Manager Anderson
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- Oct 1, 1908Newport's Fire Alarm Was a Church Bell—Until It MovedWhen the Congregational church bell left its old belfry, Newport lost the only way to sound a fire alarm. A telephone company offered a $100 fix.Newport, WA
- Dec 17, 1908Three Wires Over the Pend OreilleNewport's phone company suspends steel wire across the river to the Fidelity mill, clearing steamboat stacks by 50 feet.Newport, WA
- Apr 8, 1909Town Says No to the Fire Alarm, So the Telephone Man Hoists It Up the City Hall Tower HimselfNewport declined to keep the trial alarm Manager Anderson installed. He couldn't ship it back, so he bolted it to the City Hall tower and handed the town a free one anyway.Newport City Hall, Newport, WA