The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-25

The manufactures and the streets. roads
and parks committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce win hold a joint meeting at
800 Friday afternoon TO consider plans for
securing the construction OF a bridge road
way from First avenue south across the
tide fats TO West Seattle. The special
committee Of the West Seattle Good
Roads Club. having tho matter In charge
for that organization, is also expected 10
be present.
The intention Is to devise means for SCI
curing from the city council and the coun-
~ commissioners sufficient appropriations
to defray the cost OF the work. II the
war department can be induced to allow
the roadway TO be extended across the
west waterway without the immediate
construction of a drawbridge, the cost,
1t Is estimated. viii be about si1, 500.
A committee from the West Seattle
Good Roads Club. composed Of q. b.
Nicoll, A. l.. Kasson. w. J. Hainesworth,
George +. Clancy c. W. jennings and A.
d. Eshelman, was present at the meet
ing OF the Chamber OF Commerce yester-
day afternoon Mr.. Eshelman explained
that the Good Roads Club had undertaken
in earnest the movement to secure a
bridge roadway to West Seattle, TO sup
piement the present unsatisfactory ferry
service. and had secured civil engineer
to examine the proposed work and make
estimates OF cost. @. b. Sicoli spoke
briefly along the same line and called
upon George r. Cotterfll, the engineer
who prepared the estimates, to explain
the desired Improvement to the chamber
THE proposed bridge roadway across
the tide hats would be about EOS miles In
length" said Mr.. co;terill. The plan Is
to construct IL along what appears on the
plats as Railroad avenue. a broad street
crossing the TIDE fats about l,W0 feet
south of and parallel TO the trestie of the
Seattle Terminal Railway. IL would con-
meet the roadway. running from the west
ern terminus OF the ferry along the shore
and up the west side OF the valley. with
the piankcd roadway ON First avenue
south.
THE government plat OF the harbor
provides for two waterways across the
tide fats. Although both of these are
more or less nominal q drawbridge Will
be necessary across the east waterway.
The pile roadway across the other Will
probably be permitted by the war de-
partment upon condition that the draw
bridge be constructed whepever the plans
for barber Improvement demand 1t.
The cost OF a twenty-four-foot planked
roadway upon piling with 2oo-foot draw
bridge over the east waterway would
be about Sal 300 A Just distribution OF
this cost would provide for the payment
Of 1850 by the city and s2i, $50 by the
county. Such a bridge would allow six
teen feet for wagons and eight feet for
pedestrians and cyclists.
should sixteen-foot roadway be
deemed SUFFICIENT m so the , cost woS, ,av be
ton would be sl225o and tho county's,
81, ESQ"
H. II. elise, chairman OF the streets,
roads snd parks committee. to which the
matter was referred at a former meeting.
stated that the mere adoption OF reso-
lutions would not give the people OF West
Seattle the assistance they desire. He
said tina. both the council and the COM
missioners are prejudiced against the
heavy expenditures necessary for the inn
provement and much nard work VIII he
Necessary 70 induce them TO take any az
ticn.
At Mr. Clsse's suggestion special meet
ing of the two committees was eaisef
Tor 500 Friday Afternoon.