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11 stories matching inadequaci
- Postmaster Cuts Hours Over Low Pay
Seattle's post office will close earlier as the postmaster struggles with inadequate funding to support his staff.
- Fire Department Botches North End Blaze
A carpenter shop burns to the ground as equipment fails and engines fail to build pressure.
- City Leaders Demand Immediate Postal Relief
Seattle's Chamber of Commerce warns that the city's growth has completely overwhelmed the local post office.
- The Tigers' Disastrous Home Opener
Six thousand Tacoma fans endure a sloppy, demoralizing loss at the hands of the Oakland ball club, prompting local sports writers to question the team's heart.
- The Fight for Fair Pay at the Grays Harbor Docks
Aberdeen’s civic leaders mobilize to demand a living wage for federal inspectors, arguing that local maritime workload has far outstripped their meager compensation.
- A County With No Hospital Turns a Private Home Into One
When the injured and dying were thrown on San Juan County's mercy, the new Overseer of the Poor had nowhere to put them but his own house.
- The Great Asparagus Betrayal: Why Kennewick Farmers Are Shipping to Seattle
A local grower exposes the hypocrisy of civic pride, revealing that 'local loyalty' is a myth when Seattle pays more for produce than Kennewick brokers.
- Gov. McGraw Opens the State Road Convention at Olympia
Delegates from every county gather in the capital to plan a statewide campaign for better roads — and to demand that the political parties finally take up internal improvements.
- When Seattle's Taps Ran Dry, One Citizen Took the City to Task
A resident of the city's eastern heights petitions the Seattle City Council over empty pipes, fire risk, and water bills—with sarcasm aimed at every authority from City Hall to the White House.
- Lawyers Descend on Seattle to Fix a 'Deplorable' Legal Code
The State Bar Association opens its convention at the Seattle National Bank building, with judges and attorneys pushing nonpartisan courts, a permanent code commission, and better pay for judges.
- The Plan to Ring Puget Sound With Forts—and Put Big Guns on Magnolia Bluff
A federal fortification scheme would turn Magnolia Bluff, Admiralty Inlet and Marrowstone Point into a defensive ring around the new Port Orchard navy yard—if Congress paid for it.