History of Seattle Municipal Railway's Division C, the streetcar line that once connected Burien with White Center and Seattle.

History Archives

August 13, 2006
1913 letter from the Seattle Commercial Club supporting acceptance of the streetcar line by the City of Seattle for financial reasons....
Inventory of the contents of the HP&LB toolshed, in preparation of acceptance of the streetcar line by the City of Seattle as a gift....
1913 letter opposing acceptance of the Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway by the City of Seattle for financial reasons....
October 15, 2005
Details of the Seattle Electric Company car used in 1912....
August 18, 2005
This form letter was sent to all creditors of the HP&LB, asking for forginess of debt. Only the header was changed. This particular copy was found in the Puget Power files at the University of Washington Special Collections....
Two letters between the HP&LB and the Seattle Electric Company (soon to be Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power) discussing details of the rental of one streetcar in 1912....
August 10, 2005
Descriptions of rolling stock on the line....
August 6, 2005
Brief compiled history on Highline Gardens website....
July 23, 2005
July 21, 2005
September 5, 1919. Rerouting of Division C to Burien....
April 22, 1919. Timetable for Division C to Burien....
Excerpts from this tomb of local history. Reprinted without permission. Items relevant to the line, development, or early transportation....
July 17, 2005
Notes on minutes from various dates....
A few items of interest...
Mortgage of Railway...
Assignment of Franchise...
Bond of City accepting Railway...
Corporation Counsel Opinion Regarding Sale...
Compiled from Stock Certificate Ledger and Index. Name, certificate number, quantity of shares. $100/share....
Logging and development history....
Mrs. Anderson remembered. "We walked the trail to the O'Day house on S.W. 114th to visit."...
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