The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-17
ousen Anne Hill Committee to
Make a Proposition.
WILL AID WITH FRANCHISE.
Complaint OF Ressaents % Gar Ser
vice Takes De~Isfss forns-strs~f
Railway Companies VIII BE
Asked 10 Rnn To Top end Arsusd
~. Hftf MEASUREMENT ef First
Axenes Cable severely ss@ssas

TIE special e0EorTslss@ apg.oA0ssa Saf1f-
day sssgs4t a. 4 9esssrzi gathering - go
Anrs As.I seesssEs.s % tske FfsS% srsEsass
tcxayf tbs Ksftevsasu sf car ssEEsee - sc
srosa re hin, EseE yesterday 70 tie osia~o
a r. n Ct.as i Sat-cessa Esa&Eise. saa'ss r
Of H. A. RAISER, 81 r. G@se s5aj hats
Crate. .As spscsnss9 - - - BE
agers 81 tbs seatzJs Tractor, 10ss fssFays lss
wses street ard %egsn Fad hssSeEsl@ fass-
way AsAs TIE First Ayer1s Railway 1taazs~
rgsy a-se ass tsaexa - avis ssae eossssFsAs
ts. a. ssSs xa g<sssagie 9aefssf tS<y Tssl
oor1lxaa sazr isEss * ffse top as tas haai 4
sf,s ou<nrsasfe@ asax fasa3 rs securing TIE
fszrx aases ereS practical Eosifss
Ths general COMMITTEES vii ~ ne ffsTasa-
tine see tbs ely eSJaFe1f. sfs'@Fesf kfeezn az
tF.e matter ard hn9 est what could De
ssassd ia tfe way 81 franchise.
There was sine Geaas@ AS 90 whether
xsaarass committees aass&lsd rsof see sae 14s-
ffrsns roads ard sursss were even ~ saver
~ Leaving skS Fist Ayenos csfsss os1t OF
any Ssopoxaz that night Ds sSvafices. u
bessx thosgai By shsas that II one u The
sse-cfrss HnAs extenGssl iss service On tn@
hIa ssae e2s.s company would De foree1 -
d. ukswssa. taSs iIsersns two seDafaxs
lines on the hs.l
Tnsrs were prsssr. AT yesterdays meet
Ing Lyman Il. Knapp. III. X. G1ise. tsssarses
K Crane. A. ~ Young. 10. L. HiaiFs~ ard
n A. Raxeg. In fne preliminary aisess-
sion there was general airing 81 sas
grievances n tbs r~Ss6ents agalnss tae ca
bis company. There wsA sofTle disposition
shown 10 sore the mana cement % TIE
soad az inefficient ard respoBsibse for TIRE
poor service. and Is asen sent 10 sae extent
~ a proposal that resolutions b~ passed
recommending the discharge Of the pies
eDt objects Tsass, however. Nas voted
down. a majority OF the committee not
easing 70 make a nlcys tina; might operate
aeutnss TIER sllecess personal and
prsjudIced agfsf. Mr. Knapp. scti1a as
8upcrary chairman. voiced the sentiment
~ thls majority when hs said:
WE carr make no psoxrezs III special COM
plants IL would be mistake to attempt
to dictate wale silalI efiseer the soad We
have a right 10 complain u the serv.ee. the
condition Of the rDadbe1. the psaaking of
the sfres.s ard general aefscts bns IL II
lsnb<comlnF 10 astsck individuals. W.
must cali on the company and not Us ON
GERS for q remedy
The committee fears thar sorna attempt
viii be made hg the FIRST avenue caasa
nnd the Seattle Traction fine to cpnso.i-
date Ia any extension that may BE- made
on Queen Anne hiIi. An intisna,icn thai
such action has been contemplated was
given ny Manager %. ID. Calvin al easar-
day nights meeting ia the Queen Anne
Club hous~ This would h sFfiiFa.y ansaf
tsfactery TO the residents They want two
lines 70 the hi'l. expecting 10 derive Asne-
III from fns resulting competition. Il
r. felt that the Eeattse Traction Company
should coser that portion 81 the fia sect
Of yictory street. while the othsF side
should be tributary 10 the cable GEM
pany. T9e idea is not that extensions
saak De made by THESE y5ssag Ia straight
isus 10 ths top % tie hiil. buf that they
shall circle about. giving sefyfea TO an
extended territory. When the firae siaf
come 10 aiscgzs what IL she most feasible
roata IL Ia probable some diversity Of opsn-
ion viii ise Induced BY the personal inter-
esss some members Of she committee have
Ia getting a Ans on certain streets, bat
this wiA no< esush asp serious objection.
III would s.sfn from the talk tn ses-
terSsay's committee meeting that the ID a
Of seekiug to secure ths forfeit ~ tha
franchise hsAa BY the First avenue read
has tsen abandoned. IL being consia cred
advisable rather 80 force better service by
encouraging competition. Ins protest o.
residents has nos been 50 much Oh the
frequency of the service as on its anre-
liability. ths dangerous condition of certain
pssts of iits read. insufficient lighting and
general lack 81 provision tor public com-
fort
The COMMITTEES will meet again the mid
I'll. - this Nesk To hear the report of is
ssle~consmstfese