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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 10 |
| 1889 | 22 |
| 1891 | 16 |
| 1892 | 21 |
| 1893 | 45 |
| 1894 | 34 |
| 1895 | 92 |
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- The Star Chamber Water Loan Scandal
Tacoma city officials met behind locked doors to authorize the use of water extension funds for speculative warrant purchases, sparking threats of injunctions.
- The Anthracite Rush in Naches Pass
A new coal discovery near the mountains promises to be the most extensive field on the Pacific Coast.
- Streetcar Company Rejects City's Terms
The West Street and North End Electric Railway Company refuses a franchise extension, citing 'unreasonable' conditions imposed by the city council.
- The Looming Bottleneck: Seattle’s Growing Pains in 1888
An architect’s urgent warning to city leaders echoes through time: invest in infrastructure now, or pay ten times the cost later.
- Streetcar Franchises at a Price
The House of Delegates strikes a deal to extend streetcar franchises in exchange for city lights and fees.
- Banking Crisis Hits Puyallup
The Bank of Puyallup closes its doors due to over-extension on agricultural crop loans.
- The Beacon Hill Streetcar Had to Go All the Way
Seattle's board of public works told the Union Trunk line to repair its rough Beacon Hill extension and run to the franchise terminus.
- Worker Critically Injured in Blasting Accident
A laborer working on the Maple Valley extension of the Columbia & Puget Sound railway was struck by a jagged wooden splinter after a stump blast, leaving him in a life-threatening condition.
- The Watchdog and the Water Money: Tacoma's Utility-Fund Fight
Controller Benham refuses to sign a printing contract to protect the treasury — and a taxpayer asks why the same official let $100,000 of voter-approved water money drain away from its purpose.
- The City Could Still Take the Land
Judge Humes ruled that Seattle’s constitutional debt limit does not interfere with eminent domain, clearing the way for the Howell Street extension through the Ivey property.
- One Street, Eight Names: The Tide-Land Map That Broke Seattle's Addresses
When the tide-land appraisers published their new plat, they named the filled waterfront after the states and the big cities — ignoring every street already on the ground. City Engineer Thomson's renaming scheme collapsed on the spot.
- The Struggle for the Seattle Extension
While rail workers at the Union Pacific worried over rumors of massive layoffs and the consolidation of agencies, hope remained that the vital Seattle line construction would resume with the spring thaw.
- City Council Rejects Health Inspectors
Legislators block board of health's attempt to hire sanitary inspectors for house-to-house inspections, while street railway companies lobby for franchise extensions.
- The Iron City of the Pacific
Promoters promise a new industrial powerhouse in Kirkland as rail lines expand and iron ore production begins.
- State Offers Grace Period for Struggling Farmers
Facing the severe economic depression of 1893, the State Land Commission announces it will relax collection policies on land contracts to prevent mass foreclosures.
- The Price of the Iron Horse
Boosterism, county subsidies, and the hidden cost of corporate expansion in Walla Walla.
- The Railroad That Ran to Nobody: Tacoma's Lake Park Line in Ownership Limbo
Union Pacific bought the ten-mile line to Lake Park and American Lake, but its earnings are now being kept while the receiver sends back no instructions.
- The Transit Dream of 1889
A Seattle streetcar consolidation promised a single nickel fare from the bay to Salmon Bay, linking the city's future through private transit deals.
- The Streetcar Company Promised a Double Track. Yesler Avenue Wanted It Now.
A city council committee heard residents and bondholders argue over a one-year extension—and over who would pay for the growth the railway had promised.
- Ballard’s Big Expansion Ambitions
The growing town of Ballard moves to annex territory, aiming to secure land before Seattle can claim it.
- A Struggling Congregation's Plea for a Permanent Home
In 1889, a small band of Swedish laborers turned to the public to save their Gethsemane church from being sold by its financiers.
- The Streetcar Franchise Fight That Put Seattle’s Council on the Spot
Property owners demand the double track promised with their $900,000 subsidy; delegates reject an extension, and aldermen agree to hear the crowd.
- Extension of Time for Land Settlement
A new congressional act provides crucial relief for settlers on former Northern Pacific land grants along the Columbia River.
- The Paving of Second Street
A pivotal public works project in 1889 captures a city in the midst of rapid transformation.
- The Bridge to Nowhere
A liability lawsuit reveals that the City of Seattle refuses to take responsibility for the Grant Street Bridge, claiming it sits on state tide lands.