George B. Adair
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- Jan 19, 1889The Terminal Standoff: How Seattle’s Business Elite Forced a Railroad CompromiseIn January 1899, the city’s Board of Trade and leading merchants intervened in a bitter dispute between the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad and the Puget Sound Shore Railroad, demanding the construction of vital terminal warehouses to save freight from the elements.Commercial Street, Seattle, WA
- May 8, 1889The Waterfront War of 1889A bitter corporate grudge between local railroads leads to claims of monopolies, coal famines, and the violent destruction of property on the Seattle shoreline.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1891The Great Seattle Fire Hose Scandal of 1891A fiery Board of Public Works meeting uncovers allegations of bribery, price-fixing, and backroom deals in the city's quest to equip its fire department.Great Seattle Fire, Seattle, WA
- Oct 12, 1892Seattle's Merchants Band Together Against Freight RatesLeading shippers in the city convene at the Bailey block to form a new organization to challenge discriminatory transportation costs.Seattle, WA
- Oct 18, 1893The Almshouse Grand Jury Faces a Conflict of InterestJurors with business ties to the contractor under investigation are allowed to remain on the case after an unusual courtroom scene.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