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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1901
Page
3
A feature on Ballard as a growing Seattle-area town benefiting from Pacific Coast prosperity. The piece notes immigration boosting Washington, rapid suburban growth, and nearby mills producing vast timber supply for global markets.
The article surveys Ballard Washington’s rapid growth as a lumber and shingles hub with cedar shingle mills and shipyards. It notes large employers, new mills, rising population from about 4 560 to over 6 500, street improvements, and pending Lake Washington canal plans boosting commerce. It highlights key firms and leaders in real estate, hardware, groceries, clothing, and shipbuilding, plus the Lake Washington canal project and its economic impact.
Ballard forms an active chamber of commerce with major local businessmen. The group meets at city hall to discuss city business and is chaired by Mayor P M De Mons and City Officers John Johnson and Treneuver J MurGoch.
Dean D. Plants has run a Ballard grocery business for two and a half years. A stranger arrived in the city and began to engage in related activity, indicating the start of local commerce expansion.
Co. H. Martin, now in Southern California, has opened a law and real estate office at Third and Ballard avenues. He expects Ballard to prosper and plans to make it his permanent home.
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