George Marvin Savage
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- Dec 2, 1891Two Red Boxes on Wheels: Olympia's Sorry Excuse for a Streetcar LineThe street railway's president has told the council he can keep the city tied up in court for two years. The Tribune suggests the new council simply take his franchise away.Olympia, WA
- Jan 5, 1892The Eighteenth Promise of Mr. SavageOlympia's street railway president vows a coal-oil motor, fifteen-minute service, and an Eastside extension—mostly, the paper suspects, for real estate.Olympia, WA
- Mar 2, 1892The Handmade Naphtha Car That Was Going to Revolutionize OlympiaAt a stable on Puget and Third, George Marvin Savage's crew is building a one-off motor car—part streetcar, part joke—for Main Street.Olympia, WA
- Mar 3, 1892The Streetcar 'Jack Pot Bank' That Kept Olympia's Railway RunningGeorge Marvin Savage had a franchise to protect and no money to pay his workers—so he divided each day's fares into four pasteboard boxes and called it co-operation.Olympia, WA
- Mar 8, 1892One Coal-Oil Dealer Is Holding Olympia's New Electric Railway Hostage for $10,000The streetcar line is contracted, the rails are shipped and the crews are ready — but George Marvin Savage's outfit sits squarely in the middle of Main Street, and he will not budge for less than ten thousand dollars.Olympia, WA
- Mar 9, 1892Rapid Transit to Eternity: Olympia's Kerosene Trolley, Minus the MatchesGeorge Marvin Savage's homemade coal-oil motor car is about to carry paying passengers down to the Fourth Street track — if it doesn't explode first. Riders get accident insurance, and their obituary verses have already been written.Olympia, WA
- Mar 11, 1892A Streetcar Franchise on the Line Over Naphtha PowerA citizen charges the Olympia street railway is violating its charter with an unsafe naphtha motor and neglected trackwork at Fifth and Main.Olympia, WA