The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-05
favor ONLY ONE DISTRICT.
Real Estate Board Wants Termi-
mails South Of King Street,
WOULD COMPEL ALL TO MOVE.
Resolutions Passed Providing That
Railroad Avenue Ne Merely Used
~ Thoroughfare, and Favoring
virgil Bogue's Plan Of Exclusive
District for RAilroads-The Great
NortAern and G. q r. >. Affected.

The comprehensive plan Of stopping all
railroad extensions on Railroad avenue,
except such as make that street purely q
railroad thoroughfare, and having all the
depots, both freight and passenger, and
terminals, moved to and established south
Of King street, IL favored by the members
OF the Seattle Real Estate Board, which
adopted resolutions In accordance with
this scheme at meeting held yesterday.
These resolutions protest to the council
not only against the proposed vacation Of
streets to the Northern Pacific. but also
call upon that body to take immediate
steps for the removal Of all rail-
way tracks east Of First avenue south
and north OF King street" This plan. II
carried out, would AFFECT the Northern Pa
cific. Great Northern and Columbia q Pu-
ret Sound, which have tracks In por-
fion Of the district.
The meeting Of the board was attended
by more than twenty members, all OF
whom voted In favor Of the resolutions
with the exception Of d. B. Ward. The
latter took the position that the plans
OF the Northern Pacific, as shown In the
ordinances introduced in the city council,
provided for the proper location OF a depot,
and that to locate 1t to the south of King
street would compel people to pass through
= rough district OF the city. He said the
ssmosquito fleet" would not be concerned
with the vacation Of the streets. as
planned, because not more than three OF
the vessels patronized docks within the
affected locality.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions as adopted were az fol-
lows:
aBe It Resolved, by the Seattle Real
Estate Board. That the future welfare
OF the city OF Seattle and its rapidly
domestic and iOr61Rn COM
MERGE, demand that all streets leading
to the water should remain open ana
ocslIy IL favor Of the carrying out and
perfecting, at the earliest time practica-
s., the comprehensive plan for rail-
fiais south Of King street, ana the. use
OF Railroad avenue as railway thor.
oughfare, according to the determines .ass
1--WE therefore respectfully request
you the honorable city council Of the
city of Seattle, not to vote or to con-
, cede 70 d any rai stpeet or AVENUE. ax
cept as already granted. north OF King
street. and cause to be removed at once
h public G sssvsi Or sndaaserns
public safety.
aAnd to take immediate steps to open
r nP sno m thoronrhfars. oao originally in
tended for the free use of all railroads
entering or passing through the city;
Ing and terminal yard: and for the re.
movai Of all railway tracks east OF
First First, avenue south and north OF Alns
Knox. A. Corcoran and A. Fl. Num-.
w. r. Forrest in discussing the resolu-
lions said that the time had passed for Sc
tents a in dealing with the railroad question
and that now the council should work to
systematize the ordinances bearing on rail-
road rights in the city and as far as posi-
ment of the future. He favored the plan
outlined by Virgil Bogue. prominent
railroad engineer, who In 1894 and 1873 pre-.
laid out the district to the south of King
street on the principle that all railroad
business should be transacted in that part
of the city. Streets were laid out OF extra
width so that the railroads might be &C.
commodated, said Mr.. Forrest I'LL
He said that II the streets were vacated
ern Psco Il would III Be- p only few
until they would have to be recovered, as
the railroading. would certainly have to
ultimately be done . south th,s Of King street
ed In the railroads back under municipal
control would be at an immense cost
Mr.. Bogue's Operations.
.I know something Of Mr.. Bogue's stand
Ing" said Mr.. Forrest, "and can say that
he Is one of the most prominent railroad
had no connection with any railroad and
undertook the task without the least bias
toward any road. He chose the district
south Of King street as the most natural
for the railroad depots, terminals and
yards, because 1t was level, of ample ex.
tent, and served the purpose better than
any other part of the city. His foresight
is being demonstrated to be correct and
think we all can see that to follow his plan
would be for the best interests Of the
xndrau, Ypox sunnorted Mr. Forrest He
said he had no money invested near King
street nor In the vicinity OF the streets
proposed to be vacated. but that his in
terest In the city's welfare constrained
OF gateways opening on the water front.
He thought the time was drawing near
when even the traffic now carried on along
the front should be removed.
He had no enmity against the Northern
Pacific, but supported the proposition on
the broad principle of the public welfare.
he said, and for that reason was in favor
of having the roads that now crossed First
avenue north of King street moved below
that line. He did not believe in working
an undue hardship upon them, but that
when the time came to make such a prop
osition practicable the council should take
the initiative.
Other speakers talked in the same VEIN
1t was stated by Mr.. Knox that he believ-
ed the Pacific Coast Company had no
franchises authorizing 1t to maintain coal
bunksrs on King street, and that they
were merely permitted to remain there by
sufferance. 1t was also said by others that
King street had no. franchise for doing 80.
The following were among those present
at the meeting: D. G. and w. r. Brawiey.
Andrew Knox. A. Coreoran, w. Il. For
rest c. P. Dose, Judge McGilvra, A. IL.
Mum, w. p. Smith, w. b. Ward, J. G..
Givens, Ellis Morrison, G. G.. Bright and
Thomas w. Prosch.
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