Opposition shifts on municipal street railway in 1895 Seattle
A Beattle daily account from 1895 notes prominent opponents to municipal ownership, led by Frink and others, later championing municipal Cedar River water plans. It recalls their earlier stance against public ownership and contrasts with the Cedar River water proposition and the idea of city control of water supply.
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Nistory
Beatile Daily
James Goldsmith
John H. McGraw
George Donworth
H.C. Menry
J. T. Konald
Josiah Collinag
J. M Frink
J. D. Hee
PK. Struve
M. Frink
Washington Iron Works
Seattle Electric Club
Seattle Economic Club
Seattle Tan Dodgers Club
Munic
Iipal
Seattle
Cedar River
Va the Post Intelligencer
Prink
Lake Washington
Cedar River Proposition
Previk
Public Service Corporation
Okanogan Feature in September Magazine Poem
The September issue will feature the Okanogan country and western Canada along the Canadian Pacific route in a poem by Hel L Wilhelm. General coastal formation themes will be illustrated by half tide views of the fluid scenery in the northwest.
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Okanagan
Canada
Hel L. Wilhelm
Mother Reclaims Daughter From Restricted District in Great Fatla
Mrs. 8 Whitmore of Great Fatla Montana left for home with her 16 year old daughter who had been found in the restricted district. The girl initially resisted but relented after help from the police chief.
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8 Whitmore
Great Fatla
Mont
Cedar River pollution suit dropped by King County Medical Society
The King County Medical Society will withdraw its injunction suit and follow sanitary experts' recommendations on Cedar River pollution. Dr. George H. Randell states the society will urge the city to act on expert guidance, believing moving the riverbank away reduces contamination risk. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs J L Char Dinera of West Seattle on August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King County Medical Society
Cedar River
George HM. Randell
The Two Roses charms audiences at the Grand theater
The Stewart Opera company presented The Two Roses at the Grand to strong acclaim. Miss Day impressed in dual roles while Haydn Mins Schalek and Mr. Lantie earned praise for ensemble work. The Female Detectives also drew a large crowd at the Third Avenue theater as the same bill runs through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Opera Company
Strange
Rabette
Haydn
Mins Sehalek
Mr. Lantie
Armonk
Gaich
Mr. and Mere
Oldfield
Ferdinand
Rose
Themale
Third Avenue Theater
Taylor Company
Wittens
Willem L. Raymare
MM. J. Mosley
Clancey Brothers
New York
Lowrette
Tyleries
Witte Det
Staries
New Vaudeville Bill At Star Theater
At the Buar theater this afternoon a new vaudeville bill plays before a packed house. The program includes comedy song minstrel banjo playing card manipulations and moving pictures with a full review planned tomorrow afternoon. Evening performances are set for 7 20 and 9 o clock.
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Star
Buar
Btar
Will Be Mayor Pro Tem West Seattle Leader Tends Rise
Councilman James Cunningdon, senior West Seattle official, is expected to be named Mayor pro tem to lead municipal affairs until the December election. Mayor De Neuf, who has led since January, departed for San Francisco Friday night. Earlier, he worked as an architect in Seattle. Low colonist rates noted for westbound travel with prepaid tickets at the Great Northern Ticket Office in Seattle.
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James Cunningdon
West Seattle
de Neuf
San Francisco
Architect In
Seattle
Great Northern Ticket Office
Becond
Columbia
Moore buys 80 acres near University of Washington for 320000
James A. Moore acquired eighty acres of Puget Mill Company land near the University of Washington for 320000 as part of a plan to create University Park, an exclusive residential district with restrictions on stores and saloons. The project aims to beautify Seattle, improve streetcar access, and prepare grounds for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
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James A. Moore
Puget Mill Company
University of Washington
Moore
University
Seattle
Capitol Hill
University Park
Olmstead
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Jacob Furth
Frink
Okanogan
University Boulevard
Washington
Bowdoin College
Maine
Harvard
Massachusetts
Yale
Connecticut
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