Sickels
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- Oct 17, 1891The Westside Railway Deal and the Councilman Who Didn't Read ItOlympia's council weighed a cheaper route through C. M. Moore's block to reach the Westside Railway—until one committeeman admitted he had signed the report blind.Olympia, WA
- Oct 23, 1891The Trolley That Had to Buy a GulchA streetcar line blocked by a ravine gets its way to Harrison Avenue — for the price of a $1,630 strip of C. M. Moore's block 48.Olympia, WA
- Nov 6, 1891A Mayor, a Rigged Lottery, and the Fight for Olympia's City HallA month out from the municipal election, the Tribune accuses Mayor J. C. Horr of quietly fixing his fences for a second term — and the drawing of lots that handed one councilman a longer seat looks to a good many people like a put-up job.Olympia, WA
- Nov 18, 1891Olympia's Election Scramble: A Mayor Bows Out, a Boss Bides His TimeWith municipal elections set for December, Mayor Horr declines a second term while Councilman Sickels and other local figures jockey for influence—and talk of a west-side ward and Tumwater consolidation simmers.Olympia City Hall, Olympia, WA
- Dec 9, 1891Olympia Votes Out the Old Council — and Inherits a Financial MessA day after the city election, the Tribune calls on the lame-duck mayor and council to resign so the city can untangle a debt larger than the law allows — and demands streetcars, street work and honest handling of the public's money.Olympia, WA
- Jan 9, 1892Thirty Men Want One City Job as Olympia’s New Council Takes OverA patronage scramble greets Olympia’s incoming administration, with a crowd of applicants for street commissioner and a proposal to cut the police force while adding more streetlights.Olympia, WA
- Jan 13, 1892Olympia's New Council Hands 'Boss' Sickels the Purse StringsThe new city council takes office, gives Boss Sickels the powerful ways-and-means chair, and confronts a railroad-blocked sewer, a fire department asking for more hydrants and alarm boxes, and a thin city treasury.Olympia, WA