The Blasting of Cedar River
Citizens demand action after heavy construction blasting damages homes in the city's growing residential districts.
Several complaints were made at the police station and City Hall this morning against the Pacific Steel Company, which is blasting on the Cedar River water line along Thirteenth Avenue North. H.J. McNutt reported that a heavy charge of rock had been thrown into his house. In the fields of debris and damage being reported, the Board of Public Works has ordered the blasting stopped, and an order was sent out from headquarters.
“H.J. McNutt reported that a heavy charge of rock had been thrown into his house.”
A century before Seattle’s current battles over construction noise, vibration, and site safety, early 20th-century residents were already fighting the city for the right to quiet and structural integrity against aggressive industrial expansion.
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