Canal project update on Paget Sound link progress
A report on a proposed ship canal connecting Paget Sound with Lake Union was released yesterday by the House committee on rivers and harbors chaired by Burton. The Chamber of Commerce in Washington received the news confirming the study’s completion and public release.
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Paget Sound
Lake Unilon
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Buron
City considers rail franchises and utilities on Whatcom Avenue
City council discussed eight railroad franchise requests on Whatcom Avenue and named terminal tracks on the most west and east ends. North Coast and Pacific railways filed for western franchises while Seattle Electric seeks a streetcar extension near Queen Anne hill. A steam heat franchise was proposed for downtown businesses and a $40,000 fire house at Third and Pine was introduced. Renton Mil Improvement Club called for a chart.
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Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
North Coast and Pacific Railways
Seattle Electric
Kinnear Park Street
Queen Anne Hill
Pacific Coast Company
Washington Street
Third
Pine
Renton Mil Improvement Club
City considers brick paving project and water fund status
A city committee reviewed ordinances including brick paving from Union to Madison, and a water fund debt to the general fund totaling 106,671 dollars. Proposals also discussed budget increases, court allowances, and a district to fund regrading on Jackson Street.
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Union
Midison
Riplinger
Yaxlor Way
Thirtieth
Molgate
Pirat
Jackson At
Rescue Efforts Underway After NYC Tunnel Cave-In
Rescuers race to free several men trapped by a Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel collapse at Long Island City. Flooding from Newton Creek endangers the rescuers as the sewer mouth is blocked and water fills the tunnel.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
Newton Creek
Tacoma Tid Bits: Mill Accident Kills Hoff and Fatally Injures McKeever
Stephen Judson reports a mill accident at the West Coast Lumber Company mill where a shingle machine fell 11 feet, crushing Albert Hoff fatally and injuring W M McKeever who died hours later. The day’s other items include theft at State Business College, squatters burned at Johnson's fishing camp, and Rev J P Marratt elected president of Ministers' Alliance.
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Stephen Judson
Pioneer
Albert Hoff
W. M. McKeever
West Coast Lumber Company
Hoff
McKeever
Operator Driven Out In Butte Mining Turmoil
Thomas C. Crowe, a well known mining operator from Idaho Springs, was driven from Butte by armed miners after a tense morning clash. He had faced recent Colorado mining troubles and later returned to the city for a luncheon with Haynes, then read the assay of the Seattle Boston Copper Company's ore on page 2.
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Butter
Mont
Thomas C. Crowe
Idaho Springs
Colo
Butte
Dewih
Colorado
Seattle Boston Copper Company
Murderer Arrested in Cripple Creek Case Pattern
Dee Allace of Idaho arrested on suspicion as the murderer of four women at Cripple Creek Colorado. Authorities expect the arrest to shed light on a long puzzling spree blamed on a criminal nicknamed the Long Facet Kid. Meanwhile an ad notes a variety of neckwear at Brooks & Co. Portland.
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Allace
Idaho
Dee
Cripple Creek
Lrade
BN. Brooks & Co
Ave
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Board of Engineers
Santa Claus
Specerator
Britannia
Babes IN
Eeere
Rogers
Rogers Ose
Landers
Wallace Broa
Rochester
Sperger & Hurlbut Second and Union
Council News
Willie
New York
Tacoma
Haynes
Senate
N. Trooks &Co
Hd Ave
Shaws Pharmacy
Second
Boeken
Effies
Eastern Outfitting Co., i
Pike Street and
Fifth Avenue
GEO. H. Woodhouse CO
Second Avenue
Chicago Loan Office
Harry Silver
Yealer Way
Our Children’s Department
Ret Avenue
Kitne & Rosenberg, Himelhoch Hros
Tered
Standard Furniture Co
First Ave
Seattle
Avenue
Pike Street
Bract Optical Co
Second Ave
the Star
the Star Publishing Ca
Houghton & Hunter Jewelers
Firat Ave
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