City Eyes New Municipal Dock
Tacoma moves toward funding a public wharf to support local business growth.
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The municipal waterfront committee will recommend this evening at the city council meeting the appropriation of $5,000 to be expended in constructing a city dock and wharf. This was the conclusion the committee reached after discussing the free market question yesterday. The Tacoma Fruit Produce company has agreed to build a $6,000 market building upon the wharf and take a five-year lease.
“There is nothing now that will hinder pushing the matter through.”
Tacoma’s long-standing tug-of-war over public access to the waterfront continues to shape the city's urban footprint. Today’s efforts to balance industrial commerce with public use echo these early civic investments in infrastructure.
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