City Council Clears Way for New Mill in Old Town
The city council unanimously voted to allow a new lumber mill to tunnel under Northern Pacific tracks, defying the railroad's attempt to stifle local competition.
The attempt of the Northern Pacific railway to shut out the North Shore Lumber company and prevent it from rebuilding the big mill in the gulch above Old Town will not be successful. The city council last night voted unanimously to give the North Shore company a permit to build a sluiceway under the N. P. tracks on Alder street. This will enable the company to run its logs in under the railway and it will now go ahead and rebuild, putting in a mill with 100,000 feet capacity a day.
“The city council last night voted unanimously to give the North Shore company a permit to build a sluiceway under the N. P. tracks on Alder street.”
This battle between a local mill and the railroad over industrial access in Old Town mirrors the perennial struggle between local developers and major infrastructure owners over who controls Tacoma's industrial waterfront and access points.
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