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- Jan 15, 1895Seattle Slams the 'Ladies' Entrance' on SaloonsAfter a 2,500-name petition, the city council orders saloons to keep one street entrance and bars the screened side doors and signs that drew women in.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Mar 5, 1895The Free-Water Fight and the 'Idle Single Men'A proposal to give the Seattle Industrial Co-operative Society free water for two months set off a council debate over poverty, manhood, and who deserved public help.Seattle, WA
- Mar 28, 1895The Council Keeps the Charter PenSeattle’s city council refused to pay for a freeholders’ election and voted to rewrite the city charter itself—setting up a fight over cost, legality and who gets to redraw city government.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Apr 9, 1895The $1-a-Month Man: Seattle Tries to Gut Its Plumbing InspectorWith theft charges pending against the nominee, delegates debate whether to abolish the office or just pay a competent inspector.Seattle, WA
- Apr 11, 1895One Man, Five Badges, One Dollar a MonthSeattle's house of delegates votes to fold the plumbing inspector, sanitary officer, fire marshal, oil inspector and market inspector into a single job — then argues for two hours about whether the city is saving money or just hiding the work.Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1895The Streetcar Franchise Fight That Put Seattle’s Council on the SpotProperty owners demand the double track promised with their $900,000 subsidy; delegates reject an extension, and aldermen agree to hear the crowd.Seattle, WA
- May 7, 1895City Hall Refuses to Rewrite Its Own Rulebook — and Dares the Supreme Court to DecideSeattle's council rejects the freeholders' petition for a new city charter, declaring the enabling law unconstitutional, and offers to bankroll a test case all the way to Olympia.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- May 10, 1895Seattle’s Suspended Fire Commissioner Skips His Own HearingGeorge T. Masel is a no-show before a joint session of the city council, and the rumor is he would rather face charges than let creditors see his property.Seattle, WA
- Jul 2, 1895Council Moves to Vacate the Tide-Land StreetsWith city streets and appraiser streets in conflict across the tide flats, the Chamber of Commerce pushes a joint resolution giving objectors ten days to protest before the council vacates the old plats.Seattle, WA