad From Nc
Claire to Cullen Street.
DELEGATES DISCUSS DETAILS.
Witslef and Sander Apply for . Fran
ehise to Connect the Walls Walls
Road with Edmiston'a

Immediately after the reading of petit
tions last night the house of delegates
went into committee of the whole. with
Delegate Cook in the chair, to consider a
concurrent resolution offering to the high
est bidder q franchise for an electric street
car line over the following route:
Commencing at the intersection Of McClaire
and Barclay streets: thence east on Barclay or
Barclay street produced, to . point OF inter-
section with Market street produced; thence
southerly on Market street produced and Market
street 70 Cullcn street
The applicants are z. +. Whittier and
Fred E. Sander. and the apparent purpose
is to join the line for which a franchise was
granted to ]. X. Edmiston and assigned to
them. 1t will make another line out to
Lake Washington south Of the Yesler ave-
nue. line
After some minor provisions had been
discussed DIR. kloeber suggested that the
line should be laid according to the estab-
lished grade of the streets. Mr.. Calligan
said that in some cases this might make
the line a canal, across which neither
passengers nor trains can Gloss. DIR.
Kloeber accepted the suggestion. and
moved that the company be required to
grade 50 that free passage was left at cross
streets.
Mr.. Brace also explained that this would
not altogether meet the difficulty; a cut
Of six feet might have to be left in some
cases. He thought the companies should
be required to grade Q width of eight or
ten feet and to leave the banks sioped.
They all remembered the cut on Broadway
at Madison.
Mr.. Calligan suggested that they b al
lowed to build on the surface. but If they
thought it best to make q cut, then they
should be compelled to put the street In
passable condition. OF course. when the
streets are graded the roads would have to
conform to the established grade.
Mr.. Whittier, on behalf of the applicants,
said the company might be required to
construct turnouts where the board of
works directed.
DR.. Kloeber maintained that the com.
pany should keep an open space on each
side Of the road, SO as to leave free access
for vehicles.
Mr.. Brace also thought the provisions
ought to Do specific and not leave any
room for bubbles at the discretion Of the
board of public works.
MIR. Coryell would be satisfied with Mr..
Calllgan's suggestion. but DR.. Criehton
objected, because when a street was
graded the car line would be left perhaps
three or four feet above the street level and
it might take two or three weeks to lower
the road.
It was finally decided to adopt DR..
Kloeber's motion with an amendment by
Mr.. Brace making the surface of the road
way sixteen feet wide.
The often discussed question Of lights
came up again, and Mr.. Calligan urged
that there should be thirty-candle power
lights and not sixteen-candle power lights
as proposed. He was outvoted. however,
because the other franchises only called
tor the smaller light.
The deposit required upon acceptance
of the franchise was increased from 81 600
to s., 900 and the time reduced from fifteen
days to ten days.
A question arose as to using 1T" rails or
girder rails, and Mr.. Whittier said the for
mer was good where there was planking
on each side; no action was taken.
The committee then arose and reported
progress, and the house adjourned until
monday NIGHT