Rainier Power & Railway Company
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- Sep 20, 1892Pacific Northwest Lumber Barons Push for Price FixingA secret meeting in San Francisco may spell the end of independent competition in the region's most vital industry.Seattle, WA
- Feb 24, 1894The Cable Car That Dodged a Runaway Electric—and the Lawsuit That FollowedA Madison Street cable car narrowly avoided a speeding Third Street electric car in 1893; passenger E. K. Marvin won $1,000 after a second trial over his sprained ankle.Seattle, WA
- Aug 9, 1894The Streetcar That Ate the Profits: Third Street Line May Shut DownA federal receiver gets permission to issue $15,000 in certificates, but the order bars any more money from being sunk into Seattle's losing Third Street railway.Seattle, WA
- Jan 29, 1895Bondholders Take the Street Railway at a Courthouse AuctionThe Rainier Power & Railway Company sells for $15,000, handing a troubled transit line to the men who held its debt.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22, 1895A Bank Moves Against the DennysIn 1895, a $15,735 note and a mortgage on lots in Denny & Fuhrman’s Addition put one of Seattle’s founding families in the path of foreclosure.Seattle, WA