Joshua Peirce
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- Mar 10, 1895Tacoma's Waterworks: A Buyback Offer Raises EyebrowsFormer owner C.B. Wright offers to repurchase the city's water plant—and a $50,000 commission to the man who brokers the deal—as contempt proceedings against city officials continue.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 23, 1895Tacoma's Water Works Deal Was for Eastern Capitalists All AlongC.B. Wright says he never wanted the city light and water plant for himself—the proposed buyers were New York and Boston investors, leaving the mayor waiting for an answer.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 17, 1909The Imperial Building's Bitter FeudA development project for an 'Imperial building' fractures as partners accuse one another of backroom sabotage.Tacoma, WA