Lumbermen Protest Outsourced School Construction
Local builders take offense at a contractor sourcing materials outside Tacoma for the new Lincoln school addition.
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There is considerable complaint among lumbermen in Tacoma over the action of Addison & Hill, the contractors who have undertaken to build the addition to the Lincoln school and who have, it is claimed, gone outside of the city to get their lumber for the school contract. The story is that Addison & Hill have made a deal with a sawmill on the Interurban for cut-rate lumber, while the mills in Tacoma, which employ Tacoma labor and pay taxes here, are left out in the cold. Considerable indignation is expressed.
“The mills in Tacoma, which employ Tacoma labor and pay taxes here, are left out in the cold.”
The tension between seeking the lowest construction costs and prioritizing local economic stimulus—'hiring local'—has remained a recurring theme in Tacoma’s labor and construction history for over a century.
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