The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-04

CT the whole, met late yesterday after
noon and considered the ordinances in
PRODUCED by Maxwell and Hanford of
| ing them franchises for street railway
systems in Walla Walla. The two or
dinances were gone over carefully and
after such changes were made as the
| committee thought necessary the whole
| matter was referred back to the coun-
| Gil for consideration.
| Street railway interests were pretty
we'll represented at the meeting. There
were present Isaac w. Anderson, pres
i6ent of the Northwestern Gas & Elec-
trio company; his secretary, r. e. AL
len, and Attorney c. M. RAIDER; o. M.
| Maxwell and C. Day Hanford of Seat
tie; Edwin S. Isaacs, president of the
Walla Walla railway, and James Gal
loway, who endeavored to secure
street railway franchise last fall
The Maxwell franchise was taken
up first and gone over section by Sec
ton. The company asks for the use
OF Edith avenue, Ninth street, Boyer
avenue, Clinton, Whitman, Second,
Eagan, Poplar and Alder streets. Pa
louise street was included in the list,
but it seems several property owners
are adverse to a street car system on
that thorougnfare and Mr. Hanford
consented to eliminate the strict. The
original ordinance called for any mod
ern street car system only eliminating
steam engines. AS this included gaso-
line motors Councilman Glasford en-
tered a protest against the granting of
franchise for this kind of a system.
Mr.. Hanford said that he and mis- as
sociates would prefer that the ordi-
nance stand in this respect as it was
quite probable that gasoline would re-
place electricity in the near future.
He said rapid progress has been
made in perfecting gasoline motors
within the past year and several east
ern companies We're already preparing
| to install gasoline and take out their
electric plants. The matter was al
lowed to stand for the consideration of
| the council
The ordinance provides that the line
shall be built and in operation by
April 80, 1906. Standard 'T'' rails
weighing not less than Sc pounds to
the yard are to be used. On all streets
now paved with asphalt pavement or
| those streets hereafter paved, the
street on the outside of the rail for
distance of one foot shall be paved
with concrete stone blocks, Asks
inches, or vitrified brick resting on
concrete base of a depth equal to that
of the adjoining payment. The blocks
! are TO De manufactured VI oIe pal
Best Portland cement, three parts clear
sharp sand and six parts broken rock
and are to be laid against and flush
with the rails The space between the
rails may be paved with stone blocks,
asphalt or bithulithic; or the track
may be constructed and laid through
paved streets upon longitudinal grid
ers, laid in trenches excavated through
pavement not to exceed II inches in
width and known as Girder construc-
ton. Provisions are also made where
| the city desires to repave paved streets
on which a street car track is laid, to
replace the tracks without any cost to
the city.
Failure on the part of the company
to operate cars on any street for
period of two weeks shall work for
fixture of the franchise. The fare to
any part of the city shall not exceed
cents. Policemen and firemen are to
ride free. For the privilege of the
/ franchise the company is to pay to the
city the following sums: First years,
$500 each year; second 3 years, $Z0O
each year; third years, $500 each
wear. and for the next ten years $500
per annum, payable on the first day of
| each year. Within As days after the
massage of the ordinance the company
! is to deposit $1,000 to guarantee faith
En-, performance of the terms of the