Seattle City Considers Municipal Control of Tracks
Citizens and business leaders debate ending Elec company dominance by condemning its tracks and building a municipal system. Proponents claim bonds can be funded by track rentals while opponents fear legal limits and loss of franchise rights amid a navy yard trip and Puget Sound water transit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiirt
Beattie Electric
Eatlake
Second Avenues
Aecmsity
Hecht
Gly
France
Bells Ring Chic Fad Sparks Offic e Building Mystery
A Downtown fad of wearing bells triggers a baffling sound in a city office building. A Diond stenographer reports faint tinkle sounds near an elevator as workers recall a ringing omen and the mystery expands to a Bell display and store sales. Local police comment on rumors and the culprit behind the jingling remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne Ray
Halt & Gowen
Seattle Ships Eye New Orient Trade With Freighter Burst
Local shippers and steamship men discuss scaling up Seattle’s freight capacity for the Oriental trade. Barnston & Hibbard of San Francisco charter two ships for Seattle to Yokohama and Shanghai routes. Worries grow over handling volume as existing lines reach capacity and San Francisco routes may shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ateamera
Seattle Oriental Row
Washington Stevedoring Company
Barnston & Hibbard Company
Stone
Frank Waterhouse
Prank Waterhouse Company
Heston Steamship Company
Hie Company
He Lines
Japan
China
Seattle
Boston Steamahip Company
Nippon Veen Kaisha Company
Great Northern Steamahip Company
Vladivostok
Pacific Coast Company
Pier A
Pier B
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
San Francisco
Orient
Mercantile Marine
Rooseveltevents marked by receptions and tours at DC convention
President Roosevelt plans a convention program with the Bankers Association of the District of Columbia and a US government representative, followed by an annual address and reports. Roosevelts reception for delegates, gallery receptions, and tours of departments are scheduled, plus excursions to Mt. Vernon and Alexandria. Platt Odell duel adds political tension in New York. A woman from Illinois was arrested for attempting to visit the president at the White House chaplain Bay location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Ansociation
District of Columbia
United States
Swinney
Association
Aft
Roosevelt
Delgates
White House
Corcoran Art Gallery
Adville
Fort Myer
Washington, D. C
S—rinee
Thomas ©. Platt
New York
Tie State
Pratt
Odell
Warbhington
Mra
Lucy C. Lee
Manchessat
Oryeter Bay
Secret Service
Bankers Gather in Washington for 31st A B A Convention
In Washington DC bankers from across the nation converge for the 31st annual American Bankers Association convention. Nearly 4000 delegates have arrived with hundreds more expected, as treasury and local bankers prepare elaborate receptions and tours. An opening banquet at the New Willard precedes the first session at the New National Theater with welcome addresses by DC Official John Joy Beadon and others.
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Washington
Dpd. C
American Bankers Association
Treasury Department
Council of the
Association
Wilard
B. BE. Swinney
New National Theater
Nh. FP. Macc Parland
Board of Commissioners of the
District of Columbia
John Joy Bdeon
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Seattle Octopus
U.S. Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Pacific
Pirehare
Auweh City
Radgley'’s
Orhal
Bo He Hille
Max Ragley
Heady’s Barber Shop
Firet
London
Econd
Emal mL
Tuo
Boehe
Bentherg Crome
Belle
Seattle-Japan
Northwestern Steamship Company
Trenholm
Platt
First Ave
Lion Clothing House
Irederson
Cond Avenue
Madison and
Sprive Streets
Wenn
Suattle Agency
Round Oak
Ameri
Quaker City
Finch
Danae
Bia
Orde
Nuiey
Geo. H. Woodhouse
Beeond Avenue
Nches
Ewing
Beckwith
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