Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-26
FAIRHAvEN. WASHINGTON
a Phenomenal Young City on tn,
Waters of PUGET Sound

I >OimsN hat more than year ago Mr.
Nelson Bennett. millionaire of Tacoma.
aud a number Of enterprising associates,
! began search Of the eastern shores ui
Puget sound. near he entrance at The
I Juan de Fucd. for a location upon which
Ia build city " hch would be- depot for
. the vast resources Of that portion of
northwestern Washington which lirs ga Il
Of ia" sound. They made CLOSE aud in
telligent Investigations of many places.
aud at the same time had prosprctOrs.
civil engineers aud other agents exploring
the region which they prODo>cd tu draw
upon and who in due time reported con-
. corning the resources which will be- mem
toned further un la this article.
Mr.. Bennett was the contractor for the
famous Stampede tunnel one oi lie long
est In the world. and through which the
Northern Pacific railroad nov runs in it,
passage of the Cascade mountains. lie
has built many miles OF railroad In his
day and il altogether practical aud far
cling man in tie development Of new
countries. After u long search Mr. Benz
nett aud hi~ associates linsffiy landed at a
point on which The city nf Fairhavcn now
stands on Bellingham bay. With great
difficulty they scrambled up the banks
through the tangled undergroth Of a
dcn-o forest. to a high point " here they
could see something Of the lay uf the
land. and having sounded the waters.
which they found deep enough for the
larg'~, ocean vessels To ride upon In safety
close to the shores. they determined that
this was the place for their city. and
eventually purchased large tract Of
land. the homestead. timber claims. etc.
oi Colonel han Harris. who had for many
wars lived almost alone in q cabin upon
the tract which they desired and who l.
nov about to build here beautiful
theatre.
Being men Of action they proceeded at
Oucr into the work they -had chosen.
The result. without going into details. j.
that now. less than a wear from the time
when they began their work there stands
upon the ground selected by them city
Of three thousand inhabitants. which in
less than another year will have easily
population Of ten Thousand. Miles of
streets have been graded aud planl,rd aud
that work continues without abatement.
system Of. water-wOrks has Just been
completed 10 which nine miles of steel
piDc for the mains has been laid under
ground in about sixty days. and the city
j. now supplied with an abundance of
cold. clear water from mountain la kn
two miles away. and which gives a nat
ural pressure So strong that it has been
found necessary to rpprrss its force.
which is more than sufficient to throw
large streams OF wafer ~ the top Of the
highest buildings and 10 run motors for
manufacturing purposes. ~ well as to
furnish al the water needed for popila-
!iuh ~ lnlfty Thousand TOT dOfur- ic Uses.
When the city shall have grown beyond
such a population. the supply may easily
be enlarged and few miles further from
the lake mentioned which named
Paddcn. lies Lake Samish. another hpty
nf pure mountain water. which woln
amply supply London aud New luk
fairhaNcn j. lit b, an excellent system
NJ electric lights. are aud incand .sreni
aud nearly every private house use. Tho
attfr. while the street. are illnnlihatsd
! night by the former. and many 90 the
ire lit hts are used In the stores. ho,els
md ther business houses company ,
las been organized To construct an rr,c-
RE street railway SCI, ito aad Id. rk