A-Z History of Sumner, Washington - Infrastructure Provided in part by Daffodil Valley Times and the City of Sumner.

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Infrastructure Civic improvements made early in its history helped Sumner grow form a town into a city. They include: • Incorporation • Building a town jail and two bridges across the Stuck River at $500 per bridge • Granting the franchise for telephone equipment to Sunset Telephone Company and instructing the town Marshall to stop baseball games on Main Street • Pouring the first concrete sidewalks and banning cows from roaming town streets • Opening a paved road between Sumner and Alderton • Operating two bus lines between Sumner and Tacoma • Establishing a floating lending library • Moving the library into the Ryan House, presented to Sumner by George and Lucy Ryan. • Constructing the present White River Bridge on Main Street. • Changing Sumner’s status from a town to a city, purchasing property at Maple Street and Alder Avcnue for a city hall, and installing ornamental street lights. • Introducing a 2% sales tax • A city beautification project that included planting, flowering trees along city streets. Previous Page | Next Page List of cited resources Information on these pages is provided in part by Daffodil Valley Times Staff and The City of Sumner, Wa.

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