Разработчик отказался от строительства в Найн-Майл-Фоллс, а сбежавший цирковой слон вернулся в Спокен

В 1976 году застройщик Уильям Мейн прекратил проект из-за серии противоречивых решений комиссии по планированию, а в 1926 году сбежавший слон Тилли был успешно возвращен в Спокен местными охотниками. Эти исторические события демонстрируют сложные взаимодействия между городским развитием и дикой природой в регионе Вашингтона.

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This day in history: Frustrated developer dropped plans for Nine Mile Falls subdivision. Escaped circus elephant arrived in Spokane From 1976: A Spokane real estate developer dropped his controversial proposal to build 225 homes northeast of Nine Mile Falls. William Main said he was abandoning his Lexington Hills development after a series of rulings went against him. First, the Spokane County Planning Commission rejected his initial plan to build 300 homes, primarily because it would be “too dense a development.” Next, the Planning Commission approved a revised 225-home proposal but only on the condition that the subdivision be on sewers, not septic tanks. Main said it was “not economically feasible” to build with sewers. Finally, the Planning Commission told him it would require him to pay for an Environmental Impact Statement. Main called that “a terrible and horrible thing.” “We are going to forget the whole development,” Main said. “I’m tired of fighting it.” From 1926: The 16-day “vacation” of Tillie, a runaway circus elephant, was over. Tillie arrived in Spokane by train, where she was en route to Eugene to rejoin the Sells-Floto Circus. Tillie was one of several elephants who escaped while in Cranbrook, British Columbia. The circus offered a reward of $200, and local tribal members immediately began tracking the animals. “They are wonderful (trackers),” Tillie’s keeper said. “Where we had to go was sure a wilderness. Not a living soul had been in those wilds. It took the Indians two days to locate her after they got right on her trail.” That was only the beginning of her sojourn. Then, they had to coax Tillie 12 miles until they could get her back to civilization. “We did this with pieces of breads,” her keeper said. “You’ve got to treat ’ em kindly and that’s all there is to it.” Meanwhile, two other elephants, Myrtle and Charlie Ed, were still at large near Cranbrook. Circus officials were confident they would capture them soon. “A ton of hay is waiting for the pair of jumbos when they get through being funny,” their keeper said.