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702 stories matching grade
- The Mayor Vetoes a 25% Street Grade
Mayor J. T. Ronald rejects a city ordinance establishing a steep street grade, arguing that a practical road is vital to the city's working-class population.
- Newport's Schools Open to a Crowd—and a Growth Chart
With 211 pupils enrolled on the first day and 250 expected, Newport reads its own boom in the school register, five years after a single teacher taught about 30 children.
- Street Work Stalls as Tacoma Runs Out of Horses
While city contractors scramble for sewer work, a curious equine shortage has brought local street grading to a complete standstill.
- The Great Seattle Grade Grind: How City Hall Raised the Floor (and the Cost) of Living
In February 1889, just months after the Great Fire, Seattle’s City Council and Surveyor Scarry announced a massive infrastructure overhaul. By raising street grades by up to four feet in the commercial district, they forced property owners into a costly conformity that would define the city's vertical landscape for decades.
- Schooling Halted by Measles Epidemic
Richland school board shuttered classrooms to contain a spreading outbreak, sparing only the highest grades.
- The Unending Grading of Front Street
Seattle's downtown thoroughfare is locked in a cycle of costly miscalculations, mud, and construction delays.
- The Supreme Court Halts Seattle's Street Grading
A landmark court ruling forces the city to stop leveling streets unless they pay damages to homeowners.
- Street Grading Blunder Ruins Home
A Seattle property owner sues for $10,000 after city street work triggers landslides.
- The Deadly First Lesson in Prescott
A wealthy farmer's first solo drive in his new automobile ends in a fatal plunge down a steep grade near Walla Walla.
- The Fight for a Kennewick High School
A local resident argues that a dedicated high school is essential for the town's growth and cultural maturity.
- The First Real Map of Seattle
Before the city could be built, it had to be measured—an 1876 engineering project that defined the street grades of early downtown.
- Aberdeen Citizens Grab Shovels to Build Their Own Railroad
Facing economic uncertainty, the people of Aberdeen unite to personally construct a railroad grade to secure the city's future.
- A Rare Grade-Crossing Collision
A gasoline-powered handcar strikes a local attorney's automobile in a bizarre wreck that left a section foreman injured.
- City Council Clashes Over Street Grade Funding
A proposed $400 street grade adjustment at South M and Sixteenth sparks a tense confrontation over the city's dwindling general expense fund.
- The Conflict Between Schooling and Spring Labor
City officials warn parents against letting children quit school early for seasonal work, threatening that those who leave will be forced to repeat their grades.
- Colonel Turner's Stand: A Property Owner Blocks the Electric Railway
Ben Turner obtains a restraining order to halt the Olympia Light Power Company from grading through his donation claim, vowing no road shall pass.
- A Railroad Across Puyallup Land—With the Tribe’s Consent?
Frank C. Ross sends federal officials contracts for a right-of-way through the Puyallup Reservation, testing whether Indigenous consent can authorize construction without Congress.
- The Nutrition Audit of White Bluffs
In an era of public health advocacy, the local Woman's Club helped slash childhood malnutrition rates through school-based monitoring.
- The Price of a City's Ambition
A Seattle City Council report warns that aggressive infrastructure grading, fueled by debt-financed city scrip, is pushing property owners to the brink during an economic downturn.
- The Taxman Cometh: A Seattle Pioneer Defends His Reputation
Prominent settler George Kinnear clarifies his position after appearing on a list of delinquent taxpayers for street improvements.
- Connecting the City to the Lake
Mayor Strove and the City Council inspect the newly completed Jackson Street grade, opening a path from downtown to Lake Washington.
- Seattle’s Endless War Against the Hillside
In 1878, city officials scrambled to grade Mill Street to fix dangerous mudslides—a challenge that continues to plague Seattle’s topography today.
- The Price of Progress: Seattle's Tax Troubles
Property owners grapple with delinquent taxes and the city's aggressive attempts to collect on street grading assessments under the new charter.
- The Westside Streetcar Line Starts Grading Toward Harrison Avenue
Olympia's new Westside Railway begins cutting a street approach and prepares to lay rails across the Port Townsend Southern tracks.
- The Death-Trap at Front and Seneca
A dangerous, makeshift bridge over a Seattle construction site is leaving pedestrians scrambling for their lives as the city struggles with incomplete grading.