Harold Preston
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- Apr 21, 1889The Rising Ambition of Seattle’s P-IA shake-up at the top of the Post-Intelligencer’s masthead promises a new era of growth and regional influence.Seattle, WA
- Aug 11, 1894Pay for a Job That Wasn't There: Seattle's Employment-Agency ScamA city council committee heard workers describe paying fees to G.W. Crane's employment office and arriving to find no jobs, with agents accused of splitting fees with contractors.Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1895The Cable Company Wanted More Time. Yesler Avenue Wanted Its Double Track.In 1895, Seattle’s aldermen weighed whether to give a struggling street railway more time to double-track Yesler Avenue—or force it to honor the franchise the neighborhood had bought into.Yesler Way, Seattle, WA
- Apr 20, 1895The Streetcar Company Promised a Double Track. Yesler Avenue Wanted It Now.A city council committee heard residents and bondholders argue over a one-year extension—and over who would pay for the growth the railway had promised.Seattle, WA
- May 28, 1903Roosevelt’s Secret Indorsement: The President vs. The Railroad BaronsAt a private Tacoma banquet, Theodore Roosevelt publicly backed Governor McBride against the wishes of powerful Washington Senators Foster and Ankeny, igniting a fierce political war over railroad regulation.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 30, 1903The 'Infamous Thirteen' and the Political Trade-Offs of 1903A secret meeting among King County senators reveals the transactional nature of regional power and shifting loyalties in Washington politics.Seattle, WA
- Nov 21, 1903A Missing Section 25: How a Clerk's Slip Could Cost the Collins Heirs $500,000Grandchildren of John Collins's first wife want a one-sixth share of the Seattle hotel property. The whole case turns on whether a territorial statute took effect on December 2, 1869 — or 42 days too late.Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA