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- Sep 8, 1887The Street Improvement FiascoWorkers left penniless and street projects stalled as city contractors vanish without pay.Tacoma, WA
- Oct 19, 1887The Sting on Washington StreetA bold bribery attempt backfires when a Seattle constable and a city official lure a man into a trap, leading to a dramatic arrest.Front Street & Washington Street, Seattle, WA
- Jan 16, 1908A Tie Vote Leaves Newport's Telephone Franchise HangingThe old council adjourns sine die after deadlocking on a telephone ordinance; the new mayor and marshal take office amid a 154-name petition.Newport, WA
- Apr 9, 1908A City Divided Over Its Water: Newport's Council Fights Over the Carter Springs WarrantsA taxpayer lawsuit over warrants for Carter Springs split Newport's council, with the mayor warning the city could not afford a $30,000 water plant.Newport, WA
- May 7, 1908A Midnight Council Fight Over Rails, Rubbish and ResidencyNewport's council spent a long May evening weighing a railroad franchise, ordering alleys cleaned, and questioning whether one of its own members actually lived in town.Newport, WA
- May 7, 1908The Councilman Who Lived Across the State LineA lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.Newport, WA
- May 21, 1908Newport's Railroad Franchise Went Through in a Single NightIn May 1908, the Commercial Club packed the council meeting and Newport's leaders voted without dissent to hand the Idaho & Washington Northern its franchise, betting the town's future on rail and industry.Newport, WA
- May 21, 1908The Electric Company Said It Couldn't Power the Mill. Newport Said It Had Better.When Northern Electric refused to supply power to the Pend d'Oreille River Lumber Company's planing mill, the town council declared the franchise violated and ordered service restored—or else forfeiture.Newport, WA
- Jan 21, 1909Newport's New Council Takes On Sunday Liquor—and the Saloon Back DoorAt its first meeting, the council rejected a Union Street saloon license, ordered barroom windows stripped of frosted glass so police could see Sunday drinking, and barred interior doors that let patrons slip between saloon and building.Newport, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Fire Limits, Flying Switches and a Fifty-Year Franchise: One Evening at Newport's City HallIn a single session the council moved to outlaw frame buildings downtown, chased street grades on three avenues, turned back a second telephone exchange, and heard that trains were nearly killing people at the Fourth Street crossing — three times in one day.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- May 31, 1917The Fruit Growers' DilemmaFederal promises to prioritize fruit shipments during WWI don't solve the long-term transportation and infrastructure crisis facing Kennewick's orchardists.Kennewick, WA