Tacoma: electric city of the Pacific coast
by Louis W. Pratt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pratt, Louis W.
- Title
- Tacoma: Electric City of the Pacific Coast, 1904
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- Tacoma (Wash.) -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 64395
- Release Date
- January 26, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TACOMA ELECTRIC CITY OF THE PACIFIC COAST
- 2.Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade — Officers and Trustees 1903-4
- 3.TACOMA—1904 — Climate and Health. — Distinctive Characteristics. — Tacoma’s Origin and Name. — Growth in Population. — Causes Contributing to Growth. — Abundance of Coal and Coke. — Inexhaustible Supply of Power. — Power Plant at Electron. — Snoqualmie Falls Power Plant. — White River Power Company. — Undeveloped Power Resources. — Access to Raw Materials. — Available Manufacturing Sites. — Lumber Industry at Tacoma. — Largest Lumber Plant in the World. — Other Manufactures of Wood. — Railway Construction and Repair Plants. — Largest Smelter on the Coast. — Flour Mills and Cereal Plants. — Brewing and Malting Establishments. — Railway Facilities and Traffic. — Electric Railway Systems. — Tacoma’s Ocean Commerce. — Mistress of the Oriental Trade. — Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. — Banks and Banking. — Increase in Bank Clearings. — Realty Transfers and Improvements. — Activity in Building Operations. — Federal Building and Collections. — Municipal Improvements and Utilities. — Assessment and Bonded Debt. — Schools, Colleges and Churches. — Ferry Museum and New Public Library. — Hospitals and Asylums. — 800 Acres of Public Parks. — Opportunities. — BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED DURING THREE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1904, BY MONTHS. — TACOMA BANK CLEARINGS. — POST OFFICE RECEIPTS.
- 4.HOW TACOMA GROWS
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