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Originally published in the South County Journal, December 16, 2002
By Dean A. Radford
Journal Reporter
Some King County Council members are having second thoughts about transferring Lake Sawyer Park to the city of Black Diamond.
Larry Phillips, chairman of the council’s budget committee, wonders whether the city can fulfill the county’s vision to turn the 165 acres into a regional park similar to Redmond’s Marymoor Park. (more…)
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Originally published in the Pacific Coast Bulletin, December 16, 1926
Modern facilities for bunkering ocean steamers are employed by the Pacific Coast Coal Company at Portland, Oregon. Commerce in in the Columbia River is teeming with activity, and to keep pace with the demand for speed and economy the company coals all vessels at the Port of Portland’s terminal No. 4, at St. John’s.
The picture shows the giant loading equipment which can be moved the entire length of the dock.
The coal is fed onto a long conveyor belt from huge bins back from the dock, and carried to any desired portion the ship by means of the flexible chute shown dangling from the crane.
By Frank Bergmann
Diamond Briquets, playing the feature game in Seattle last Sunday, at Woodland Park, gave the big city a fine exhibition of soccer in their victory over the West Woodland Fuel Co., by a score of two goals to nothing. (more…)
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