Edmund Seymour
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- Mar 2, 1893Tacoma's $750,000 Railroad Bait—and the Utility Deal That Fell ApartA hastily passed water-and-light purchase ordinance is dead on arrival, while C. B. Wright dangles another railroad in front of Tacoma taxpayers.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 13, 1895Tacoma Offers to Hand Its Water System Back to the Man It Bought It FromWith springs shut off and a fire engine pumping to keep taps flowing, Tacoma's mayor writes C. B. Wright a remarkable offer: take back the light and water plant.Crystal Springs, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 23, 1895Tacoma's Water Works Deal Was for Eastern Capitalists All AlongC.B. Wright says he never wanted the city light and water plant for himself—the proposed buyers were New York and Boston investors, leaving the mayor waiting for an answer.Tacoma, WA