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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1911

Page

9

City Asphalt Plant Idle Sparks Debate Over Waste

Seattle city officials and residents question why the municipal asphalt plant sits idle while incinerator operations waste power. The scene shows leaking barrels, cement stockpiles ruined by rain, and valuable clinkers left untouched, prompting scrutiny by council members Griffiths Hes keth and Erickson as they tour in an auto.

Seattle Barber Asphalt Company Lake Union Incinerator As Halt Berm 1

Rate Gouge Protest Delays Interurban Fare Change

Interurban riders endure higher fares for another 30 days after the Puget Bound Electric Co doubled rates. Some passengers refuse old fares amid a Supreme Court ruling, sheriffs limit arrests, and a transit table lists advanced and lowered rates for various towns along the line.

Puget Bound Electric Co Inter Urban Line Mmpreme Railroad Commission Hodge Seattle Whic Supreme Court Nate Goer Fieravilie Allentown Riverton Age Mortimer Oeter Tington Fen Kent

Couple Murdered Near Minneapolis In Farmhouse Slaying

Police search for killer after Mrs Walter Bolton and an unknown man are found dead on Bolton farm near Minneapolis. The woman lay unclothed in the cellar, the man buried in the garden. Suspect Frank Rhoades, cousin to the murdered woman, worked on the farm. Nearby Ellensburg County votes 360 to 6 to issue bonds for a large canal to water 90 000 acres of valley land.

Minneapolis Mra Walter Bolton Mra. Bolton Mia Bolton Frank Rhoades Ellensburg

Harmless Little Lumber Trust Plans On Pacific Coast

Pacific coast lumbermen propose a $200,000,000 trust organized by Henry J. Pierce of Spokane to unite tidewater mills in Oregon and Washington. He promises no monopoly and no watered stock while aiming for a sound basis and widespread tentative support.

Pacific Coast Henry J. Pierce Spokane Oregon Washington Pierce Lumber Ind

Aviator Frank Paine Dies From Fall In Albion Hospital

Albion, N Y Sept 15 Frank Paine aviator is dying in hospital after a fall from a biplane a day earlier in an aerial accident.

Albion N. Y Frank Paine

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