The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-19

Robert Hooker. +. NJ. Jordan.
Puget Sound Improvement Company by
Herman Chaplin.
Seattle Real Estate Trust, by Herman
Chaplin. agent.
Washington Iron Works by J. NJ. Frink.
Puget Sound National Bank. by Jacob
Eastern Improvement Company by ". A.
Peters
The Seattle Land and Improvement Com
pany. ny Z. T.. Sander. president
Butler Hotel. by Edwin Hughes. agent.
The MacDougall & Southwiek Company,
by J. 3. NacDougaH president.
Seattle National Bank. by Z. W. An
drews. president
The Washington National Bank of Seat
tie. ny r. .. Graves.
Seattle Brewing and Mailing Company,
by +. f. Sweeney. president.
Dexter Horton q Co. bankers by " II
Latimer, manager.
The National Bank of Commerce, by r.
First National Bank Of Seattle, by L.
Turner. cashier.
Bailey Building Company. by W. A.
Peters.
Bank of British Columbia, by r. Lea
Barnes. manager.
T. G. Miles Company. by T. F. Davidson.
Puget Sound Machinery Depot.
Washington Territory Investment Com
pany. by +. \. Strout. manager
w J. Grambs represented the Third
Street & Suburban Railway Company and
the Grant street Electric Railway Com
pany, Z G. kilbourne the Union Electric
Company. J Mather the Seattle Gas and
Electric Light Company. Z. IT Brown the
Western Union Telegraph Company. NJ
=. Rackus. OF tho Consolidated car lines
Manager Blake, OF tho Postal TELEGRAPH
Company Manager Cotton. Of the Amer
lean District Telegraph Company: c r
Con0veC. :. NJ Brookes We're also pres
ont. w r. Armstrong. of the Sunset Tel
nd -e91a ar,4,
aVoidably absent
Chairman Little read the withdrawal Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
from the petition
Mr. knhournc said his company had not
questioned tho right Of the city to have
fho wires pat under ground IN reasoaa bic
time The company would probably eo
under ground anyway from choice in dis
trictS where such action was warranted
He ala not think. however the time had
arrived ~ present for such action. In
putting the wires under ground such ac-
ilon should hc warranted by tho amount
~ business, Tho conditions at present in
Seattle were not tho same by any means
IS they were in New York city when this
same subject was aEltated. Even in New
York there We're districts no- where the
wires we're nos underground The time
Tor pulling the wires down had not come.
IN his estimation BIO had been asked
how long delay would be required That
Wa hard thing 70 say lie favored tho
alley system
James ea'i he ia not think II was
worth while discussing when the wires
v eye r. So down. 30 it was not 20 he done
80 present The thing 20 ha discussed was
vhy tho wires shoul4 no, be put under
ground
M- NijhoGrrc" asked SIR James
have aN the companies come to Il con-
y'usiou ahoet going on ono set ~ roles -
Yes sfr. replied Nr Eilhournc. with
che exception Of the Western Tu!on Tel
eEr8ph COMPANY"
NJ GramhS ths0 ssi5 an agreement
e. bout running Vires on the poles had bee,
drawn up AMI was ready - 10 sirne4
vHen fHe action Of the council vas as
surs4
How thoat loading down the poles -'
asked Ne foHs1ov
Both |rinhs sn1 Kfhoarre saia the re-
14[ri number ~ poles would carry the
wires easily
Manager Brown. - tho Western Union