The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16
General Electric Company
Wants to Extend.
SEATTLE CAR LINES DESIRED.
Petition for Consolidation OF inc
Nave of q Gigantic Corporation
to GoptreI the Services OF IA
- ..a Seattle and the Amnsi-
aswn-Seatsfe Power Company

TIE snnoesnt ie0kiag Application o.
!. rfu..f,er % Seattle pr2na1tsF. fi-sH -
me f4sg council that a res e"sts9t47+.' :. >
ssev-v.sar franchise ba made gH@ - "
90 include all fas street sA4.sAss -
s4ty. IL place q t3e present ifa9te''@F
nod b. the various ltges para'eg apr
ersfv susarss one u t4.s bizsEet ae@aa t4'tt
hsva AV4~ ssEen p.aae g8 fEe y }-5f~ 80
a-a 1. believed 80 bb ere feTsF INNER ~ .
series q glgantie hrTafse a. tfAfs4' -''i-S =
lie 1.ssflcil patel So By Some ~ 'h~
men in the United state.
II II known that tke Aiz T~tftsohrFA ~
ne nxx arr. tax srnenx are e1ffs.rr sif~ef'F
representing : syndicate 81 f.a@t~tf' ihsii'
ar are working with the unaeTs ahasfs IA.
ss .s,yn a. tl.s ffauEhGze = sse0red II sfas''
fs turned over 20 them Ih1s ~ sfsA 9"
be the last move Ia securing c@ntFo} " one
firm OF all the Tacoma AMI Seattle s1tes1
- ~vsterns and tho Seattle Power Eofn-
nnny a combination that would handle, ~
NJ leasi control beyond tas tetF .. Jan
eeroals competition. all tire sis trae N4at-
ing and yoweE in IKE vicinity " F~s"t
sound.
Henry. j. - I,9wman. III. n. Young, J. ".
Cnsa. 2 r Sweeney and X h SpeHcef,
viii admit nothing more man that thfy are
IN hope' OF being able 10 dispose ~ tAe
franchise as soon a. IL IL granted 10 them.
That several offers nave been made tf tslem
for the franchise bat none IT winch tf4E
have definitely accepted. Bsifsg pressed.
they however, aay that on" or two tEien
have been particularly ards.t la ihee r.
forts - get control of ali the HINES bni
who thsae men are or whom they represent
they decline 10 state. saying taey d. NOT
know T. was brought out Ia the course
OF several conversations yesterday That tae
one of two !nsn in question are from New
. 4
egai weeks.
ELECTRIC gDMPAsT's MEANS.
The General Electric Company. one ~
the strongest companies 81 the United
states has long besn understood u have
been the owner Of the Tscuraa street car
lines. AID tho recent consolidation ~ those
services was therefore merely . formal
arrangement 20 get more immediate faciii-
ties for operating them nrdef one heal f.
!. also known that this company Is the
hacker. II nothing more. % the seat5le
Power Company which was incorporated
IN July. 1895. for the ns1rfs0se Of a. geloplug
and bringing to the Sound tie water power
81 the Cedar fyer. Aud now Il is strongly
believed that the same institution IS seeking
Ia adt the Seattle street car roads 10 it,
list. thereby completing sBTuitit thst
would give /; a seAd groundwork 81 North
western finances snd enable Z B. wIgj a
stfsngi1 that would stand for years against
all coueFs.
1t II eyua said. with Some authority. that
tae combination VIII also seek to IN. oui
TIE interests II the stgoa1iaifrela Falls f.iac-
tfic Power Company. tut THERE Is Liable
So be hitch ia This iast contsmBiated ex-
tension "a the Saoqgainis conceTu IS said
10 be backed BY a corpora ter THAT Will
fight 20 the last all attempts ~ The cen
efal Electric CofnpaHy "a manage tae pa~
CT Of this Northwe=t
As To Tus, BAckiSe.
IL was onlY A mQath aso yesterday shat
4. III. Auulioxn. president Of the seattle
Power Company. said inHl AFTER returning
from the East, thst ample capital hal bees.
subscribed Tor the work og Installing
a5s electric powor plant with the fore of
tbs Cedar river. capalde OF fugn sAiYa 4. o,s
hers" power = aay aHd thai work wsui4
be commenced imuedjai els ARA rushed 10
completion, NJ. AmEui5sNn sal3 yesterday
ne had nothing more % sive 9ft bur that
he might say sofurtksug in "a fax .iaFs
Another man kuowa n haze kuaysi sis. %
the cou1t~tnS affairs fas}s .als ala uof s44uy
teit permitted fan fafeTvuea tn b., draw,
tAai men believed 20 ~ seonnecte,l wlth tg,s
''nefal Eles.FiG Company we're backing
taa SEATTLE I'c<evv ta4ntanv or f...,,,e.
yea wAf of3iy tAeufiEe ua THIS q44fstt 50
sAsd he. hut ia fhat tlleorzing "a 80 fhg
fHfn interested Nlt5 ghe Seattle Power
company tou utaht ala the ~as,,e n.r,,.s
a. sIFsaafttf III connection wstA tie ~an-
s~ti4aats - of TIE Tsrcnz street railway
These names We're Tie following: 4 "a
tasirf ~ New Nurk s-,uf..r-tss men
hiefront Morgan = J-nrrs.... s,....l.-s.-.
rfomsDafs Hfeue.srs u ga. tlls ts..l...,. Pc
company art one uT tfsc Il rr-t.,ra ..f tl,a
"Nef Ia i've i4tl~9s ARA tss ,,raxts g,.,,.
fsHe fia.-"ft Y f.ein4. tFeat. e.f ,,t-t .A
'aif8Aa ftaflitiEf n 4 QntaeY -af ..,s.
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