Lake Washington Waterway Company
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- Apr 4, 1895The Canal That Would Give Seattle the Finest Harbor on the PacificAn 1895 editorial urges Seattleites to back a half-million-dollar subsidy to fill the tide flats and dig a canal linking Puget Sound with Lake Washington.Seattle, WA
- Apr 6, 1895Seattle's Canal Subsidy Climbs Another Notch—and the Big Money Is Still WaitingBoosters for the Lake Washington Waterway Company's ship canal report another $1,000 in pledges, while banks and business houses hold back to see what their neighbors will give.Seattle, WA
- Apr 17, 1895Boosters Pass the Hat for the Ship CanalTacoma coal money, St. Louis money and Vancouver money swell Seattle's canal subsidy fund — even as promoters insist the waterway is 'a Seattle affair.'Seattle, WA
- Apr 17, 1895Canal Jobs for Seattle Men Only, Outsiders WarnedAs Eastern labor agents advertise for the coming canal work, the labor commissioner and the waterway company tell would-be migrants to stay home.Seattle, WA
- Apr 23, 1895State Supreme Court Upholds Lake Washington Canal Contract, Clearing the Way for Tide-Land TransformationThe Washington Supreme Court rules that the Lake Washington Waterway Company's contract to dig a canal and fill tide lands is constitutional, rejecting a landowner's challenge and affirming the state's power to remake the waterfront.Seattle, WA
- May 1, 1895Seattle Nearly Buys Its Canal, One Subscription at a TimeWith $21,181 left to raise, the $500,000 Lake Washington Waterway fund is within reach — bankrolled by saloon keepers, a fireman and a hospital sister's $150.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA