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28 stories matching traction
- The Armory Uprising: Seattle’s Battle for Public Transit
As the City Council prepares to vote on a controversial 40-year franchise for private street railways, citizens are mobilizing for a mass meeting at the Armory, demanding municipal ownership over corporate profit.
- A Fifty-Year Franchise for All-Night Power
Officials from the Northern Idaho and Montana Electric Light and Power Co. toured Newport, sketched a town-wide distribution system, and asked the city council for a half-century franchise.
- The Man Behind Newport's Electric Lights
A Chicago utility magnate's company invests $100,000 to bring electric power to Newport, promising modern service at fair rates.