Seattle Transfer Company
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- Jan 19, 1889The Terminal Standoff: How Seattle’s Business Elite Forced a Railroad CompromiseIn January 1899, the city’s Board of Trade and leading merchants intervened in a bitter dispute between the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad and the Puget Sound Shore Railroad, demanding the construction of vital terminal warehouses to save freight from the elements.Commercial Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 9, 1892Slaughter-house Fire Ends in HorrorA blaze at a waterfront facility leaves animals dead and the community shaken.Seattle, WA
- Nov 6, 1892Tragedy in a Young Block BedroomA young transfer driver ended his life while his twin brother slept just inches away.Seattle, WA
- Dec 29, 1892The Cashier’s DownfallA Seattle Transfer Company employee’s descent from competence to embezzlement begins with a simple, hidden accounting error.Seattle, WA
- Mar 11, 1893Fighting the Waterfront TrestleProperty owners demand a street crossing, claiming railroad infrastructure is strangling access to the tide flats.Weller Street, Seattle, WA
- Dec 14, 1893The Struggle for Seattle's WaterfrontThe Northern Pacific Railroad moves to seize control of vital freight terminals, marking a new chapter in the city's complex rail history.King Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 10, 1899The Horseless CitySeattle businessmen begin the race to bring the 'new motor machines' to the city's steep streets.Seattle, WA