George F. Cotterill
... that before becoming mayor of Seattle in 1912, George F. Cotterill had been instrumental in platting its piers, building its sewers, and innovating its mode of financing major utility projects?
... that before becoming <a class="mw-redirect" href="./List_of_Mayors_of_Seattle" id="mwArw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Mayors of Seattle">mayor</a> of <a href="./Seattle" id="mwAr0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> in 1912, <b id="mwAr4"><a href="./George_F._Cotterill" id="mwAr8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George F. Cotterill">George F. Cotterill</a></b> had been instrumental in <a href="./Plat" id="mwAsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plat">platting</a> its piers, building its <a href="./Seattle_Public_Utilities" id="mwAsE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seattle Public Utilities">sewers</a>, and innovating its mode of financing major utility projects?