Newport Town Council
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- Jan 16, 1908A Tie Vote Leaves Newport's Telephone Franchise HangingThe old council adjourns sine die after deadlocking on a telephone ordinance; the new mayor and marshal take office amid a 154-name petition.Newport, WA
- May 14, 1908A Railroad Wants Newport's Streets Forever — and One Lawyer Says the Constitution Forbids ItAlva S. Sherlock warns that the Idaho & Washington Northern is asking the town council for a perpetual, irrevocable franchise over 400 feet of Newport's streets — a grant that would outlive the corporation itself, and the state constitution's ban on irrevocable privilege.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
- May 21, 1908The Electric Company Said It Couldn't Power the Mill. Newport Said It Had Better.When Northern Electric refused to supply power to the Pend d'Oreille River Lumber Company's planing mill, the town council declared the franchise violated and ordered service restored—or else forfeiture.Newport, WA
- Jun 11, 1908A Railroad Asks Newport to Vacate Streets—and Promises to Give Them BackThe Idaho & Washington Northern offered a written pledge to reopen any street or alley on 30 days’ notice as the council weighed a deal for new freight yards.Newport, WA
- Aug 13, 1908The City Traded a Saloon License for a Dropped LawsuitCornered by A. L. Reis's damages suit, Newport's council offered him the saloon license he wanted — provided he first drop his case against the town.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
- Sep 24, 1908Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for GrowthA Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.Newport, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Fire Limits, Flying Switches and a Fifty-Year Franchise: One Evening at Newport's City HallIn a single session the council moved to outlaw frame buildings downtown, chased street grades on three avenues, turned back a second telephone exchange, and heard that trains were nearly killing people at the Fourth Street crossing — three times in one day.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Apr 29, 1909Newport Offers Its Town Hall to Win a Court of Its OwnA petition to split Stevens County into judicial districts asks the county commissioners to hold court in Newport—with the town promising free rooms, offices, and a jail.Newport Town Hall, Newport, WA
- May 20, 1909Dinner at the Antler: Newport Lobbies Stevens County for Its Own CourthouseThree Stevens County commissioners tour Newport, hear from merchants and lawyers over an evening banquet, and postpone a decision on splitting the county into judicial districts until June.Newport, WA
- Jun 17, 1909Newport Wants a $5,000 City Hall—and the County Court to Go With ItCitizens back a bond issue to build municipal quarters and offer them to the new judicial district as courthouse and jail.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Nov 4, 1909A Town Under QuarantineTen diphtheria cases, closed schools and churches, and a council backing its health officer as Newport tries to stop the outbreak.Newport, WA
- Dec 2, 1909Newport Goes Dry on December 7 — and the Town Has to Refund the Saloons' LicensesLocal option, voted in September, shuts every saloon on the Washington side of the river next Tuesday. The council will borrow against the treasury to hand back about $900 in unearned license money, and warns bootleggers that blind pigs will be dealt with severely. Drinkers need only cross to Idaho.Newport, WA