Robert P. Rigney
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- Mar 5, 1895The Judge Turned Off Tacoma’s WaterAn unpaid condemnation judgment gave one man the power to shut down the city’s creeks—and the fashionable North End faced a water famine.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 10, 1895Tacoma's Waterworks: A Buyback Offer Raises EyebrowsFormer owner C.B. Wright offers to repurchase the city's water plant—and a $50,000 commission to the man who brokers the deal—as contempt proceedings against city officials continue.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 12, 1895Tacoma's Water Was Cut Off by a Court Order—and the City Went Looking for WellsA judge holds Tacoma officials in contempt for ignoring an injunction over Clover and Spanaway creeks, forcing the city to shut off a major source and scramble for gulch water and Northern Pacific wells.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 16, 1895A City Accused of Stealing Its Water by NightA rancher with an injunction, a mayor at the end of his borrowing power, and a reservoir that empties at dusk and fills by dawn: Tacoma's fight over Clover Creek water becomes a standoff between the city and the man who owns the creek.Clover Creek, Tacoma, WA