Consolidated Street Railway Company
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- Oct 6, 1892The Great Seattle Canal Subscription ScandalProminent business leaders expose the local newspaper's fabricated list of wealthy donors to the Lake Washington ship canal project.Seattle, WA
- Jan 23, 1893The Cable Car That Would Have Opened Union BayA promoter promises English capital, jobs, and a wharf at the foot of Seneca Street; a rival railway president warns Seattle is already overbuilt.Seattle, WA
- Mar 7, 1893The Streetcar Combine That Built North SeattleD. T. Denny and his sons bought control of the Consolidated Street Railway, merged it with the Third Street electric line, and set their sights on every route north of downtown.Lake Union, Seattle, WA
- Mar 17, 1894A Neighborhood 'Joke' Ends in the Patrol WagonA local grocer is held at gunpoint on Rollin Street, only to discover the masked highwaymen are school-aged boys.Rollin Street, Seattle, WA
- Jun 23, 1895Who Gets to Run Seattle's Streetcars?A proposed thirty-year franchise for the Consolidated Street Railway cleared its first reading at city hall, but fights over fares, paving and transfers were far from over.Seattle, WA