Tracy H. Robertson
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- Mar 20, 1895Three Deaths Down the Shaft: A Seattle Reader Demands Elevator ReformAfter yet another fatal plunge in the Seattle National Bank building, a correspondent catalogs a decade of elevator disasters and calls on the city council to require inside doors before the cages can move.Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1895The Canal Fund Passes $413,000, With a Priest’s $100 and a Boost From the SchwabachersSeattle’s campaign to subsidize the Lake Washington canal turned to churches, banks, and family firms as the subscription total climbed.Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1899The Cedar River Siege: How a Power Mogul Tried to Steal Seattle’s WaterSeattle Star exposes the Snoqualmie Falls Power Company’s dirty game: using fake environmental panic to block municipal water rights and crush competition.Seattle, WA