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270 stories matching shipment
- Golden Chariot Mine Prepares First Shipment
High-grade copper ore is being hauled to the Oroville station for a trial shipment to the smelter.
- Produce Bottleneck Hits Local Growers
A regional shortage of rail cars leaves potato and vegetable shipments languishing in Walla Walla warehouses.
- Minneapolis Money Shakes the Palouse Wheat Market
An outside buyer offers farmers far more than local dealers can match, touching off a market furore and the first major Eastern wheat shipment since 1893.
- The Berry Boom Hits the Rails
Kennewick's strawberry harvest is so bountiful that the town's depot platforms are overflowing and train schedules are being held to keep up with the demand.
- Washington Burned the Nursery Trees—Then Came the Lawsuit
The state horticulture commissioner destroyed infected shipments from eastern nurseries. Now the nurserymen say he broke interstate commerce law.
- Athena Needs a Warehouse
A local representative of the O.R.N. railroad argues that Athena is perfectly positioned to become a regional shipping hub, provided local storage can keep up with modern demand.
- The Great Potato Bust of 1894
Farmers hold out for higher prices, only to watch the market collapse as California shipments flood in.
- Walla Walla Prunes Conquer London
A successful experimental shipment of fruit across the Atlantic yields high returns.
- The Opium Barrel That Shook Tacoma
A mislabeled shipment of 'sour krout' hides a fortune in smuggled drug, marking the largest seizure in the port's history.
- The Secret Lumber Pool
A clandestine plan to monopolize Pacific Coast timber shipments emerges from the shadows.
- The Reverend’s Smuggled Sawdust
A customs inspector discovers nearly a hundred pounds of opium hidden inside a shipment of 'books' addressed to a clergyman.
- A Railroad Clerk's Side Hustle: 150 Pounds of Opium Land in Tacoma
M. M. Perl, chief clerk to a Northern Pacific superintendent, imported prepared opium from China aboard the Kingston—while federal agents seized a rival shipment under an 1881 treaty.
- The Mysterious Vanishing of $490
A cash shipment intended for Arlington disappears from the Northern Pacific Express Company's transit pipeline, leaving staff scrambling.
- Rail Strike Anxiety Stalls Apple Harvest
Threatened railroad walkouts trigger market volatility and costly diversions for White Bluffs fruit growers.
- The Formaldehyde Oysters That Sickened a Pullman Meat Market's Customers
A shipment of 'fresh' oysters left a trail of upset stomachs—and a state chemist found the preservative that did it.
- The Russian War Scare Hits the Port of Tacoma
Fearful of Russian warships patrolling the coast, San Francisco merchants turn to Tacoma to route their urgent Japanese trade.
- The Looming Strike Threatens the Harvest
Railroads impose an embargo on perishable shipments in Kennewick as a national strike deadline looms for Labor Day.
- National Eight-Hour Day Proposed for Working Women
Federal legislation seeks to ban interstate shipment of goods produced under long-hour conditions.
- The Fumigation Didn't Take: Live Scale Found on Japanese Oranges
A King County fruit-growers' committee inspects a shipment of imported oranges that the state's own commissioner had fumigated, finds the mealy bug and scale still alive, and demands stricter enforcement before the fruit goes on sale.
- The Risks of the 'Shipper’s Order' Grain Hustle
A federal warning exposes how unlicensed speculators were clogging rail yards with hay and grain they couldn't afford to pay for.
- The Ghost Shipment of Charles B. Langtry
A skeptical investigation into a mysterious opium shipment highlights the rampant corruption and 'Inspector Afloat' complacency haunting the Alaska-Seattle steamship route.
- Washington Wheat Rolls East for the First Time
A landmark Northern Pacific shipment carried Walla Walla wheat through Spokane Falls toward Minneapolis, announcing the railroad's promise to turn Inland Northwest grain into global commerce.
- The Great Salmon Train
In a bid to secure freight business, a Seattle railroad manager stored an entire season's catch of salmon in boxcars for six months, resulting in the city's largest-ever rail shipment.
- The Captain's Peculiar Cargo
A maritime dispute reveals a ship captain’s bizarre refusal to transport freight after discovering a hidden shipment of 'stolen' or suspicious barrels.
- Puget Sound Lumber Sails for South Africa
A new steamship and clipper line carries Northwest timber to Delagoa Bay and the gold fields of Johannesburg.