The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-25

by the members of that body The
sltN fathers are one and all In favor
81 the gruat system ao they say
and unless some awkward flip flupa
are made between now and the daY
Of final Judgment ON the franchise.
the latter will SO into effect with Il
votes recorded IN It's favor.
The chances are. however. unless
all previous records are broken. that
several OF the city dads will mud
some unexpected excuse for at
tempting 90 hold up or defeat the
measure They cannot see breakers
ahead yet. but several Of them are
far-sveiug enough 60 make reaorya=
uons IN their statements at the
present time. refusing to uneauiyo-
eally record themselves In favor OF
the new system Several of the
members are now out OF the city.
but II they were here they would
undoubtedly talk In the same strain
as those now here Following Ia
what The members said about the
matter this morning.
Dr. J y Crichton. 4 am In favor
II the franchise. II Moore can pro-
vide a transfer exchange with the
Seattle Electric company. OF other
means by which the people comma
from Queen Anne hin and North
Seattle can be taken To First or
Second avenue south OF Pike street
An short. n the proposed system
viii insure as good OF better ae=
cancellations than the Seattle Flee
tric company can be expected TO
give
ID " Bowen, The proposition
loOks good 10 me
T. 81 naultou II Moore =
scheme Ia as good as It appears TO
be aud zee no reason At the pres
eut time why 10 is not. am most
aasuredly Ia favor OF the franchise
u { GIL. Moore has not yet
a franchise before US upon which
I can base an opinion. HIS applica.
ton Il meaEer In detailing just
What be intends to DO. can. say.
however. that I am In favor OF any
franchise that will give better
service 70 the people OF the city. one
that viii provide new routes where
they should be laid out"
p II Mullen. 4 am not opposed
to Il. particularly n Moore agrees
10 pay half the cost % constructing
the Charles street bridge aud other
improvements
C. II Burnett 4 don't know
much about IL. but ] doat see that
Moore proposes to give the Green
Lake people quicker service
than they nov have His system
appears 60 consist OF few balloon
routes. I do not want to be quoted
as stating whether or not . am ia
favor % the franchise because
do not know enough about the mat
ter 90 form an accurate opiulon
" Ii Murphy You can put me
down as saying that am heartily
IN favor o. granting the franchise
and securing the construction o. the
new system
l. r Cole Il am In favor Of Il
In a general way. but I do not
know what objections I may find
in the franchise submitted
J. s. Johnston 4 do not know
hardly anything about the matter
but from what | have heard Moore
should be given a chance"
A. 1blnden 4 am most heartily
In favor 81 the Increased street car
facilities offered BY Mr. Moore
hope tia some transfer arrangement
sith the Seattle Electric company
can be- effected.
H. r. Rude. Il am heartily Ia
favor Of the new franchise"
That the offer OF Moore la bona
fide there f. no longer an honest
doubt. Perhaps the best proof Is
that the Seattle Electric company Is
opposing Il. The glassy-syed cobra
has az last lifted is head. President
Jacob Furth coming out publicly In
opposition. Il was only two weeks
ago that Furth deiRnsd to speak
about the unpleasant subject. aver
ring that he had enough 10 do 20
attend to the affairs Of the Stone
& Webster company.
Furth declares that the Seattle
Electric company Is already fur
nishinE a better car service than
moet cities receive. and as usual
makes the blind promise that ex-
tensions and betterments are plan
ned.
lie tries TO give the Moore project
chill by asserting that Moore and
Gilman cannot raise the money to
carry out their mammoth scheme.
lie does not think that any capital
let II foolish enough to furnish
money for constructing a system ia
opposition 20 the excellent service
now furnished by the Seattle Elec-
trie company.
In an interview In his evening
newspaper he attempts to ridicule
the worthy efforts Of Moore and Bil-
man by suggesting that these gen
tlemen will find II much more diff
cult 10 secure capital for building n
street railway system than for
opening a hotel or constructing a
business block. projects which have
already been carried out 30 capably
by Moore lie does not. however.
allude 10 the fact that ID II Gilman