E. C. Kilbourne
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- Apr 17, 1889The Forgotten Fight for Proportional RepresentationIn 1891, a Walla Walla thinker proposed a radical 'preferential system' to break the grip of party bosses and end the buying and selling of votes in Washington.Walla Walla, WA
- 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
- Dec 14, 1892Seattle Chamber of Commerce Takes Aim at LongshoremenThe Chamber of Commerce moves to break the power of harbor unions, threatening to form competing organizations and call for police intervention.Smith Cove, Seattle, WA
- Feb 6, 1895The City Wharf as a Stone Yard: Seattle's Plan to Put Its Idle Men to WorkA petition signed by dozens of prominent Seattle businessmen asks the city council to turn the waterfront into a public stone yard, trading honest labor for meals and lodging — and to run the beggars out of town.Seattle, WA
- Apr 12, 1895Three Light Plants Become One, With a Promise of Cheap ElectricityThe Union Electric Company and the Seattle Gas & Electric Light Company have merged into the Union Illumination Company. Boilers are being hauled to the Grant Street bridge powerhouse, and the new manager says rate cuts are two weeks away.Seattle, WA
- Apr 22, 1895A Hospital Takes Shape in a Rented BuildingA charitable board leases the Avon building near Cedar Street and calls on churchwomen to furnish and oversee Seattle’s new general hospital.Seattle, WA
- May 3, 1895A Fist Shaken in Open CourtA reputation suit turns personal when a witness calls the defense attorney a liar — then threatens him on his way off the stand.Seattle, WA
- Apr 11, 1899The Great Wire War: How Seattle’s Electric Giants Tried to Buy Their Way Out of the UndergroundWhen the City Council threatened to bury power lines underground, Union Electric and Consumers’ Electric screamed ruin. But the real drama wasn't the wires—it was the council dodging a crowd of gamblers and churchgoers demanding saloon closures.Seattle, WA