. Electric railway journal . used by the University and $400,-000 for State buildings. The United States Governmenthas appropriated $650,000 for representation, and citizensof Seattle have subscribed $1,000,000 stock. Work on thebuildings has progressed rapidly, and it is believed the ex-position will be ready at the time set for the opening. In anticipation of handling large crowds of visitors tothe exposition, the Seattle Electric Company has expendedduring the last two years a total of nearly $1,750,000 foradditional lines to the fair grounds, new cars and additionsto its generating equipme
. Electric railway journal . used by the University and $400,-000 for State buildings. The United States Governmenthas appropriated $650,000 for representation, and citizensof Seattle have subscribed $1,000,000 stock. Work on thebuildings has progressed rapidly, and it is believed the ex-position will be ready at the time set for the opening. In anticipation of handling large crowds of visitors tothe exposition, the Seattle Electric Company has expendedduring the last two years a total of nearly $1,750,000 foradditional lines to the fair grounds, new cars and additionsto its generating equipment. Seattle is growing rapidly,especially in the direction- of the university grounds, andwhile the exposition traffic is expected to bring some im-mediate returns on the investment in new tracks and cars,the natural growth of the city would probably have re-quired the betterments to be made within a short time. Seattle has a very hilly and broken surface contour, be-ing built on long, narrow ridges lying between Puget Sound. Two-Car Train to Be Used for Exposition Traffic in Seattle franchises at the present time. This is the beginning of acontest for a lower basis of valuation; certain members ofthe council claim that the property has depreciated and thevalue of the franchises has become less during the pastyear. City Solicitor Baker said that if this was true, the peo-ple would have to stand it, as. there should be no reduc-tion in valuation from that computed when the propertywas leased to the Municipal Traction Company. Mr. An-drews said that if the council should insist upon a valua-tion lower than the one fixed it would prevent a settlement,because neither he nor his stockholders would be willing tomake any reduction. He said that all the depreciation ofthe last year, if there had been any, took place after theproperty was forced out of the hands of the company andthat it would have to be borne by the people or anybodyelse they want to consider liable for it. on the west
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