The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-30

The question Bs % how "A Joint
traexsEU mgCmeut can be made
hstWeeu Moore and Furth ON West
,,ke boulevard. Fremont avenue
and other thorouEhfares over which
h,,h men are asking for franchises
"a operate street ear lines and how
=, nrovldn a MON speedy route over
,he moore lines from Green Lake TO
"A. hussness district we're the main
noints that agltatcd the streets
committee at It's meeting Wcducs
aay Afternoon when four applica
tlcns from tho seattle Electric
rou,pany and the application OF
Stso.a were under consideration,
FAe pruposatlon 81 forcing the Sc
aft;s Rtectrie company Go take
transfer an tss Moore system. and
,lee vOFaa. and In provide ia con
auctars with tickets 20 be sold six
FOR Is cents. waH not diseussed.
The trsekREe matter was rot SIT
,isa Neither was tha GreoR Lake
,outs. Both matters will be tai on
up a. mcctiRg N the committees
Friday.
In Discussing tho Fort Lawton
franchise the committee came 60 a
decislOn that was az least an ap-
proAch 20 the concession which the
councll should force from the seat
IL Electric company % compelling
n 10 take transfers on n t-ecnt
tekst over all lines. The company
had tried % secure . franchise that
would make Il impossible 10 reach
Fort Iawton without paving s.
cent fare. The company's desire
was 10 make everybody 20 and from
the fort obtain a transfer on a g.
cent fare 90 transfer 90 tho Fort
LAYTON line and vice versa where
tAs latter wlil meet the Ballard
ire Al Fifteenth avenue vest and
Grand boulevard
TIE committee considered this an
outrage. They wln IN up the
franchise so that passengers can
ride from Ballard 90 Fort Lawtou
for 4 cents as well as from the city.
How the COMMITTEES viii dispose
q the Joint trackage matter IL an
unsolved question. The charter
provides that all franchises should
sola 10 the highest bidder There
fore should 4 reservation be made
in the franchise that the tracks be
subject % usa ~ 4 competing con-
pany al any time the franchise TO
opsnte over the tracks wuuld have
% be sold as soon as the new
company applied for oae. Thea. u
the original company made the
higher bid, Il would still b able
to freeIe cut composition II one
o. both companies were allowed
oaly a single track the service
would BE- very poor unless the CON-
psnies o. their own volluon then
axresd 10 a iolnt trackage arrange
nent Tor their mutual benefit
Il vas pointed out by Engineer
Thomson that perhaps the BEST pro-
tecfion which a new company
would have vas the fact that II
would require iuint trackaEe over
oaly a small amount Of track. the
original company being less able 70
BID large sum because It's system
soula be greater.
TIE committee found no oblcc-
tons % the lines % Fort Iawton
and Queen Anne hlll proposed by
Moore Moore has arranged a cir
euixr line around Queen Anne hill
One branch on leaving the end Of
the big viaduct to the hill Will
run through a tunnel which wili
begin 50 feet south of Highland
drive. II viii pass under the rest
tsnces Of Judge Griffin and J. W
Clise. coming out AZ a high hank
Il the corner Of ComstOck street
and Queen Anne avenue.
Moore had projected an east and
vest line crossing AZ Roy street at
tie foot q Qneen Amen avenue. but
TIE committee decided that IL would
b better to make the crossing A.
Mercer street Al Roy street the
Ines would have 70 cross the Seat
IL Electric compahy's tracks. where
TIE eounterwelght system Is In op-
eration. L was pointed out that the
eonntsrweight system was 50 dan-
Esrous that u would be unwise for
Moore % cross Queen Anne avenue
directly AZ the foot 81 the hill. as
tie eOuntsrweiEhts and. perhaps. a
ear we're Liable 20 get loose and
crash down the hlli at any time.