YAKIMA TROLLEYS RUMBLE INTO HISTORY

From: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) | Date: March 18, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

LINDA ASHTON, Associated Press
The Columbian
03-18-2000
YAKIMA -- The Yakima Interurban Lines Association was formed 17 years ago to restore and preserve the city's historic electric streetcars, which run on a five-mile route between Yakima and Selah.
But the community-oriented tourism project has derailed, and many blame a railroad enthusiast who has been the group's elected president since 1998.
In court papers, news accounts and interviews since the first of the year, George Inness has been characterized as a renegade president and accused of a multitude of sins from taking out ...

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