The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-16
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ering that other steamship lines and other
companies viii come here IN. say zen
years or 10. and that more dock and yard
room viii be needed 1t IS therefore easily
apparent why we are opposed to building
a depot along the water front and cramp-
ing the facilities that how exist.
Other Roads VIII Come.
The Northern Pacific and Great North
ern are not the only transcontinentai
railroads that will be here: others Will
come in few years, probably. and they
will have to have yard room and depots.
Is there room for them at union station
around the foot Of Madison or Columbia
street. and at the same time room to take
care Of the shipping. Seattle's main back
stay?
And another thing: These roads VIII
not enter the city from the north: no rail-
Of the Canadian Pacific, the Great NORTH
ern or the Northern Pacific They will
come from the south. The Burlington anc
from southeriy direction. when they de-
eide to make this their western terminis.
and they cannot find yard room TO-
un-on depot in the water front localities
suggested. II would crowd that thorough
fare with seven or eight more tracks, ana
spread the railroad interests clear out into
the bay, putting an effectual Quietus on
water development.
"a union depot Is needed here: do not
know OF city better situated than Seat
tie TO have a union depot There IS a con-
slant stream Of people passing through the
city, en- route from points on the Seattle
& International, down the Sound, British
Columbia and other places to the north. TO
Tacoma. Portland. California and the
East, and they should be able to go from
one train to another without having to run
all over the city to find the right depot:
There are so many arguments in favor or
a union depot that / cannot see any rea-
son why separate stations should be pre-
ferred.
Go to the Tide Flats.
From any standpoint. I cannot see
better location than somewhere down on
the tide fats. toward the southwestern
part of the city. 1t is not quite so near
to the business center as the Madison
street location is now: but who can tell
anything about the locations of district
a few years ahead. In New York, Second
avenue and Greenwich street used to be
the aristocratic headquarters. and twenty
five years ago were looked upon as the
best part OF the town for all time. But
now those localities are given over to
repute. The Mission in San Francisco 10
another In point. A few years ago this
was the chief residence portion OF the city.
but now the fine homes are a mile from
there. Districts are constantly chan gins.
1T viii be easy enough e regulate srcn
objections to having the depot IN that
neighborhood. If the district ID now so-
jectionable, it would be bat shor. time
when all the bad quarter would be re-
moved. and you would find the retail
stores and regular business moving IN shat
direction. Property owners could not at
ford to let their places to undesirable ten
ants under such q condition. And the city
regulations would naturally take cara Of
that.
There Is yard room there for all the
railroads that would ever come TO the city.
and their tracks would not have TO be
built on piles, either. 1t Is near the city.
and I believe it would not be long until
there would be general appreciation Of
the farsightedness that resulted in the es-
adjustment OF the station in that part Ut
the city,"