Landslide Threatens Streetcar Line at 32nd and G Streets
A South Tacoma resident reports that a major slide has brought the edge of a ravine precariously close to the streetcar tracks.
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South Tacoma people who came in on the street railway line this morning were given the shudders at Thirty-second and G streets where the track runs near the gulch. For some time there has been a chipping off of the bank here and last night or this morning early the whole bank was jarred loose for a distance of 20 feet and it went rolling down into the gulch. The slide came within a few inches of the street railway tracks and citizens say the ground is soft and that a car is in danger of going over every time it passes. Superintendent Boutelle of the T. R. & P. company at 9 o'clock had not heard of the slide.
“The slide came within a few inches of the street railway tracks and citizens say the ground is soft and that a car is in danger of going over every time it passes.”
Tacoma's topography has always defined its infrastructure; while streetcars are gone, the city's steep gulches remain a constant challenge for urban stability and civil engineering projects.
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