A short-lived branch line from the Vancouver line, running east a mile (or a mile-and-a-half, depending on the source and time) along NE Killingsworth Street, not Alberta Street as Labbe places it. Originally a steam powered three-foot-wide line (like the Vancouver line itself), it was reduced to a shuttle horse-car service – and generally seen as a bit of an outmoded embarrassment – prior to regauging to three-feet-six-inches and electrification in October 1893. I suspect that the line was lengthened to be a mile-and-a-half long when it was regauged.
The Great Flood of 1894 led to suspension of service for over six months, and while the line is catalogued in the comprehensive December 1895 foreclosure notice for the Portland Consolidated Street Railway Company, it does not seem to have been operated by the succeeding Portland Railway Company.
I have yet to see a contemporaneous map that shows this line.
See also: Vancouver (1888–1940)
| Important Dates: | July 13, 1892 – start of steam motor service October 14, 1893 – electrification and regauging to 3-feet, 6-inches June 7, 1894 – the Great Flood leads to an extended suspension of service January 11, 1895 – service reinstated December 21, 1895 – listed in foreclosure; not operated by new company? | | --- | --- | | Operating Company: | ‣ | | Gauge: | 3-foot narrow until October 14, 1893; thence narrow (3-feet, 6-inches) | | Headboard: | Unknown, probably “Cloverdale” | | Car Barn: | ‣ |