Seattle City Railway Company
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- May 7, 1889The Cable Car Wars of SeattleA fierce power struggle over streetcar franchises reveals how infrastructure deals shaped the development of early Seattle.Madison Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 29, 1894A City Rallies for Its Miners: The Franklin Disaster Relief FundSeattle workers, unions, and businesses dig deep for families of miners killed in the Franklin mine explosion, pushing the relief fund past $1,000.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1895A Wall Street View of Seattle’s FutureA New York receiver for the Seattle City Railway Company offers a candid assessment of the city's economic resilience during the 1890s depression.Seattle, WA
- Apr 9, 1895Seattle Gives New York Millionaires Another Year to Fix Yesler AvenueA council committee lets the cable road off the hook while riders wade through mud—and a stockholder accuses City Hall of standing in with railroads.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Apr 12, 1895The Alderman, the Cable Road, and the Broken Promise to Double-Track YeslerA former cable-road owner accuses a Seattle alderman of slander and demands the city force the Yesler Avenue line to honor its franchise and double-track Yesler and Jackson.Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1895The Streetcar Franchise Fight That Put Seattle’s Council on the SpotProperty owners demand the double track promised with their $900,000 subsidy; delegates reject an extension, and aldermen agree to hear the crowd.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 30, 1895Council Kills Streetcar’s Yesler Avenue ExtensionThe lower house refuses to give the Seattle City Railway Company another year to double-track Yesler Avenue and Jackson Street, even as the aldermen approve it.Seattle, WA
- May 28, 1895The Streetcar Franchise Seattle Threatened to CancelCouncil set a June showdown over the Seattle City Railway's failure to double-track Yesler Avenue and Jackson Street—while another line asked for a longer franchise.Seattle, WA