Angus Mackintosh
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- May 14, 1884The Battle for Burke’s Second AdditionA legal dispute over property ownership pulls in dozens of local residents and sets the city's legal community against one another.Seattle, WA
- Apr 19, 1885The Unbreakable Vaults of 1885 SeattleA state-of-the-art fortress of steel and brick arrives in Seattle, promising security for the valuables of a booming frontier town.Seattle, WA
- Feb 6, 1891The Bankers’ Bailout for City DebtSeattle’s financial elite push for state intervention to retroactively legalize city debt incurred in excess of the constitutional limit.Seattle, WA
- Mar 1, 1893Seattle Merchants Fight New Mortgage TaxesThe Chamber of Commerce warns that taxing mortgages will strangle the city's growth and drive away essential investment.Seattle, WA
- Mar 5, 1893The Seattle Real Estate 'Gigantic Scheme' to ChicagoA proposed state law to widen Seattle streets is condemned as a speculative ploy to unload property on unsuspecting Eastern buyers.Seattle, WA
- Mar 19, 1893The Miracle Cure for Seattle's 'Slavery'A new $1,000,000 company arrives in Seattle, promising to cure everything from alcoholism to tobacco addiction with a mysterious 'German remedy.'Seattle, WA
- Mar 25, 1893Minority Stockholders Accuse Northern Pacific of Rail Line SabotageInvestors in the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway file suit, alleging the Northern Pacific intentionally sabotaged the local line to consolidate control and destroy shareholder value.Boulevard, Seattle, WA
- May 22, 1893The Corporate Takeover of the Lake Shore LineA legal battle reveals how the Northern Pacific Railroad absorbed a smaller rival, leaving shareholders and the public in the dark about the true costs of regional expansion.Seattle, WA
- Jan 27, 1895A Receivership Sale Rewires Seattle's Street RailwayBondholders sign a deal to merge the troubled Rainier Power and Railway Co. into a new Third Street Suburban Railway Company, with the Denny family’s claims still shaping the terms.Seattle, WA
- Jan 29, 1895Bondholders Take the Street Railway at a Courthouse AuctionThe Rainier Power & Railway Company sells for $15,000, handing a troubled transit line to the men who held its debt.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA