The High Cost of the Seventh Street Tunnel
A jury awards $1,000 to a property owner for damages caused by a railroad tunnel project in Olympia.
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In the superior court today, the jury in the case of Hatch vs. the Tacoma, Olympia and Gray's Harbor Railroad Company returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000. This case was a suit for damages sustained by Hatch on account of the tunnel cut by the company through Seventh Street in this city. Several similar suits are pending.
“This case was a suit for damages sustained by Hatch on account of the tunnel cut by the company through Seventh Street.”
Infrastructure projects frequently clash with private property rights, a dynamic that remains a central tension in urban development across Washington today.
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