Delegate James
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- Jul 10, 1894Seattle's Fire Chief Accused as the Council Wrestles a Telephone Franchise and a Paving BillBoth houses of the city council meet late into the night: charges that Chief Hunt holds office under false pretenses, a twenty-five-year franchise for the Seattle Home Telephone Company, and a fight over who pays for the sick and injured.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Aug 21, 1894Seattle Paid 90 Cents for Fire Hose Spokane Got for 63, a Councilman ChargedA councilman's tip about a fire-hose price gap turned a routine purchase into a small procurement scandal — and the vendor promptly promised Seattle the lower price.Seattle, WA
- Apr 13, 1895D.T. Denny's Farm and the 'Pingree Plan': A 1895 Experiment in Land for the PoorA committee formed to give unemployed and poor Seattleites land to cultivate, with Denny offering his old North Seattle farm for a year.Seattle, WA