Rydstrom
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- Oct 1, 1893The Tacoma Waterworks ScandalCitizens and the City Council expose a massive financial swindle involving a failing water plant purchase.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 15, 1894Tacoma's Water Chief Accused—and the City Hall Feud Behind ItMayor Orr's appointment of George H. Hollidge to run Tacoma's water and light plants blew up into a public corruption fight, with secret affidavits, anonymous postal cards and a grand jury waiting.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