The Ledger
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- Apr 3, 1893Tacoma's Two-Million-Dollar Question: Buy the Water Works, or Fix the Sewers?On the eve of a bond vote, Tacoma's taxpayers are told they can have the private water and electric plant and new sewers too. The arithmetic says otherwise: after the purchase, $3,707 is left for sewers.Seattle, WA
- Apr 5, 1893Tacoma’s Financial Sewer FightA fierce public debate over whether Tacoma can afford a new water plant while simultaneously funding critical sewer infrastructure.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 27, 1893Labor Takes a Scalpel to Tacoma's Budget — and Calls Out the BoodlersAs Tacoma's finance committee hunts for cuts, the Trades Council arrives with its own salary schedule, demands depositories for the city's money, and accuses the Chamber of Commerce of encouraging 'unlawful appropriation.'Tacoma, WA
- Jul 14, 1894A Fair Held 'To Spite Bennett': Tacoma Refuses to Be Killed Over Union LaborNelson Bennett attacked the Interstate Fair for hiring union workmen and nearly broke the enterprise. The trustees answer with a whoop: the fair goes on, and Seattle says it will stand by it.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 22, 1894The Mayor's Purge: Tacoma's Public Works Scandal Erupts Into ImpeachmentA sewer-pipe kickback, secret electric-light favors and a board loyal to the old machine: Mayor Orr moves to oust President Demorest.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 30, 1894The Newspaper Tried to Boycott the Fair; the Fair Boycotted BackWhen the Ledger moved to oust union man Jim Dow from the Interstate Fair, Tacoma's businessmen chose the fair over the paper.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 2, 1904The Mayor vs. The MachinesTacoma's Mayor Louis D. Campbell rallies voters at Tyler's Hall, accusing local press and the city council of working in lockstep with corporate and gambling interests.St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 19, 1904Mayor Claims Safety Amidst Crime WaveThe Times clashes with Mayor Wright’s assertion of civic order following a string of violent crimes.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 27, 1904The Railroad Men Had the Proxies. The Chamber’s Businessmen Had Had Enough.A fight over a Chamber of Commerce nominating committee exposed how thoroughly Northern Pacific and T.R.P. men had captured Tacoma’s civic boosters—and how a reform faction decided to run its own ticket.Tacoma, WA