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Identifier: streetrailwayjo291907newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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e brown-armed girlsin light suits with nowand then a touch ofbright color to enliventhe scene. The pictureis a pretty one any Sun-day at either Leschi orMadison Park, wherethe First RegimentBand has regular semi- ;weekly concert engage-ments, Wednesday andSunday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The largest of the three parks of the Seattle ElectricCompany is Leschi, at the terminus of the Yesler Way cableline. It is 5.75 acres in extent. It has a frontage on LakeWashington of 558 ft. The park takes its name fromLeschi. famous in the days of the Indian wars in the Oregoncountry as the chief of the Nisqually Indians. During thetroublesome period following the Indian uprising of 1854-5,Gov. Isaac I. Stevens was the Governor of the then terri- ON THE SHORE OF LAKE WASHINGTON. NEAR MADRONAPARK requiring sixteen minutes to make the trip one way from thecenter of the business district. On the Madison Street cable line a service varying be-tween two and three minutes on Sundays and holidays is
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A TOLLY CROWD AT THE BOAT LANDING IN LESCHI PARK maintained. This park has an area of 3.36 acres, with a waterfrontage of 650 ft. It is in the greatest favor on Wednes-day evenings and Sunday afternoons and evenings duringthe summer season. The band stand is one ot the best inthe West, and there are many attractions in the immediatevicinity, including beautiful shade trees, boat houses, chutes,cafes, etc. It is no unusual sight to see from 7000 to 10,000people gathered on the shore of Lake Washington at Madi-son Park on a Sunday evening. March 23, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 511 Madrona is one of the most beautiful of the Seattle Elec-tric Companys parks, lying midway between Madison andLeschi. It is reached by the Madrona Park line, with cableconnection on James Street in the heart of the city. Thetime required for the trip is about twenty-four minutesThis park is also reached by any one of the number ofpleasure steamers plying on the lake, which make reg-ular trips between Madiso

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1907
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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo291907newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:523
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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