Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company
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CompanySeattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company
Certificate Type
Capital Stock
Date Issued
December 3, 1888
Canceled
Yes
Printer
Franklin Bank Note Company
Signatures
Hand signed
Approximate Size
11 1/4" (w) by 6 3/4" (h)
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Historical Context
The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) was founded in Seattle, Washington, on April 28, 1885, with three tiers of purposes:
- Build and run the initial line to the town of Ballard, bring immediate results and returns to investors
- Exploit resources east in the valleys, foothills, Cascade Range, and Eastern Washington in 19th-century style, attracting more venture capital
- Boost a link to a transcontinental railroad for Seattle, the ultimate prize for incorporation.
The line was completed from Seattle to Sumas at the border, with British Columbia, Canada, connecting with the Canadian Pacific transcontinental at the border at Huntingdon, British Columbia, now part of the City of Abbotsford.
The SLS&E also built and ran branches from Seattle through Bothell, on to Woodinville, to Sallal Prairie (just past North Bend); Salmon Bay (the industrial district of the town of Ballard); and Spokane to Davenport. Toward the latter end, one goal was creating a rail connection to North Dakota via Wallula, an outpost on the Columbia River in the early decades of railroad booms, near the present Tri-Cities.
Local historian William Speidel reported that Henry Villard, tycoon of the Northern Pacific Railway (NP), had the federal rights and had the line through Wallula built. The SLS&E was first incorporated to build a line from the Seattle harbor in old Downtown, along Elliott Bay to the lumber and fishing town of Ballard.
The line eventually was controlled by the Northern Pacific.
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