Electric line proposal aims Wenatchee Waterville link
A Cashmere commercial club plan to build an electric railway from Leavenworth to Waterville expands to include Wenatchee and Lake Wenatchee. A ten thousand dollar incorporation funds a survey and estimates, with freight and passenger tonnage from Douglass county and wheat shipments as key traffic projections.
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Commercial Club
Cashmere
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
F. M. Scheble
J. B. Adams
A. S. Burbank
Walter Olive
Waterville
Columbia River
Pinest Rapids
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Douglass
Douglass County
Lake Wenatchee
Wenatchee River
Canal debate: sea level vs lock plan analyzed by independents
The New York Independent sent two editors to Panama to study the canal project amid widespread criticism. They compare costs and feasibility of sea level and lock designs, noting high masonry need, wartime risks, and a dam across the Chagres river. Engineers say sea level could finish by 1919 while locks imply 1915, with cost differences driving the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
New York Independent
Canal
Chagres River
Cashmere court fines for cussing amid saloon row and real estate notes
Seattle capitalist Steve Bailey fined five dollars in Cashmere after an on street dispute with Mayor Jones over a saloon license. The item lists numerous real estate transfers, a judge disbarment verdict, and a note about a Great Northern railway survey party.
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Siayer
Steve Bailey
Seattle
Cashmere
Bailey
Jones
Warn
Washington
The
Daily Press
Great Northern Railway
Bellingham
Spokane
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Ine
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Tumwater
W. H. Hadley
Tumwater Light & Water Co
McCall
Phonograph
G. W. Hathaway
Agency For Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Chase & Sanborn
Carhartt
United States
Panama Canal
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Alexander
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Heal
M Emerson
R Higgins
Ira Freer
CH Chapman
J E Graves
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John Evans
LJ Nelson
A C Sherourne
J E Cox
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Geo. McLean
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Alice B Wick
E E Stowell
Eva Freer
Stowells
Myrl J Higley
Henrietta Morton
CR Dexter
J H Morton
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Clara S Bartshe
P Ry Co
Thos McCracken
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
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J B Fosdick
A H McArthur
Chelan Falls
Fred McAusland
Anna Stoner
W F Zwick
Jas Bucanan
G C McCormick
Ralston
E Tonlinson
J W Hallopeter
Wen Sophie Therriault
J H Long
Nob Hill
Wen
Stowell
Florence Tompkins
Jeanette C Peachey
Fred J Detrick
H L Huston
C D Woodin
S H Hopkins
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Clarissa L Lewis
SD Bliss
H E Carr
Miller
C J Martin
D C Haskell
Nettie L Haskell
Melissa L Houck
Virgil Dunbar
Elsie B Patterson
Wm. Mills
OC McManus
Sarah McFarland
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A H Smith
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Rachel C Bond
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Ellsworth France
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W H Spring
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Harry Constantine
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