Mayor Appel
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- Feb 6, 1908Fifteen Years, Rate Caps and a Free Phone: Newport Bargains With the Telephone CompanyThe city council cut a proposed 35-year franchise down to 15, capped rates at $1.50 for a two-party line, demanded a free city phone and reserved wire space on every pole.Newport, WA
- Mar 5, 1908Two Badges, Eighteen-Hour Days, No Extra Pay — Then He QuitWhen Newport's newly hired city marshal was laid up by injuries, Night Marshal Straight simply did both jobs — 18 hours a day for two months, without asking the city for a cent — until last Saturday, when he handed in his star.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 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
- Jun 11, 1908The Railroad Wanted the Streets. The Nagles Wanted Compensation.Newport's council granted the Idaho & Washington Northern a franchise through Second and Third streets while Philip and Mary Nagle warned it would damage their property. A letter from M. M. Sammons also pressed the railroad to donate ten acres for a public park.Newport, WA
- Aug 20, 1908The Mayor Won't Sign, the Railroad Can't Build, and a Saloonkeeper Sues the TownNewport's council spends a long evening tangled in street vacations for the Idaho & Washington Northern, unsafe crossings, a disputed plat of survey monuments — and trades a lawsuit for a liquor license.Newport, WA
- Aug 27, 1908The Railroad Gets Its Street Vacations—and Newport Gets a New GradeMayor Appel signs the I.W.N. street-and-alley vacations, clearing the way for regrades, depot improvements and a rebuilt riverfront rail corridor.Newport, WA
- Sep 3, 1908Newport Council Digs In Against Electric Company's Meter RatesA 25-year steam-heating franchise request collides with a fight over streetlight bills and what the town can afford.Newport, WA
- Feb 18, 1909Newport Council Cracks Down on Saloons—and Swears In a New ClerkThe city council passes a strict liquor ordinance, warns saloon men against Sunday trade, and fills the clerk's office after a resignation.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Jun 17, 1909Newport Hauls a 142-Foot Cedar Out of the Woods for a Fourth of July FlagpoleA volunteer crew fells, floats and drags a giant cedar to the I.W.N. depot grounds, where it will fly Old Glory over town.Newport, WA
- Jul 8, 1909The Day Newport Showed Off: Fourth of July, 1909A rain-threatened holiday still drew crowds for an industrial parade, patriotic speeches, baseball, log-rolling and a dance—without a single arrest.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA