C. G. Austin
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- May 12, 1894Seattle's Bid to Steal the Grain Trade From TacomaBoosters want $75,000 in stock to build a North Seattle grain elevator and a 600-foot wharf — and snatch the Asian shipping business from Tacoma.Seattle, WA
- Jun 8, 1894The Fight for Seattle's WaterfrontLocal property owners gather to fund a massive grain elevator, attempting to pull trade away from Tacoma and modernize the Seattle shipping industry.Seattle, WA
- Aug 17, 1894The $2 Fee That Sunk a Warehouse: Railroads Tighten Grip on Seattle's WaterfrontA group of local businessmen planned a major grain warehouse at the foot of Battery Street, but Northern Pacific's refusal to budge on switching fees scuttled the deal—and highlighted the railroads' stranglehold on Seattle's shipping future.Seattle, WA
- Aug 22, 1894The $3 Switching Fee That Almost Sunk Seattle's Grain WarehouseNorthern Pacific and Great Northern agree to absorb the fee, clearing the way for a new grain warehouse at the foot of Battery Street—and a bid to make Seattle a wheat port.Seattle, WA
- Jan 9, 1895A City Grain Buyer Says the Farmers Are Being Robbed — and That San Francisco Is Stealing Washington's WheatAfter a sweep through the Inland Empire, Seattle wheat man C. G. Austin reports a 24-million-bushel crop tributary to the Sound selling at a ruinous 25 to 30 cents a bushel, with bankers and merchants holding the grain and growers taking whatever they are offered. Worse, he says, San Francisco merchants blend Washington wheat into 'California wheat' and pocket an extra 8 cents a hundredweight for the reputation.Seattle, WA