Moran Bros. Co.
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- Mar 10, 1894Who Owns the Tide Lands? A Tacoma Title Fight Heads to the Supreme CourtTwo Valentine scrip suits — Bier v. Moran Bros. and Mann v. Tacoma Land Company — are set to test whether private claimants or the State of Washington control the tide lands of its harbors.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 16, 1899The Great Bridge Bid: Seattle’s War for the Snoqualmie CrossingAs county commissioners open bids for a massive new bridge over the Snoqualmie River at Novelty, local engineers face stiff competition from San Francisco giants in a contest that will define Seattle's western infrastructure.Snoqualmie, WA
- Aug 9, 1899The Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard FeudHow Seattle’s industrial might secured a major contract for the transport ship 'Victoria,' leaving Tacoma business leaders fuming.Seattle, WA
- Oct 1, 1903Sell the Bonds, Build the Furnaces: Seattle's Steel GambleA 1902 prospectus asks ordinary Seattle savers to finance a Pacific Coast iron and steel empire — a furnace at Irondale, open-hearth works on the West Seattle waterfront — with a hundred dollars of stock thrown in free with every hundred-dollar bond.Seattle, WA