Spokane Falls City Council
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- Aug 25, 1883No Monopoly on Gaslight: Spokane's Council Draws a LineCouncil granted a gas company the right to lay pipes—but pointedly refused an exclusive franchise, warning that monopoly would 'cinch the consumers.'Spokane, WA
- Sep 1, 1883Spokane Prepares to Welcome the Northern Pacific’s Last-Spike ExcursionIn September 1883, Spokane Falls planned arches, speeches and a day of civic pageantry to greet President Henry Villard and the railroad party opening the transcontinental line.Spokane, WA
- Sep 22, 1883Drawing the Lines of a New CityA called council meeting in September 1883 redrew Spokane Falls’s boundaries, split it into four wards, and argued over who would elect the city’s officers.Spokane, WA
- Apr 12, 1884A New Mayor Inherits a Solvent City — and a River Full of FilthSpokane Falls' incoming council takes the oath, draws lots for term lengths, and confronts the sewage being dumped above the falls.Howard Street, Spokane, WA
- Apr 12, 1884The New Council Takes On the Sewage in the RiverSpokane Falls' freshly seated city council moves against the habit of dumping garbage and sewage into the river above the falls — and against boys loitering in saloons.Spokane, WA