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- Nov 9, 1907Newport's $300 City Hall Was a Secondhand Newspaper OfficeThe council accepted the Idaho Washington Northern's offer of the old Miner building, then appointed a committee to move it to Washington Avenue for use as fire apparatus storage, council chambers and police court.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
- Jun 4, 1908A Packed Council Chamber, a Railroad Franchise, and a Fight Over Public StreetsNewport's city council meeting drew a standing-room crowd as aldermen tangled over an Idaho Washington Northern street-vacation request, a conflict-of-interest accusation, saloon licenses, and an electric-light contract.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 17, 1908The Electric Company Cut His Lights—Now It’s Due in CourtDr. Phillips says Northern Electric refused to restore service at his office despite his offer to pay the ordinance rate. A Colville judge will hear the case Sept. 21.Newport, WA
- Oct 8, 1908Two Local Engineers Buy Newport's Darkened Light PlantAfter a broken crank shaft left the town in darkness, the Flynn brothers purchased the Northern Electric Co. and promised 24-hour service.Newport, WA
- Mar 11, 1909Chicago Capital Asks Newport for a 50-Year Power FranchiseA $10 million consolidation swallows up regional electric plants and promises 24-hour service, but first it wants the city council to extend the Northern Electric franchise for half a century.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
- Mar 18, 1909A Niagara-Scale Power Play Comes to NewportA Spokane-backed electric company takes over Newport's service, seeks a city franchise, and eyes 75,000 horsepower at Cabinet Gorge.Newport, WA
- Mar 25, 1909A Fifty-Year Franchise for All-Night PowerOfficials from the Northern Idaho and Montana Electric Light and Power Co. toured Newport, sketched a town-wide distribution system, and asked the city council for a half-century franchise.Newport, WA
- Apr 8, 1909Newport Weighs a Fifty-Year Electric FranchiseThe Commercial Club hears that the Northern Electric Co. and Chicago's H. M. Byllesby Co. plan an $85,000 light-and-power system, and calls citizens to City Hall before the council vote.City Hall, Newport, WA
- Apr 15, 1909Three Chicago Banks Vouch for the Company Buying Newport's PowerAs the Northern Electric Co. takes a 60-year franchise on local water power and electric light, the Miner prints its references — and a Chicago bond man cheerfully describes the firm 'invading your territory.'Newport, WA
- Apr 22, 1909City Hall Hands a 50-Year Power Franchise to the New Electric CompanyNewport’s council approves a long-term electric franchise, ties up a telephone ordinance in restrictions, orders street grades, and hears complaints about street preachers.Newport, WA