The Dream of an Interurban Electric Railway

Mr. Geader yesterday applied to the commissioners for a franchise for an extension of the Grant Street line to the brewery. He proposes to extend it through private property to Tacoma. The request will be considered on Monday. Mr. Geader proposes to build a double track as soon as he gets the franchise. His plan is to extend the road from the present terminus at Riverside Park along the county road close to the river at the brewery. Then he will run out up the valley in a beeline for Tacoma, through private property. He thinks that running along the perfectly level bottom of the White and Puyallup rivers and using certain improvements on his cars, he can make as good time as the steam cars between the two cities. He will run both freight and passenger cars, and carry dairy and garden produce and fruit from the valley to the cities. The idea of connecting the two cities by an electric line has often been discussed, and several attempts have been made to carry it out. This would be the longest electric railway in the country.