The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-19
TIDE LAND STREETS.
Vacation OF Many Old Ones Is
Recommended.
ENGINEER THOMSON OBJECTS.
Appraisers Plat Docs Not Harmonic
With Old streets a Vigorous
Dcfenses OF Their Work.

ers uset ia the chambers of the house
Of delegates yesterday. and after being
sn session for over two hours agrssa 70
recommend 10 she council thai al the
streegs sogfh Of Charles street attend
81 be vacated. giving the ssreets plated
b. the appraisers tie prefereuee Charles
street ls just north OF Moran Bros f0un-
dry. ard the recommendation Affects the
whole tide land ares. There were present
Aldermen elise. awseney, Compton and
Miller. and Delegates Little James. FoiEt,
Chapman and Eissler. city Engineer
Thomson and Appraisers -. A. Ackeu-
gle. fyr. SparlinE. Thomas ". Proach ard
Corporation Counsel Scott. Alderman
elise acted as chairman.
SIR. Thomson read 8 long report 81 his
findings on the map % the tide lends az
plated and pointed oat the fnuadle into
which tho whole system OF street names
and street extensions had fallen az a
result Of the plat a. published. and recon-
nenGed certain changes. He said.
MFR. Thom-on's Objections.
THE city Is asked TO yacate such streets
~ have heretofore been established
by IL under authority from the
stats as are IN conflict with the plat Of
Seattle tide lands presented for our con
sldsratioa. While ia It's general plan and
purpose tho plat OF the tide lands meets
my hearty approval. there are few
points 10 which ] think attention should
be called and careful consideration given
before final action Ia taken. In consider
Ing this subject have labored under the
disadvantage OF not having detail sheets
Of the tide lands plat. The map lied
with The city is In the nature Of a general
map OF the haTbor. which ts necessarily
OF such small scale that details could not
Ne shown. I am unable 20 determine
from the map whether the streets Iead-
srg 10 deep water are or are not dedicat-
ed through the harbor strip 10 the outer
harbor or deep water line. They are
shown simply by dotted lines. across the
aaij strip. while between the meander
and inner harior lines all streets are
defined by full lines. As this haFbor strip
s. to be owned by the state and may be
rented or leased by the state II r. import
ant that the streets be laid out clear
through to deep water. otherwise these
public approaches 10 the water front
might be shut of at the inner harbor
line by private ieaaehold interests. which
would thus control the actual deep water
frontage.
1.-THE situation at the foot OF Depo,
street viii be decidedly complicated If the
city should vaeate It's rights In favor Of
the new tide lands plat. Depot street
has been extended or projected both by
ordinance and charter west 10 deep water.
The line OF the Lake Union sewer tunnel
was varied In order 10 allow OF an outfan
discharge under said westerly extension
OF DEPOT street. This tunnel. completed
at n cost OF nearly s30.Ooo. has its dis
charge through an outfall conduit con
strnrted under the beach line OF Depot
street as far west as Railroad avenue.
When necessary by reason Of hRFbor do
yelopment this outfail Is intended 10 bC
further extended tn the same dirsc ton
90 the outer harhor line. The tide land
plat submitted for our consideration has
failed entirely 20 recognize or provide fer
This tunnel outfau Depot street Is not
plated out from the shore at all. but In
steaa a street called Roanoke street Is
projected Ia different location and d.
reetlon Thus the outfail now construct
ell At an expense of several thousand dol
lars would be thrown on private property
Instead OF IN public street. and any fu-
ture extension to deeper water would nee
sssarIly be by purchase or condemnation
across private property.
's'rhe plating of the triangular block
designated as block ie5. az the southeast
corner Of Iesler avenue and Railroad
avenue serves 20 perpetuate an ohstfhc-
tion TO traffic and commerce which
might we'll have been eradicated- Ifossi-
hlv the city Is not In position where It's
approval or disapproVai VIII affect this
particular portion OF the pat. but II Is
certainly a defect which should bee RENE
died The iuterposltioH OF This triaEgu-
lar tract blocking West street al Tesier
avenue will produce aa unSightiy and OH
structive nm effect rs did the old Yeslcr-
I.sary corner before the fire. West street
north 81 Ycsler avenue Is sxaetiyfon lire
with Railroad avenue south OF Washing-
ton street Were this triangular tract
not plated the two streets would come
together and complete The uniform plan
of plating adopted after the fire. AS
plated all traffic from West street 10
and from the Ocean ur CITY docks or any
dt,s K which may hc established south OF
yeslpr avenue viii be forced to jog west
On Yraier avenue about 10 feet - Ran
road avenue before proceeding southeast
on Railroad aVeuUe to reach the same
point on Washington street as could have
been reached ~ a direct soufhcrly pro-
lection Of West street. In other words
all water front trafic hstWeea Yesirr ave
nue and Washington street VIII r.. forced
e. follow two sides OF a triangle. fhe pnr-
penaicular and the hypothenusc. II reach
the point which could Dee gained by fol-
lowing the base az the triangle.
s'Frhe roa dwaN CONS rtlrtfd hV the yfty
on Charles street west from Comm r. iFt
stree, and the open Waterway cstab-
lishea ~ ef1ilnauc. M. sSsa 81 extension
81 Charles ssreet - deep water in Elliott
bay arr sl left nn pgtvH'e property 10y
the tide lard plat The street called Al
aSks stree. as aatfed orr tie tide lands
map vest from Commercial street. seems
- he about sa feet north Of the present
Charles street.
~trsect~ That 10 Not Connect.
Only three ~ fhc ten tale fana streets
running west rren fhe shore Zine north
~ ths South canal waterway seem %
have besn laid With "a view 20 being ex-
tensions % upland streets Whrn We cor
Mes ID fa q