C. B. Talbot
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- Mar 6, 1893The Battle for Tacoma's WaterA complex struggle unfolds as private interests and the city council clash over a million-dollar water contract.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 24, 1893Tacoma Council Ghosts Water Works Bidders, Raising Questions of CorruptionFour engineers waited two hours to present plans for a gravity water system. Not a single council member showed, and observers whispered the fix was in for the private water company.Seattle, WA
- Jun 21, 1894Tacoma's $1.75 Million Water Deal Went Bad—and Taxpayers Were Just Catching OnA special dispatch from Tacoma reports that the city's purchase of the old water plant was sold on a false promise of mountain water, while a new bidder offers a cheaper gravity system.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 19, 1894Tacoma’s Water Deal Has Forty Days LeftC. B. Talbot tells the city council his pure-water plan will be withdrawn unless it acts—iron and steel prices have already added $17,000 to the pipe bill.Tacoma, WA