H. M. Lund
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- Oct 31, 1907The Midnight Track-LayersA hardware store owner battles a railroad company that allegedly used stealth to install tracks in front of his home and business.Newport, WA
- Oct 31, 1907Legal Battle Stalls Inland Empire Railroad ExpansionA Spokane legal team secures a restraining order against the Inland Empire Railroad, marking a pivotal moment in the infrastructure dispute.Colville, WA
- Nov 16, 1907Newport Gets a Railroad Office—and a Deadline for FreightThe Idaho & Washington Northern set freight dates, opened a local office, and promised mail and passenger service—while a right-of-way suit headed to court.Newport, WA
- Nov 22, 1907A Railroad Wins the Right to Run—and a Neighbor Says It Cost Him 60%A judge suspended an injunction against the Idaho Washington Northern Railway, clearing freight service into Newport as a property owner blamed the new tracks for wiping out most of his land's value.Newport, WA
- Jan 23, 1908A Newport Hardware Dealer Takes On the Railroad—and Reaches the State Supreme CourtH. M. Lund's suit asks whether a railroad must pay abutting property owners before running trains down a town street.Newport, WA
- Jan 30, 1908Newport Merchants Agree to Close at 6:30 — and Fine Themselves $50 If They Don’tIn 1908, local shopkeepers signed a pact to shorten business hours, hoping clerks and owners alike could finally take part in public life. Violators owed $50 to the Commercial Club.Newport, WA
- Apr 2, 1908The Opera House Gets Moved for a Concrete BlockH. M. Lund will replace Newport's Opera House with a two-story reinforced-concrete hardware store, while the old theater is sold and rolled north on Washington Avenue.Newport, WA
- Sep 24, 1908The Wood Contractor Who Left Newport Holding the SackNinian Jackson quit the Pend Oreille owing roughly $3,000 to merchants in Newport and Tweedie — and with a hundred cords of another man's wood in his wake.Newport, WA
- Oct 22, 1908Tracks Laid in the Night, and the Storekeeper WinsA Spokane injunction against the Idaho & Washington Northern — won by H. M. Lund over trains smoking out his Fourth Street store — is upheld by the state supreme court, with 30 days for the railroad to settle or stop running.Newport, WA
- Oct 7, 1909A Two-Year Railroad Fight Ends with a $6,000 CheckAfter two years in court, H. M. Lund's property dispute with the Idaho & Washington Northern ends in a buyout; his hardware store will move to Washington Avenue and the old building will come down.Newport, WA