The street railway review (1891) (14758141261)

Original caption: "TRESTLE AT TERMINUS YESLER AVENUE CABLE LINE, SEATTLE, LOOKING TOWARD LAKE WASHINGTON."
Identifier: streetrailwayrev01amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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s first constructed ran down to the lake by a trestle The officers of the company are: President, Fred. J.Grant; vice-president, W. A. Underwood; secretary andmanager, A. F. Haas; Treasurer, First National Bank. The second cable road to be built was the FRONT .STREET CABLE LINE, traversing Front street—the main business thoroughfareof Seattle—for the fourteen principal streets and thenturns to Second, the parallel street, and runs through thesuburbs out up the high hill of North Seattle. The totaldistance, which is double tracked, is two and three-fourthsmiles. This includes an extension of a mile, open withinthe last two months. The success of the Yesler avenueline led to the building of this one, which is modeled afterthat of Market street, San Francisco. The charter wasobtained October 24, 1888, on a capital of $600,000; andconstruction was begun the same year. On March 13,1889, the cars began running. The track, which has afifty-seven inch gauge,js laid on iron yokes. The rail
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TRESTLE AT TERMINUS YESLER AVENUE CABLE LINE, from Yesler avenue, then three blocks along the shore,and back by a long steep trestle to Jackson street. Thelatter trestle was so steep as to be unpleasant to ride on,and so the company abandoned it and made the returnby the Yesler trestle. The grounds at the lake havebeen rendered very pretty and attractive, and a menag-erie has been started. Thousands go out there eachSunday to row or sail, or listen to the music. On thesevarious improvements over $100,000 has been expendedsince the first outlay. The rolling stock now includes twelve grip cars, twelveclosed cars and four open cars, and three freight cars.Trains of a grip car and one open car run every four orfive minutes during the day. The freight cars, which aresmall, flat trucks for carrying light freight, are attachedto the regular trains and run over the line each day. SEATTLE, LOUKIXG TOWARD LAKE WASHINGTON. weighs forty-five pounds. The maximum grade is 18,per cent, and that last