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14 stories matching merger
- The Birth of a Utility Titan: The Stone & Webster Merger
A new $8,000,000 holding company, the Puget Sound Power Company, has been incorporated to consolidate regional electric and streetcar systems.
- The Boom That Built Bellingham: How Four Towns Merged Into One City
In the spring of 1904, the bustling communities of Sehome, Whatcom, Fairhaven, and Bellingham were rapidly converging. With housing prices soaring and carpenters working day and night, this historic merger created the city we know today.
- The Man Who Shook Hands with History
President Roosevelt’s visit to Walla Walla sparked a political firestorm and a rare moment of cross-cultural connection.
- Roosevelt’s Secret Indorsement: The President vs. The Railroad Barons
At a private Tacoma banquet, Theodore Roosevelt publicly backed Governor McBride against the wishes of powerful Washington Senators Foster and Ankeny, igniting a fierce political war over railroad regulation.
- The Four Cities of the Bay: A Failed Marriage
Delegates from four separate municipalities on Bellingham Bay meet to debate the dream—and the logistical nightmare—of merging into a single metropolis.
- The Railroad King’s Surprise Endorsement
Northern Pacific president Charles S. Mellen shocks local business leaders by backing Teddy Roosevelt—despite the President's aggressive trust-busting.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Political Independence
Democratic candidates rally in the Fifth Ward against the 'one-man' rule and corporate influence in municipal governance.
- The Great Merger: How Two Kennewick Newspapers Died to Save the Town
In April 1914, the Courier and the Reporter merged into the Courier-Reporter because a town of 2,000 people couldn't afford two papers. It was a stark lesson in economic consolidation.
- Republican Rally at the Raymond Hotel
Campaign rhetoric heats up in the Fourth Ward as politicians debate the mayor's administration and the meaning of 'mergers.'
- The Failed Fusion of Whitman County Politics
The local Democratic convention suffers a crushing blow after Populist delegates reject a proposed merger.
- Whatcom and Fairhaven Almost Become One City — but Fairhaven Balked
A proposed merger of the two bay towns raised questions of debt, water and electric power, and who would control the new city.
- Railroad Merger Sets Sights on Tacoma
Four rail subsidiaries consolidate as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway pushes toward a May arrival in Tacoma.
- Monopoly Comes to the Walla Walla Meat Market
Local business owners consolidate competing markets into a single corporation to dominate the regional trade.
- A Grand Religious Merger
Three major Protestant denominations move toward organic union to increase efficiency and emphasize common values.