Seattle Lighting cuts BTU standard amid gas cost experiment
The Seattle Lighting company seeks to reduce BTU per cubic foot as part of a public service commission experiment. A December hearing will determine if the change harms consumers while officials argue the move favors cheaper water gas over coal gas.
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Conditions at the county stockade prompt call for reform
Read urged cancellation of the city contract to keep prisoners at the stockade. He described filthy conditions with 69 men sleeping in a 40 by 40 foot room and demanded a modern sanitary building be constructed by the city. Yellowstone Park welcomed 79 777 visitors in the 1920 season.
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Mayor Seeks Amendments To City Charter
Mayor Caldwell asked the city council to place two charter amendments on the ballot. One would remove the general superintendent of railways from civil service and place the commissioner of public health on the board of public works. The other would add the health department to the board overseeing sanitary matters.
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Laborer killed by stump blast at Oregon road camp
In Roseburg Oregon a laborer was killed at a road construction camp near Caman Valley when a blast under a large stump hurled wood into the air. The Russian man, who had a brother in Seattle, died instantly after being struck on the head while taking refuge behind a tree.
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Caman Valley
Seattle
Plant for tare of jelly from seaweeds established in California
A new plant in California processes seaweed to produce tare jelly. The United States provides a significant portion of the world output, though exact figures are unclear.
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