The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-04
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Permit for Erection OF ". r. Temporary
Depot Revoked.

The board OF pablo works yesterday Is
sued permit 70 the Front street Cable
Railway Company 20 change the loca-
ton of its tarniahle from King street
and First avenue south 20 Jackson street
ard First avenue south. allowing its con-
strgctloa al the center OF the intersection
% the above-named streets. The per-
nit was issued 70 the road as q corpor-
alton and 20 o. ID. Colvin, as receiver.
The only other matter of importance
taken up a. It's session yesterday by
tho board was the canoeing ana revoking
% the permit Issued TO the Northern
Pacific railroad for the building Of cor
ragated iron building 3ex1ia feet, as APP
piled for last Saturday. and which. upon
the endorsement OF City Engineer
Thomson, as chairman OF the board. was
Issued. Subsequent investigation on the
part Of Mr.. Thomson and an answer 70
an inquiry By Corporation Counsel Brown
as 10 the Interpretation of the ordinance
fixing the FIRE limits. led TO the discovery
that the proposed building came within
the district in which the ordinance ex-
pressly siipulates that the only construc-
tioa employed shall be brick or stone
Corrugated iron would require frame
work for its support, ana IL was the In
fen:ion 10 use wood for the purpose. The
application for the permit was accom-
panied BY an Endorsement Of the scheme
signed by the owners and occupants OF
the adjoining property TO lots ] and ?,
bioek ls5. Seattle tide hats. The in
dorsers OF the scheme were: MacDougal
& Soathwick Company. BY j. b. Mac
Dougal. president; August Mehlhorn:
Jacob Furlh. administrator of the es-
tate OF Henry l. Yesler, deceased; J. III.
coiman and Fred Gasch.
Incidental 10 the revocation Of the per-
init. ii appears 20 be more or less mixed
az TO what the ordinance does establish.
Ordinance No. s1s4 purporIs 10 amend
previous ordinance, numbered l4o4- In
point Of fact no such ordnance was In
effect az the time the amended ordinance
was proposed, No. liei having been re-
pealed over two years ago. The pu5lica-
ton or the later ordinance was June "a.
How II could amend another ordinance
not in existence does not appear Some
doubt is maintained as 10 its legality in
that respect.
Another permit was applied for. which
the board granted. and which is of almost
equal importance II Is for the switch
ing tower OF the Great Northern, already
described In the Post-Inteiligencer. The
application was made by James D. Mason,
assistant engineer OF the system, and Is
for a building 81 feet 10 inches long by
g feet Wide and q feet high The ap-
plleation sets forth the reasons for the
building after saying Il Is 20 be built on
A pile foundation, as follows. TO pro-
vide for operation Of al the trains OF all
railways at the several crossings between
Yesler way and Jackson street depot
grounds Location OF tower al point indi-
Gated will afford an extended outlook in
both directions and enable person In
charge OF the tower TO manage ihs
switches aud crossings with greater meas
urs Of safety and protection 10 the pub
lie than can be done from any other
point. TIE estimated cost OF the strue-
iure Is $50.