A Seattle engineer, James M. Colman, went to work and 36 hours (non-stop) later he had the pump back in service.

In 1910 the James M. Colman Estate filed a plat in which the "head" of the slope was deeded for park purposes and the "strip" from 31st down to the lake was named to the memory of Mr. Colman In August 2002, Joseph Jerome Farris, a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, had 120 mature bigleaf maple and indigenous cherry trees in Colman Park cut down to improve the view of Lake Washington from his house.

[3] Norm Maleng, the King County Prosecuting Attorney, declined to file felony malicious mischief charges.

[4] After Judge Farris did not pay the fine on time the city placed a lien on his 8,000 square-foot Mount Baker house.

[5] A jury heard testimony from the gardener when Judge Farris sued his homeowner's insurer for coverage of the fine.