A. H. Chambers
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- Jul 20, 1887The Bid to Bring the Rails to OlympiaWhen the Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor Railroad Company looked to move its terminal away from the shallow waters of Little Skookum Bay, a committee of Olympia’s finest set out to land the contract.Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
- Mar 9, 1889The Great Hotel Fight: Olympia’s Race for a First-Class InnAs the state capital swells with new residents, locals realize private developers won't build what they need. So they take matters into their own hands, raising $10,000 in days to force the construction of a grand hotel before the constitutional convention arrives.Olympia, WA
- Oct 16, 1891The Road That Would Remake the Des Chutes ShoreTumwater landowners and boosters want a new beach road to Olympia, promising easier travel, new homes, and higher property values.Tumwater, WA
- Oct 27, 1891The Sheriff Was Coming for Olympia’s Hotel. A New Company Rode In.On the eve of a foreclosure auction, local investors incorporated a $130,000 company to buy the Hotel Olympia property and keep it out of the sheriff’s hands.Hotel Olympia, Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891Olympia’s Fight for a Deep-Water HarborCitizens tell the harbor-line commissioners to claim Budd Inlet’s tide flats for public wharves—not a narrow waterway that would hand the waterfront to private owners.Olympia, WA
- Oct 28, 1891Sheriff’s Hammer Sets the Price: Hotel Olympia Sold for $48,322.30With no other bidders, A. H. Chambers and J. F. Gowey bought in the hotel for the Hotel Olympia Company—then the trustees named T. I. McKenny president.Hotel Olympia, Olympia, WA
- Nov 11, 1891Mossbackism in Olympia: The Club, the Hotel and the Saloon MenBoard of Trade members proposed folding the Washington Club into the Olympia Hotel to settle liquor complaints and give the board a cash stake—then the club's defenders blamed saloon keepers and 'picayune politicians.'Olympia, WA
- Nov 30, 1891A Sunday Earthquake Rattles Olympia, Stopping Clocks and Startling DinersAt 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 29, 1891, a sharp tremor shook the city, rattled windows, swayed chandeliers, and sent one hotel guest diving for the stairs.Olympia, WA
- Dec 3, 1891Olympia's Ward Caucus Turns on Who Counts as a CitizenA Second Ward meeting nominates C. H. Springer for council, but a delegate's citizenship and a sitting councilman's legal status throw the city ticket into question before the convention at Columbia Hall.Olympia, WA
- Jan 6, 1892The Streetcar Company That Asked Olympia for Land—and Promised the Moon by July 4In 1892, the Olympia Light & Power Company pitched an electric railway to Tumwater as a bargain for landowners: donate a strip or an acre, and watch city-limit land double in value. The trust deed gave them until Independence Day to make it real.Olympia, WA
- Jan 8, 1892The Mayor's Chair Is No Bed of RosesOlympia's old city officers resign to clear a ballot-printing challenge, the new mayor takes the oath—and both incoming and outgoing officials warn that public service brings more abuse than thanks.Olympia, WA
- Mar 4, 1892Olympia's Boosters Had a Plan for the Tide Flats: Give Land to FactoriesIn March 1892, five local men formed an improvement company to buy waterfront tide lands, donate parcels to manufacturers, and press governments to dredge a deep-water harbor.Olympia, WA