The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-21
A NEW POWER HOUSE
Consolidated Lets the Contract
IN Rebuild.
IT WILL Bg DONE IN NINETY DAYS
The poad f., Re the Most Substantial in
the West The Siaeawe wheel-N.
T.. Receivers Report.

-ishfn ninety aayn fae coasoli3atel
rsreet nsiIway COMPANY expects . have
ore ~ the heaf equipped Electric lines ~
ira West b fhat tine IRE Flffa street
rover Rouse. recently Ge#troEea ~ 6fe.
vii nave been rebuilt. new cafH Eih n3Fe
arrived ard tba track aloag second ara
Pike streets wifi have been laid ~tta nc
improved Shanghai rails. ard TIRE road wit
be fn flrst-class trtrn throughout
The povsr heuse Nl1 ~ rebuilt ~ N%2s-
leaf & VOID Wh8 have undertaken tas
contract n tfs0aa s F Saaf8ef9u SUPER
fnfen8ent of the Consnis dated. says the
f,stEI1fng vii be- entirely arepro6f. a. M
vyee,a All BE used Tre flooring will be
rou-con1huatGble anA the room containing
the power plant wiil - entirely OF iron
and steel Tire building VII be- the same
size a. the old power house. e3Ezs3 feef,
and OF 20 the north viii be greeted re-
Tsafr shop a9xa0 leaving the storehouse
proper without anything from which ire
can ~ produced The brick walls Of the
old building Will BE- utilized, bat the front
wifi be- made entirely ~ iron and steel
The arrangements ct the power house VIII
be substantially the same As formerly. eS-
eept that the repair shop VIII be- entirely
separate from II Tire power plant. which
will b on the ground floor, vii ba the
same as before the FIRE. consisting ~ ten
s1-horEe power generators, two 90-hoFse
power GorllEs engines. 4 -50-nofEe power
Ideal engine and five boilers Of combined
capacity Of 750-h0rse power. Three Of the
generators ard the smallest engine belong
10 the Third Street 4 Iburban line. which
also will he operated from the power house.
AL iris machinery passed through the re-
cent fire, bur was only slightly damaged.
While these improvements are being
made the Hammond Company. Of San
Trancisco. vii. turn ott fifteen comhina-
sfou r4rs each equipped with two &l-horse
ia tFs far
the past year on the West Street e. North
End road The motors VIII he Of the style
known aa General Electric S0." that Is.
each motor vii have a drawhar pun ~
So hounds giving 90 the car a poll o. 69
pounds The order for The cars was placed
some time sgo. and fl rs expected they VIII
be delivered within sixty DAYS.
Along with the other improvements, Mr..
Shuffleton Is preparing for a complete sys-
tenn Of tracks al the entrance Of the power
house. There viii BE- six tracks. one lead
ing to the repair shops and FIVE 30 the
storehouse. cars placed on the latter
tracks VIII be so disposed that ia case or
FIRE they can all be removed quickly by
one man. Is reason Of the six tracks en-
terinE al right angles into the double track
or the line down fifth street. elaborate
switches VIII be- put in. The frogs and
switches for this part OF the work are now
being made ar the Washington Iron
delivery IN thirty days,
With the paving Of Second and pike
streets there results To the city the con-
sfruction OF the soidest street car track
on the Pacific coast. First IN the struc-
ture comes a six-iuch coat of gravel. and
on top Of Il five inches Of cement. The
spaces between the ties, on which tho rails
are laid directly. Will BE- filled with cement.
bringing II squarely 10 the base OF the
rails. The Consolidated company is the
first 10 adopt this St. of roadbed. and
with the Shanghai rails. which are six
inches high and heavier than ordinary rail-
road iron, the track Viii be one OF the most
substantial ever lat8.
The new track Is being put In on Pike
street below Seventh. and the Lake Union
cars for some time past have been run
over the Third street line to Eighth street.
where they are shifted 10 the Consolidated
line. When the road Is torn up on Pike
street az Fifth the temporary track down
the latter street from Union 10 Pike VIII
be completed for the Fremont and Green
Lake cars.