Edwin Hall Warner
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- Jan 19, 1894The Sewer Scandal: Seattle Engineer Fired for Refusing Corrupt BricksA political machine ousts City Engineer R.H. Thomson to bypass safety standards, sparking fears of city infrastructure collapse.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jan 21, 1894City Hall's Patronage ScandalSeattle taxpayers express alarm as the Board of Public Works removes the city engineer to replace him with a political loyalist.Seattle, WA
- Feb 9, 1894City Hall's Battle Over the SewersSeattle's new city engineer clashes with the Board of Public Works over questionable construction projects and a lack of 'practical common sense.'Main Street, Seattle, WA
- Feb 20, 1894The Siege of the City Engineer’s OfficeWhen an incoming engineer faced a stubborn incumbent, it took a locksmith, a drill, and a policeman to settle the power struggle.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jan 26, 1895The Real Fight at City Hall Was Never About the Nominee — It Was About the City EngineerA routine appointment to the board of public works turned into a proxy war over R. H. Thomson, whose appointment a year earlier had ended Edwin Hall Warner's brief and bitter tenure as Seattle's city engineer.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA