The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-14

The CITY council at It's meeting last night
advanced to third reading an ordnance
granting to ]. VI. Frink, w. II. White. r.. r.
Tremper and George F. Meacham fran
chise for a street railway commencing az
the intersection Of Connecticut street and
First avenue south. ard running 10 the
southern boundary OF the city park. The
franchise runs II granted. is for period
of twenty-five years. The fare was placed
at five cents or twenty-five rides for 81
The details OF the proposed new line have
been previously published in the Post
Intelligencer Its route is as follows:
Beginning at the intersection OF Con-
necticut street with First avenue south,
and running thence north along First
avenue south to Main street: thence
east along Main street to Eighth ave-
nue. south: thence north along fIgntn
thence east along Washington street 10
Twelfth avenue south; thence north
along Twelfth avenue south and Twelfth
avenue to East Columbia street, thence
east along East Columbia street 10
Fourteenth avenue: thence north along
Fourteenth avenue and Fourteenth ave-
nue. north and Fourteenth avenue north
produced north to the city park.
same as Consolidated Franchise.
Councilman James. chairman of the COR
porations committee. which drafted and
reported the franchise, Is authority for
the statement that its terms are practically
the same as that of the consolidated fran
chise asked for by ]. u. Lowman and
Jacob Furth. The franchise provides for
a system of transfers, the section relating
TO that provision reading as follows:
ANY passenger who has paid a full
hve-cent, fare shall. on request be
furnished with transfer ticket
ways in the city Of Seattle:
provided that this provision respecting
liza cka he int
only as to such of said other lines as
shall give and receive transfers to and
from said grantees. their successors and
assigns, on a basis OF cash redemp-
ton by each line of transfers issued by
II and used on the other line at the rate
of two and one-half cents for ordinary
transfers, and one and one-fourth cents
for school children's transfers; and pas
sengers from any Of said other lines
which may give and receive transfers
on the basis aforesaid TO and over the
lines OF said grantees. their successors
and assigns, presenting transfer from
such other line which they have paid
full fare, not less than the fare
charged on this line, shall be entitled
to passage on the cars of the line TO
any point"
Mr.. Navin Objects.
The franchise did not go through without
opposition. Navin moved to amend that
section which provides that twenty-five
single ride tickets could be purchased at
the general office of the company by in
sorting the words ''or from any conductor
in the employ OF the company" This was
lost on a viva voce vote.
Then Mr. Hin proposed an amendment.
He wanted the city 10 reserve the right to
regulate the fares and to purchase the
road at any time. That was voted down.
after Navin had been given an opportunity
TO make a campaign speech in favor OF
the amendment The ordinance was tren
advanced to a third reading Navin, Craw-
ford and Hill voting in opposition. A re-
solution was passed, authorizing the publ
cation OF the ordinance for ten days and
liking February 2s as the time for opening
bids for the franchise.