The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-11
FIXING THE TRACKS.
Railroads Have Nearly Agreed
on the Crossings
Senfersnss Of o1e3sfs sa Saturday
Agrees on All Kxeeps Details
New Fxsnebssss wanted.

The conferences between the officials OF
the Great Northern. Northern Pseihc.
Lake Shore and Columbia 4 Puget Sound
railroads during the past fss dags has not
yet resulted in any definite agreement or
any contract signed. eurrsnt rumors 70
the contrary Notwithstanding. Negotts-
tons have been completed. however. with
satisfaction % als parties concerned. sx-
cept IN the matter Of two or three details.
which are JET IN a0syknoe.
When General Manager Warren, Of the
Great Northern. and party arrived in the
esty Saturday evening. on their return
from Fasrhaven. he met the officials Of the
several railroads in Judge Burks's otfes.
and the dispute concerning the terminal
treeksgs vas Diseased. There were pres
eni 81 the conferences Receiver BrowH. OF
The Seattle. Lake Shore a Eastern railway;
- ii. AeHenry, chief engineer Of the
Aorfhees Pacific: General Manager Smith,
eeneral Superintendent Bush and Atsor-
pey Bnrleigh. OF the Oregon improvement
Company: General Manager Warren. Gsn-
sral Superintendent Farrell. Chief En-
gineeg Miller and Assistant General Traffic
Manager Shelby. Of the Great Northern
The general features OF the proposition
ss far as agreed upon run to the shIfting
OF the tracks between Yeslsr and King
streets, so that the two tracks Of the main
line ofths Seattle a Montana railroad viii
Be on the east side OF their franchise;
these two tracks to pass across the tracks
OF the Columbia & Puget Sound and the
Northern Pacific railroads into the Jack
son street terminal grounds Ii was
agreed that the Seattle 4 Montana road
should pat in the crossings where neees-
sary and establish an interioeklng system,
% as 10 enable the crossings to be passed
without delay to the trains of the several
companies This was all conditioned.
however. on the modification Of the fran
chises Of ali three companies Ii will be
necessary also before . final agreement 10
take the matter up with the city council.
and that the plans be discussed and APP
proved; The council 10 be asked 10 grant
modification of the franchises Ali this
win be necessary before the agreement
can be ratified. The railroad men .'strack
o snag" At the meeting of Saturday on two
or three details, and deadlock resulted,
the nesting dispensing without any def
mite agreement being arrived at An
agreement within fex days, however, Is
looked for.
There may be such . thing ~ the city
standing In the wsy Of a speedy settlement
OF the crossing proposition. As the mat
ter now stands, the city will not consent
70 certain OF the provisions contemplated
by the Great Northern people. The lat
ter's original franchise for tracks TO the
depot called for two tracks across Corn
msrcial street. the right-of-wsy TO widen
so that by the time South Third street
should be reached there would be four
tracks, The company has submitted
revised franchise which does not call for
any specific number of tracks, bat speci-
he'd that there should be a wide track
space. which will require the grade of Com
merciai and South Third streets, between
Jackson and King streets, TO be made so
heavy as, IL vas feared, would prove q
hindrance to traffic, also rendering the ap-
proaches dangerous to life and property.
Saturday evening the Great Northern
people had half hours talk with City
Engineer Thomson concerning the IN after.
Mr.. Thomson said that the city would
certainly protest against the franchise as
revised. but Chief Engineer Miller. of that
road, assured him that the matter could
be arranged satisfactorily to the city and
to the company. He said that as soon as
be returned to st. Paul be would draw up
a revised plan OF the crossings with profile,
which will do away with the objections,
and mail the same to the city engineer.
General Manager Warren and party left
on special train Sunday morning for the
East. Thomas Il. Shepard. who had gone
to Wenatehee the night before. met Mr..
Warren again st Leavenworth on Sunday,
and the general manager was then more
sanEuine than ever OF the difficulty being
amicably settled in very short time.