The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
c,nsls Track to Be in Operation
December 10.
..,Ar BENEFIT TO MERCHANTS
-, A.. relieve the Congestion of
~-.ac on second Avenue-Gen-
ersI manager Dickinson of Seat
=. Electric Company, Discusses
- pvotectfon of Women and
c.paren at the street Corners.

- ~ the new electric street car
une ss,r.t avenue will be in operation
'e =" IL ana not only will business
49, ,horo,,ghfare be thereby restored
- sorrner standing. but the present
e,.~s~te8 condition of the Second avenue
49,. viii be greatly relieved.
~ work on the First avenue road was
-.-,.sneed August q and has been de-
$500 nv the extensive improvements pc
- made on that street by the city. IN
Ia. .ass,,ance the merchants and business
e'r srrsted on First avenue, especially
ssssssr Madison and University streets,
-. c,ynnlained much of the city's slow
- Hnw. however the work on the
xs~.. hss advanced far enough 10 permit
- re- Of the street ear track already
80 Tbe construction of the other track
III ~ pushed as rapidly as possible.
~. south-bound cars of the Ballard
- rorth Seattle lines will. after De-
-,... X use the First avenue track as
800 pioneer square Az this place they
III -~ttrh TO the Second avenue tracks.
mich they will make the north-bound
,rsp Al the present time seven street
~ lines run over the Second avenue
trscks. They are the Lake Union, Free
~ont. Green lake. North Seattle, Queen
aens. Cedar street and Ballard In speak
"a 81 the matter yesterday General Man
80 DICKINSON, Of the Seattle Electric
Company. said:
Wtti Benent Merchants.
s~rhe operation of the single track will
7. n rreat benefit to the merchants on
Yir1t avenue. At present all the traffic
Z diverted 10 Second avenue and the
fnuv(o on that street, as result, have
&rnrsd much business which formerly
ha NJ Qtr
6srs vill be put on First avenue Decem-
- II. but will only be run one way be-
n e1uso Of the single track. We will com
" the second track just as rapidly as
4 - eon.
sWs win have the Queen Anne extern
- II operation before the new year.
II construction was commenced Novem-
~ n and has progressed very salts
AetcriIy There are still few finish
~ touches 70 be put to the counter
lnjsacs. The Virginia street extension Is
~ nearing completion and will be In
eesrstion before the list of January. We
I've NJ begun our inpFovements on the
4ht11 avenue line vets because we are
eu11llnG the construction OF the new
011Ue e. the barn near Lake Union by
~ ~ GoHarnment. The board of pub
Is II vof19. / understand, has not let the
eputsact for II yet because OF the alb
10y u Ht"ss Va vi" ihNiHpciS IA tHc
when this bridge Is finished the old
I Uacks OF the Third avenue line now In
4 ne1Qtion between Third avenue and the
IN ct Lake Union will be torn up and
~ carr OF this system will use the Lake
- traeks between these two points.
IN Advantage Of this change can be APP
tselated BY the patrons OF the Third ave-
q The cbmpletion Of these improvements
IL haf In
04 In our rolling stock. and We are
~ NoT4lnK on the specifications for
}Delve nav cars. They will probably be
Nastfucted by some large Eastern Arm.
yssessttsn ~ womer and Children.
4 would like to see a crusade started
the protection of women and children
~ waiting for cars AZ Second and
H. and Second and Madison by police
ceu especially between $50 and $50
tne afternoon. Both of these places
~ tunsfer points and at the time men
meed there II usually large crowd of
ople waiting for transportation. IT must
painfully evident 10 all that the city
Nthef5ties could not take better or
- mr-reaching step for the public
- Second and James especially is
ssS aeed Of such protection. Women
- children stand In large numbers out
ne street. In constant danger from
muay teams. There has already been
~ tHkleai accident at this corner, and
enc EFFORT should be made To prevent
sn1tner We have men stationed there
~ AZ Madison street during the rush To
~ people when their car Is coming and
~ tnem back on the sidewalk AS we
Ete 10 authority behind us the people
.xmpv laugh at our employees and stand
sssse they please. With policemen Il
see'a D. different, They have the power
z keep the crowd In control, and 7 be-
s Mse Is The piain duty of the city gov
"atmsnt y take the matter up.
Sot oniv IL there danger TO women
~ ~ eni'dren from runaway teams. but
49, IRON the street cars Themselves
~ instance during me rush IN the after
~ IN tncfe are eight cars In operati1a on
~. w James street line. ono crosses SEC
~. ~. sVfhur every ona and three fourths
1 aanu,es on The Second avenue tracks
49, csoSs James street every two min
s nss y does not take very much inteiii-
49, W hsNre out the chances women
a. emldfen take when they cOnxregate
sae street Again with 50 many cars
ssslNuon ihere IS nc sense In pcnn,a
Ssasshk on the car tenders. stnl they
,hssssa a. vs. when We object. but IL any
NM ,e nappens they ea Tor the company.
\ a~s resulsting trafiic are adealiAta
a. ~. ms and many other evils but
ss,s.,ss3s mol enforced if they We're en-
$500. .ss0 y would SaNe much trouble ana
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