. The street railway review . e requirement was carried out. This is shownin three of the accompanying half tone views. ORGANIZATION. The officers of the Seattle Electric Co. are: President, JacobEurth, Seattle: Secretary, George Donworth, Seattle; Treasurer,A. Stuart Pratt. Boston; General Managers, Stone & Webster. The local manager in charge of the property for Stone & Websteris H. F. Grant, under whom are the beads of departments as shownby the organization diagram. Jan. jo. 19C4. | STREET RAILWAY RK\11-AV. 13 A project very dear 10 the citizens of Seattle is that for a shipcanal to connec
. The street railway review . e requirement was carried out. This is shownin three of the accompanying half tone views. ORGANIZATION. The officers of the Seattle Electric Co. are: President, JacobEurth, Seattle: Secretary, George Donworth, Seattle; Treasurer,A. Stuart Pratt. Boston; General Managers, Stone & Webster. The local manager in charge of the property for Stone & Websteris H. F. Grant, under whom are the beads of departments as shownby the organization diagram. Jan. jo. 19C4. | STREET RAILWAY RK\11-AV. 13 A project very dear 10 the citizens of Seattle is that for a shipcanal to connect Salmon Bay on the Soinid with Lake Lnion andLake Vnion with Lake Washington, and the Government has duga canal jo ft. wide at the bottom and 17 ft. deep between SalmonBay and Lake Inion known as Canal Waterway to determinethe material that would have to be removed should the ship canalbe decided upon. Gates are provided at (he Lake Union end of thecanal for controlling tlie llow. There was a marked rise in the level. WASHOUT ON CAXAl. of Lake Lnion caused by rains in September and early October,ig03, and these gates being kept closed, the water finally brokethrough the dam around the gates on October 7th, and carryingeverjnhing before it widened the channel from 20 ft. to about 100 of the accompanying engravings shows a view of the canal atFremont where the street railway crossed. TrafTic across the canalwas interrupted for only five hours. We wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Grant, manager;Mr. Dabney, assistant treasurer and auditor; Mr. Kempster, super-intendent of transportation; Mr. Elackwell, chief engineer; and , superintendent of lighting and power, for assistance in secur-ing data for this article and other courtesies extended by them. Employes Rewarded for Carefulness. • January 1st the Boston Elevated Railway Co. distributed amongits blue uniformed employes about $60,000 in gold for creditableperformance of duty during the past
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