Griffith Davies
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- Dec 2, 1887The Price of Admission: A 1887 Seattle Real Estate CrisisWhen the city's housing shortage became so acute that a book dealer had to buy an entire printing business just to secure a roof over his head.Seattle, WA
- Apr 12, 1893Seattle’s Early Debate Over Public PowerThe Chamber of Commerce considers whether the city should break from private monopoly and run its own electric grid.Seattle, WA
- Oct 17, 1893An Odd English Collier Sails In, and the Wharves Fill to See HerThe first ship of the new Great Eastern line ties up at Baker's wharf after eighteen days from Yokohama, carrying tea, matting and curios — and no passenger cabins at all.Seattle, WA
- Dec 27, 1893Seattle Merchants Rally to Keep the Tariff on Coal and LumberMeeting at the Chamber of Commerce, business men draft a memorial to Congress warning that free trade in lumber and coal will hand the Northwest's timber trade to British Columbia—then vote to put the whole fight off another week.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1895The Homegrown Railroad That Opened the Snoqualmie CountrySeattle citizens incorporated the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern in 1885 to reach Gilman, North Bend and Snoqualmie Falls. Northern Pacific took control, receivership followed, and the line kept loggers alive through the depression.Seattle, WA
- Jan 11, 1895The Niagara of the Northwest: Wiring Snoqualmie Falls to SeattleA new company with $2 million in capital proposes to harness a 265-foot waterfall 23 miles east and sell 5,000 horse power of electricity to the city — if the capitalists will foot the bill.Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, WA
- Jan 19, 1895The River That Would Light Seattle: Snoqualmie Falls Power Company IncorporatedIn January 1893, a $2 million company filed articles to harness Snoqualmie Falls and wire electricity to Seattle—an early bet that turned a waterfall into urban power.Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, WA
- Feb 4, 1895The Waterfall That Would Light SeattleIn 1895, promoters promised to harness Snoqualmie Falls—taller than Niagara and only 23 miles from Seattle—and send thousands of horsepower over copper wire.Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, WA