The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-05
NORTHERN PACIFIC QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.

eeattie. wash, Jan. I. 1900.
To the Editor: l. Should We grant the Northern
P.sne more or les: th; other rcsas ,, Dcssrt
n's''i should p northern ssise Ss landed south
s NJ. sos T1 Il ca. n0i e avoided ~
j. Should the city encourage or facilitate the ersc-
m @ % lons . 9 there any possibility q
! How lon. should the sity hold out for such ,ss
raiiGosd nod hold out against t. IT,
5. What & the tendency Of the present schenaei
As' Anything s ~ p Ans Yes; to maize two .aii
roa pass through the business center 70 land their
s se,oss NJ NE nv, ,.0 70 sss dn S 'A
I. Was II necessary for the Great Northern 70 tsis
its local freight TO the south sdsi Ans Yes PIT u
found to the north q the center. u,
8. Il Il right to take any step that viii forcs
O. Il It risht 70 encourage the Northern Pacific 70
bring rs local Freight to Tho north Of the osntsri
TO- what about cutting terminals in twoi Ans: OF
eousc, each road thus cuts across the terminal Dusi-
III IL Wei. then. what should Be donsi Ans: Let all
passenger business come together at the center to
Wit, at about Columbia street. Let all freshts be
handled south OF Jackson street.
ia Is subway in Marion street an ADEQUATE pro-
vision for foot passensenf Ans: No; 1t Is ridicu-
Is Is the inclined roadway proposed at University
street an adequats provision for future traffic IN
H. How vim water front business north Of UNI
versity street get up to First avenue Ans By seal
term, or b. going down to Madison street:
Is What VIII Madison street have to handel Ans. !:
ES eis q rss now handled en-
front business above Madison. and teithsr along Or
''i is Can tie northern water front grow when
IT, whsrs will the present water front business
from Washington to University streets got Ana:
is should any freight yards freight stations be
established between these pointsi Ans: No:
90 What win happen IN this easel Ans; Al pas,
Madison street must meet and thread its way
through the team traffic TO the freight shed on the
north side cf Madison. Just % II hotel should
receive it, quests and the coal wagon At the same
a. How can this BE- avoidedi Ans. II the city Is
foolish enough TO allow freight yards at that point
let the lower end 70 TO freight traffic, and take
passenger business overhead on level with First
"a But the grade Of First avenue l. not high
enough Ans. II there 10 room for subway under
room to lower the grade Of Railroad three
four feet through this section Of the town.
front sS. they now b allowed to destroy it en-
tirely along with intersecting streets! Ans No.
a. Can access to the water front be preserved
even the yards and station be establishedf Ans
IS Howl Ans. By providing for overhead cross;
ines Of the yards and Of Railroad avenue level
with Fint avenue. to be connected with west side
Of First avenue by narrow viaducts in center OF
Columbia. Marion. Madison. Spring. and Seneca
streets and with stairways and inclines down to
the lower level Of the outer sixtyfoot roadway on
d Arc there any other reasons for such an sleva-
toni Ans: Yes. Railroad avenue Il an increasing
menace to life and business. which in turn binders
the railway traffic on the avenue. One traffic or
the other must some day 10 overhead
q. What sort Of vacation should b madef Ans |:
No absolute vacation In any event The city should
never abandon the right to use the higher levels
Of these streets at future time.
o. Is not this scheme too complicated to be
bothered with nowf Ans: Well. II the Northern
Pacific has not ingenuity enough to help plan some
substitute for the spaces asked for, 1t should not
be allowed to throw the public out Of streets too
narrow now for the traffic they have to carry.
a. In view Of our extensive water 'front.' Il II
necessary to be Jealous Of this little 1.5Oofoot
stripi Ans: This involves more than $500 feet.
From washington street to University street. along
First avenue. is 2.sao feet; one block more, to
Union street, Is half mile For the next half
mile to the north goat gould not get up the bank
or to First avenue from the water front.
To my mind the answer Of this application should
be: No freight yards north OF Jackson street. and
no space for any other than union passenger sta
ton. W. d. WOOD.