Seattle Board of Aldermen
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- Jul 21, 1892The Mayor's Veto: A Battle Over City BondsMayor J. T. Ronald blocks a city council ordinance requiring a bond from a waterworks cashier, citing legal advice from the city's corporation counsel.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jun 1, 1893Making Way for the Iron HorseSeattle's Board of Aldermen debates the Great Northern railroad franchise, wrestling with the demand for a major depot against the city's future growth.Railroad Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Dec 9, 1893The City Hall Printing SquabbleSeattle's Board of Aldermen stalls on a contract, sparking a debate over government transparency, political favoritism, and the true meaning of 'general circulation.'Seattle, WA
- Dec 12, 1893The Aldermanic WalkoutA Seattle city board meeting collapses as council members stage a deliberate no-show to block a printing contract protest.Seattle, WA
- Dec 13, 1893City Hall's Shameless Newspaper SchemeSeattle's Board of Aldermen accused of violating the city charter by awarding a lucrative official contract to the Telegraph.Seattle, WA
- Dec 14, 1893The Alder-men's Secret HandshakeThe Board of Aldermen ignored the city charter to funnel a printing contract to a favored paper, prompting a scathing accusation of graft.Seattle, WA
- Dec 20, 1893The Battle for the City's Official VoiceSeattle's Board of Aldermen spark controversy as they award city printing contracts amid allegations of collusion and financial favoritism.Seattle, WA
- Dec 21, 1893The Battle for the City's Official News ContractA political struggle unfolds at City Hall as the board of aldermen chooses official newspapers based on partisanship rather than price.Seattle, WA
- Mar 6, 1895A Streetcar Magnate Denies Bribery and Blames an Alderman's GrudgeWriting from St. Louis, Union Trunk Line president E. F. Wittler flatly denies offering Alderman J. Eugene Jordan $100 and a lifetime pass to stop fighting the line's Rainier Heights branch — and says Jordan told him he was only trying to 'get even with Lowman.'Seattle, WA
- Mar 9, 1895A Street to Lake UnionProperty owners push a $7,500 grading of Lake Avenue to link Elliott Bay and Lake Union and drain the flooded Denny meadow.Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1895The Cable Company Wanted More Time. Yesler Avenue Wanted Its Double Track.In 1895, Seattle’s aldermen weighed whether to give a struggling street railway more time to double-track Yesler Avenue—or force it to honor the franchise the neighborhood had bought into.Yesler Way, Seattle, WA
- Jun 23, 1895Who Gets to Run Seattle's Streetcars?A proposed thirty-year franchise for the Consolidated Street Railway cleared its first reading at city hall, but fights over fares, paving and transfers were far from over.Seattle, WA