Fire and Water Committee
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- Feb 16, 1889The Oil That Could Burn the City: Seattle’s First Major Fire Safety LawIn a move to prevent catastrophic blazes, the Common Council passes strict new rules for storing gasoline and kerosene, forcing merchants to build brick vaults or face heavy fines.Seattle, WA
- Sep 21, 1889Seattle's Great Tent CrisisAfter the Great Fire of 1889, the city struggled to regulate the makeshift shanties and board-and-canvas tents cluttering the city limits.Seattle, 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 23, 1895The Fight Over Who Owns Seattle's WaterPromoters offered to build a gravity system and sell the city millions of gallons—if Seattle let them run it, with an option to buy it back later.Cedar River, Seattle, WA