The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 20, 1910, Page 8

THE STAR—THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910. R | | ag H ‘ogress oO a a conn ons abun ra) . » e sy ; l {EK progre f a) water nnections in abund-jof the plan which will be} They joined Rollins in urging and L, Frank Brown were the! greate possible : f growing city is usu-jance, The immediate increase | definitely submitted to the . James Wil 1 : a 8 ilson committee which drew up the $1,500 aki Sy detiaed. ip|in land values will undoubtedty vote of the people in the im-if] Oxbow, Heart of the Duwamish J) xi Tighe said witson, constitution uf the club adopted |ar vvaking mg t | f * saic On. | cor on 0 club adopted ance t distré pochs of industrial] be most marked. With the/mediate future Ht | I“Round up some others and|at a subsequent meeting Peas from i a , suecess or commer-/canal finished this land is And a wT . . jm F c ‘ ata jnue ne fi it TY pag | th lee foil. warket ovale a mt igh the promecer In the center of the great in- | as the plans to make the prop- || We'll start right away Board of Trustees. t carth cal gain AS OG) WOTR Ha .cUr marke, ver ot the uwamish waterway dustrial distriet ere by the | erty accessible have been car In a few moments a number The t 1 of j | dre« epochs are represented in some based upon all those factors |are partly selfish in their aim, |} stealghtening and widening of | ried out. ‘The Independent Hlof the leading citizens of se board of trustees, then)” 1 he meal distinct achievement or a re-| that enter into values of such| having property which will be the Duwamish river, Hes Ox Brewing Co, has a tract of 12 | | ACen aaaies. I pnd Pa known as the executive com 1 cantime @ os tel the ron Vithout the : ‘ bow, the commercial addition of | acres which tt will also develop. [f| “eOTBStoy aseemD who, with the aid of the #* ' ver the markable or out-of-the property, Without the canal/increased in value by the pro-!l the city of Beajtlc. Oxbow is | From Inguiries that are being |[{in the directors’ r { the rth , Hi we ‘ he land is oh, wit . ‘ eo ¢ o je. xbo al mn 9 ha ‘© ben, © « Ctl 1 Oo ” i ied mos 1 wr ‘ nary accomplishment the land worth whatever it] posed improvement, they will|f) q part of the city of Seattle, | made regarding Oxbow property |[| Citizen wht at Coorgetows orm § rforme me t of the oy means in its fulfillment an will bring none the less be considered |! directly west of Georgetown, | it Is evident that many other in- Bland the temporary organiza-| Pie nary work of organiza age oa i measured stride towards final The canal settles, for a long| benefactors of Seattle when| |, on the beoks of the Duwam- | dustrial concerns have thelr Pisin. of the Duw ish’ River | Uom were E. W. Way, chair-| °F ‘ vas business supre come at least, the ques-|their work is completed, and ish river It has been named | eyen turned toward Oxbow as ‘ vali A man; James Conway, Adolph) V7?" wiciotis has | factory sites, for it will] all Be Oxbow on account of the groat | the most favorable spot on |f| Improvement Club was under! ponveng C. L. Wilson, Ben| PY. & 2. | Seattle has beer factory si f Nhe the more so because they |f) pend of the river, which al | which to locate Il way M ae ton, 1cie ta to this rule. In the within its presen ys¢ to pay out of their own | ff) most ‘entirely surrounds the | Th riret | mOySCs, 3 ‘ amiiton, | ‘ | e settlement of the First | ; N nece rh velous gt and increa re than four miles of cts for a work which will|]} tract, affording it over three | ay. bridge controversy, | by | Club Is Organized. | Thon as Carstens, Fred Newell, | 00° 18 Lawes nine } sic « whi » * ‘ . an ne be ¢ aeren need enough money to In- | 7 rn aug ames F. Me oO a commercial expansion , ! every foot vhich |every resident of the city acorcminataly the basrewest | sue’ the pion ee - . was perfected un the guid sig Poe ames ty r Y egi been sharply defined by will at once enjoy special ad When the Duwamish river|}} portion of the tract and the old | bridge on First ay. 8. across the ance of Robert Bridges, of Oril-| onahan Patrick McGee,| er vmpia Gy “event There was the « ‘ es r manufacturing |is lined with factories and ves river will be dredged ont, af | Duwamish river at Oxbow, will Ilia, at a meeting held in the Spencer, D. Hamm J : ing of the first railroad I se jsels, and an army of bread fording Georgetown ite harbor give an impetua to the develop. Pi Citizens’ bank January 30 Wardall, The pre-| ‘ Bice . sisiti Buce | rontage and at the same time | ment of Oxbow factory sites a K January Sect ten po ga Meet | r m, Jol acquisition Success Is Unique. jwinners are spending their retidering Oxbow's waterfront The bridge will be ap tial Following were the officers of | "4" . ae push od Pe cele continent nes ways the success of earnings in Seattle, leaving|[) age navigable for ships of all | steel structure Mtable fo he temporary organization TES IMEMOSTETY SOLE ey eT otit . aed and ¢ ect to date is unique, Prosperity in their wake arate trom: any” pe of the | both team and car traffic, It | Wit resident: G,| list of ms whe sates in the)y ra ship Nebras | ne t time ry. so|names of Robert Bridges, J world will connect Oxbow directly MN hy i’ Cc district obtained, and the peti- | °""* “ . ) Oo} . . Oxbow f# only threé and a | with the business ce {8 " er ‘ J | Har CC Wi of the Klon " nown, where the pr McLaughlin, Adolph Behrer h twin enter of Be i 4 tion for the formation of the] if i v ere prop hh teh half miles from Pion square, | attle, over First ay. 8, and at Conner treasurer, A. Slo > » | bill p the i cee f d together|C. L.. Wilson, “t Hamil: !f) along the straight | sales over viet ov. Ge ana At Hh coins, firet vice president ; Cy P.| Carnie prepared (by John Be Pe ea ae wealthy { worked and spent|ton, C. P. Rollins, D, Hamm, |] haul of Firet av. 8 } Alitien for the factories |f| Rollins, second vice pre nt,| Shorett, who was employed as} 040° Bie other a ir own w y for par Frank Paul, James Wilson : mct is an level an & , hi ting there ae densi ware attorney for the club ip ntil A spectact nterest pose of assessing themselves to| Geatee McFarlane, Fred New-|Il Se revue aor ine aie’ s The distance from Ploneer Hj rviges, Orillia: J The boundaries of the pro-}* LO" \@ an in . ost sates 5 4 Ns ; : ‘ equires ne 4 i | square to the Oxbow tract ts : ye ee Ose $ of 1} t equal value as a “boc 1 a commercial waterway. |¢ll, Ben Moyses, C. H. Upper, |] ready for immediate use | hree and # half miles, {f/South Park; E. J. Mc posed district were fixed hepa obby a psych re de such | F. R. Singleton, Ja F. Mc Orrow an beer deve loped by | and it is extimated by the traffic Seattle: C. L. Wilson, George. | ™uch work by a committee and |)" ’ > Re J < it ; oa " " the cLaughite ealty ©, | departme o se) She ‘ bag nounced Mare ) gi I o And city Ris been |Elroy, Charles Hale, Max||} (ha, Mclauanila, Realty | Co, | department of the Heattle Elec: town; Louis Smith, Auburd;|announced larch 30. An eng cing aches il hy " in Var nes Conw tt . . soneg } ¢ Nh he run between " , 1 , ommission consisting |* reir reache ey the federal govern-| Wardall; James Conway, E; This company bas slwaya been | Plonecr square and Oxive oii 1|B: H. Bowen, Kent; Lee) Rrering qunniseon conseu toma ing of a petition calling for an funds or the funds of the/ gene Way and the others who/f} a leader In any mc be made tn 16 minutes whon nahan, Renton; James Wil-| 2 SSSR, Saeetants nites | The bill election on the question of Never have the people | have assisted in the work of |f/ develop the South » | care are opern The Seattle m, Oxbo James Nelson States engineer, R. H, Thom-| We Straighten and dredging the i ia itt the Duwamish River Improv first industrial plant to be | Electric Co. plans to exter p ra son, city engineer of Seattle, ].|/ t 13 without Duwamish ri To all prac-|} hed oF requested that they |" bebe prove located fn the Duwamish river | ite First av, 8. car line across Renton Junction ; Joel Sho y Blackwell A 1: Vato vote. It was si uwamish rives Ht prac-| be allowed to pay the cost di-|ment Club will not be forgot Valley as a rewult of the water: | to Ox direct as soon as tho (f| Maker, Tukwila; Charles Hale, Amey +) eeenad 18 by ¢ Hay, th tical purposes the improvement | rectly out of their own pockets. | ten, for it will be due to their|[) way improvements was secured | bridae is completed and the |f|Georgetown; Walter Mess and City Engineer Bostian, of | ° 0?” My 4 os te as under wa) on The Duwamish project w as | eff s that the epoch of in-| fj for Seattle by the Melaughtin } franchise tn granted by the city |f/O'Brien; J. B. Shorrett, We eae! ~<a wae eopctate icy, TOE otenballll hile the election ts sull to Db€laise . . sq dustrial « rlopme: th y ‘0. he =bipbuiiding | council. i _ il 20 and rendered their r epter held and the people in the im oe eich a re and : oth % rita m6 ty seas m te plant, erected at Oxbow by, E.] The building of this bride any a. ert By rai pes in June, covering the i jcue to celebrate the eam a ar n actically assured of success | SOUt ley i ave com oath, for a number of | makes Oxt A South Seatt \ amilton : S act POT i " ate dis ¢ yet to vote : le . Man Peper , & bow accessible both . by M sroveme: . t of the new law mediate district are yet to vote lin record breaking time. From|¢afly in the city's history, in|[| years @ ‘Tacoma saipbullder. | for manufacturing and resi. |f| Georgetown; P. McGee, South | Provement. as it is at present w 1 wit for ‘or against the improve-|———___—_—_—— -————-|time to take advantage of the Tacoma loves an industry and | purposes long in advance |f| Park: E. D. Seorgetown jOutlined in the Duw OW, with speeches ment, so carefully have the pro Opening of the Pa a canal Seattle caine it, a» the alt | completion of the Du John Musiler, Georeetown D. i Hay, Senator Piles) canal forces. worked. that the pay gee PRlirwinn sacar bas Ning erprise of as Made | sh river waterway Astute a t a - k a ator Cotterill, B : v }3 ' an § e © securing of the oath re are realizing thin fact amm, South Park romas jHanson, Bry results of the poll can only re first in the race for commercial |} plant i» but a start in the in- | and are purchasing wites at Ox. |f| Carsten attle; J. A, Ward ther mem irs sult, they say, in an over jsupremacy on the Pacific §{ dustrial movement at Oxbow, | bow before the advance in || Georgetown: S. D. Goff, River other members off whelming majority in favor of coast The Artistic Ornamental fron | prices whieh will be ce te 4 i I toy Du Par |Councilman Way, die: project / | Works has secured a tract on | come with the inauguration > a Rgaali atime elacler seg ay | | Pres C HR ; i Start of Movernent. which to erect a plant as sopn | work upon the waterway | Will Piggott attle, and IThe ommercia’ nsion Sure. Cecil H. Upper, Georgetown. i ee " rgctown was the birth ‘ A , cess + That this 1 forecast an} ' " LT The original plan was to in- A place of the Duwamish mc ‘ own ned the 4 epoch of ind al development} | cmt —N , clude the tire stretch of he way ment, which according t TOWN i ithe ion of for the city of Seattle which oe river from tt bay to Black ‘foes ; present indications will, within j which was first will result in another marvelous iy > r ‘ River Junction in the improve | : , , ithe next few years, transform bs / : 7 |signatures at that time period of commercial expan- \ ies walt ' “ jment. F. R. Singleton, a Se The rk of Gal | ey of the Duwamish ; " he work ol % m is ce ' . “ attle pub yf ma s % a mi fee Tt at it i ho _ tiver from a truck garden patch ' at | licity an, wa = lsince been cente ‘ ine ale _ value Bad ina’ to a manufacturing and ship if “he x} = eme = effort of obtaining nay wy ; s ‘it of the ping center of an extent un jsut vf ' “a te : th nas “a jto the petition eam ee eee ae equaled by any city on the| 4h ey ea en rie jowners represent Pacific coast is equally certain Pacifi a jand committees were appointed of the acreage am 1 P it be et ; » o secur emberships d ; be! And that it will be ranked, es, Early on the mort of * 4 t ure m “0 rships and required by the time to come, as one of the} January 23, 1909, Lafe”’ o pe funds for the club. ' the petition effi very most important works that | 1 My ’ . | vid One of the first acts of the . anit ? . «et, Hamilton met James Wilson a debe ’ was a gigantic have been undertaken to the ‘ . OS eS club was to send a lobby con ah Stren toate i 108 sed} now secretary of the Duwam ahd ‘ we gr ae Wil Rot been acc city's. bettern is forecasted | F. R. SINGLETON. ish River Improvement Club BANK g of James Wilson, J of trustees in light of Seattle's past com-| ms Ue “atreet h bs ; - jert Bridge John B. Shor- lis fil a Glctal telateny | Much of the credit for the auc-/ Ol f1¢ Sireet in this city and F ett to Oly: to oppose the a chal ny ih gl ceas of the Duwamish canal pro- | 54! | > , Bootie Mant missioners they sh “— wh have spree ject is due to the work of Francts| “Jim, why don't you get Lek .“ a pe bill, the ‘ oe M. L. HAMILTON hearing and if @ watched the city’s industrial|R. Singleton, who was employed|busy and form that improve ng ete Ae gn M. L. Hamilton, of Georgetown, | found to be ade expansion the successful cul-|from the time of organization to| |with the plans of the © club. |nas t : t ‘i handle the sabi ment club you were talking ° ‘ has been one of the active boosters }tion wil! be called mination of the agitation for | handle the publicity campaign for) |) Largely through the efforts of fer the Duwamish river improve-| "i the club. He is a fluent and cap-|#bout to make a ship canal of | band : whether the di the Duwamish improvement " ‘ the lobby the | men| fe was one of the six who r tnt lable writer, and gave the move-|the Duwamish river? > i st t formed and to means much. They see, for in- : ; jand the drift originally started the movement ear ch. They 4 ment a tremendous im je with) “Why don't you get busy par ' Mr. Hamilton has been a resident |Sioners to cary stance, an additional twenty-|his forcible articles in the various | yourself? I'm busy tl which the club was interested, of Seattle and vicinity for £3 years. | through four miles of water front added | Publications in Seattle and King! Fie.) a vente Fae greta was passed, although amended. Ae has made his residence in the | They ke of fe to the already great. harbor | “OW? + a Serpe On bruary 16, at Ward's 8outh district for the last 15 years, | phils ‘ts sag ik ‘of he pt" Mr. Singleton ie at present one | sition,” responded Wilson ji halt thee sd and ts a heavy property owner and| ‘trict has been ¢ “eH thousands of acres of ad-lot the board of trustees of the} ‘That afternoon, on his re tstrn | 4 The home of the Citizens’ bank, at Georgetown, and Cect) H | 40" {NS Pert oe nt af ganiza-| paver ’ fin record inane mal sites fo nufacturing | chub, severa e ueces k 4 pper, it Pi . Oo} F as fo and lo ditional sites for nufacturing lub, and several very successful | from Seattle, Wilson met C.| er, ite president. it .was in the dir re’ room at this bank that | ton wa med and the follow Say. Waaiatlen 3 has been financed d industry created rereto- | “eatures of the strenuous cam the Duwamish River Improvement club was first 1 ing officers mamec 20) r. Hamilton is a contractor and and ir ry a her PR v mw r rganized. Mr. | Ing ficer na 1 Robert De iil fas aetile ickeale ign that the procanal forces ollins on the street Upper has been one of the strong factors in furthering the cause of a deen president: Tames Wit practical road builder and a good/erty owners of facturing nb lips have waged were due to his sug-| “Say, Wilson, why don't you| “Better Duwamish,” Parl da tae Bt : Vy N roads enthusiast. His practical) with aid from Gea acturing zone remade SO aS tO | gestions. He has had wide exper-| go to work and start a move - ——_—— a ms son, secretary; C. C. Conner, | knowledge has been of material as-| city of Seattle andi offer every necessary conyeni-|lence in the newspaper field and) ment to mak i thr / : ‘ ——|treasurer; A. Slocum, first vice | sistance ttf furthering the Duwam-|a i oo at gf ge - ence and facility for the further |"@s successfully exploited a num ake a ship canal out) “Why don’t you do it your-|“Lafe” Hamilton and E, L.|president, and C. W ees, |! project. He is at present a} Phe approval @ ne nee / ber of big projects, both of a pub.\°! the Duwamish?” said Rol-| self?” rejoined Wilson Poe Sl vg nea a candidate for the office of county | the officers was Showm rowth of our “smoke-stack”|* bros dul C" J Wilson both approached the} second vice president. E. D.) commismone: z 5 industry He and private nature ins. At that psychical moment|couple from across the street.|Karr, Councilman E. W, Way trie from the south dis-/ re-election at the fetamy Wee. gee | a 7 rf ‘ aa ty | meeting Asa result 4 wieldly strea the date the first board organ-| Imeeting the board of | the city trat ito the ofiting of th LEADERS IN THE DUWAMISH PROJECT [ns increased Ga artery for commer with auffic eee et Petition wall be appr lof the f lowell ; cient widt! i depth 4 sbi car. The Lake Wash | Frank H. Paul, Wee abi Fe ‘ St aay t cana iprovement ha Tis ee ton, J. 88 gage Ne carr . en bandied about for 35 year and Fre hneider: 7 e ; t tods n anything The plans Deane watereer M. Clay istant U ' cs . engines R. \gain, the mer o have had seattie; J. B f 1 i the peti Valentine re at { all those neer Rostian of Geonyam : n : ; for a way 500 feet jer ! ben : exten rom the I ‘ i thes ar « i e the project g 8] } ri ew 4 t t trom 4 & r e land t 5 y an Li at ¢ ne high P pr rt , j ) Adds to Harbor Arm Ra 1 ' | Th ng @ - eK ¢ ive h will be @ Hh The a t the 1 are to be Bes 5 f 4 sin sips. Inf BR: ca ) avor of the Du JAMES WILSON : , \ ave the : : Cuca md t 4 hed GEO, McFARLANE 0 gs nd to the i } th waite « that may be 1 - D the coes, and, B ) © necessity ‘ vtertal aay | Ave wr com river * | fie «only give nberse Worked Hard hustastl ng the roving: y would! urge wall j tra ' t det aed 1 t the details JAS. F. M'ELROY | FRANK PAUL, | FRED NEWELL. | ©. R. ROLLINS. G bk. WILSON