The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-26

by almost two In ono vote the
Municipal league Thursday night. a,
special meeting In tho Good Eats
cafeteria. voted IN favor ~ proposi.
ton ~ on Tuesdays ballot. which
provides for the extension OF the
municipal railway from the end OF
Tdiyisioo A 10 Ballard. At a cost OF
not exrceding 100000.
In taking this action. by rising
vote OF % 10 II. the league over
ruled tho report OF It's special com.
mittec. s. NJ. Bracket made the
principal talk against proposition n.
and former Mayor Cottcrlll spoke in
It's favor. While fayoring tho extern.
slon OF. thc'municlpai railway. Brack.
EFT SAID the city should wal, until
tho government bridges to Fremont
and Ballard ar. bull,
Cottarill's remarks follow:
Proposition n upon tho ballo,
mex, Tuesday IL aa follows
"'se ~ the city extend Division A
Of the xoIty car line, on Lesry ave.
and o,her streets. and incur an es.
peoss MT exceeding Sioo.ooo for
such purl NoseF
In MartN. 1911. tho voters OF Sc
attic. BY Overwhelming vote. au-
thorl<d tho bonds for the consiruc.
,torf n .ro,,t..-u. =, ,...t. g..
munid pal railway. from tho south.
east ,eorncr OF the city limits
hrous b Rainier valley, into the cen
trail pd rtion OF tho city. and on do
fined cute northwes,erly towards
Ballard. tho northwest corner OF
the ct.y.
Thy statements 40 frequently re.
pestcdt fhat this was n Rainier val.
ley on Rsnton railway purchase
proposs tson. and that tho so-called
'Divisia1 A. has been tackled onto
q. and THAT funds have been divert.
ed or iuxgled' from their original
pupose. IRE all born OF Ignorance.
sklllfull + fed ~ tho advertising
propaKs rrda OF tho Puget Sound
|tfatNOh n1pnOpOCs
The vote o, March. 1911, was
relatively just as, strong in Ballard
as II wis in the Rainier valley, in
favor OF these bonds. and. indeed
every werd In the city. excepting
the Seventh. gave rs verdict for this
trial OF municipal ownership on a
trunk ne extending through the
atty.
"The ordnance included the in.
structiok 10 build northwest from
Pine st. on the route toward bal.
lard. and to buy or build southeast
~ through the Rfdnler valley.
After an appraisal OF tho phys.
zeal vaAie OF tho Rcnton line and
an honorable offer OF tn total
made tn that company. and con
tsmptpusly ignored. without even
tho courtesy OF an answer. the first
and wisest-effort was TO con.
struct tho entire line without resort
to condemnation or further negotia-
lions.
Tho city council. however. decld.
ed. in September. 1911, to enter up
on the condemnation OF the existing
Renton property south OF Pine st,
which. they estimated. would re.
quire about a years time. and IN
| the meantime 10 construct the
northwesterly half OF the line to.
wards Ballard. which they then
desfynated Division A.
distractions from every imag-
Unable private monopoly resource
have multiplied throughout the
three and one-half years that fol.
lowed-all seeking to defeat the
peoples will
AN attempt 10 review these oh.
structiye tactics would fill vol.
ume. Sufficient TO say that the
construction of Division A. (for
as miles northwest from Pine
ST. was completed by May. 1914.
and has since been In operation.
Condemnation OF the Renton
railway became involved in n lahy-
rinth OF obstructive delay. from