New Timber Giant Incorporated in Seattle
A new logging firm files articles of incorporation as the region’s timber industry continues its rapid expansion.
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The following incorporation has filed its articles in the office of Secretary White: The Tolt Logging Company, Seattle; capital stock, $20,000. Trustees: Lyman Elmore, John W. Emerson, and J. K. McDonald. Its object is to engage in the business of logging in Washington Territory and to cut, manufacture and prepare sawlogs and piles for the market, and to sell the same.
“Its object is to engage in the business of logging in Washington territory and to cut, manufacture and prepare sawlogs and piles for the market.”
The Tolt Logging Company represents the era when timber extraction fueled Seattle's rapid growth, laying the foundation for the city's corporate economy. Today, the tension between resource extraction and the preservation of watershed areas remains a central theme in regional land-use debates.
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