Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20
Eairhaven

What aston>c- who Bellingham Bay is the
growth Of rarhaven Here j. forest pmeval rapidly changing
~ payements, electric lights
and substantial buildings The home Of the Indians yesterday the
aud civilization to-day with hr~t-clas
railroad Of the Skagi, River coal
Taraycu been apty called the Tacoma Of the
north II ha, splendid Iocon ON rockingham Bay because
>ami-h BAY by the
passage the outside It j.
% bay has the best
anchorage aud entirely protected from the winds
wharf rarhaycn the shore To the end
in the condition Of the tide the water i thirty feet
that vessels drawing the largest number Of feet md
there without trouble and there Of the rhh aud
What turning ,ouhward for hundred miles when
fuca
ENTHUSIASTICALLY direction Hnd third Of the
distance place where all the products be- obtained that
shipped Tacoma seattle, That question which all the
people on Bensham Bay ash The projectors OF faraNen he
Nd that Of all sites the mainland Of Puget sound the southeast
Of rockingham Bay the place for great city because
much the than the sound cities aud II" miles
okanogan Mines the Rig Bend wheat country
bunch sa~ region spokane Fab aud the c~ur d Ae"c mines
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land number Of farms aud orchards. unlimited
o h hops oats hay neNhau>rhc coal beds aud mines Of gold
silver
What made Tacoma railroad bringing these product,
her wharf aud hp taking them Has taraven the facl
tiles trading;
coal brought the mines Skagit River
miles distant steamboats, landing her whave>
day with freight and several large and substantial
hotel, erected street grading going everywhere hundreds
Of stores and residences being mills
thousands Of feet Of lumber Nay. electric lights flashing
locomotives Of the finest makevng ,oGn each hauling
coal lumber and other product superior
' f"he N"thNt built under the superintendent 81 'hc In
sne j. noyan who the Assistant Engineer IN charge Of
Rail-
rG this the equipped
ailroad 'hh section of country by the farhaven syo,ls
gin until July It Nas-deaed through the Seattle sre
the machinery fnr the mill was destroyed and
bridge The road runs in
ouheacry direction. passing by Happy Valley beautiful
spot uf within mile Of the going by Lak"
miles aud then around sam~h Lake seven aud
un'nlf miles distant the scenery OF which resembles very much
Lake Pend doreIe the Northern Pacific
ad in Idaho Thence the road seeks the mines on the skagi rich
mined in the state Whatcom county
road partly contains 2ol square miles The
eastern portion mountainous tNceednsy ana heavily
with white pine fir cedar and spruce In the western por-
cedar alternate with extensive river
~ alder. lakes with surround
pictulucne dot the The position Of the
harhor depth aud sandy bottom makes the
place Pacific Northwest The climate o Bel
admirable said Governor Sempe in his last report:
The rainfall not excessive; roofs.
agreeable temperature prevails, sound. it,
wonderfully ruazng influence upon the climate Tie
Mediterranean Of the north ebbng aud
the colder than the surrounding atno~-
pcr of the they absorb it, heat aud
moderate ia" warmth ~ midsummer WINE @ g''' japan current
through straits of Fuca aud to the shores
constantly parting with it, surplus calorc during
other exceptional undoubtedly make the western
part whatco of the favored locatc- of the globe
Twenty-fm miles of the t"lrha'en S"nth't" Railroad Is
completed with southern connection eastern connection
the CASCADES and the joining Of its lines with the railroad
makes Fairaycn the terminus of three trausn
railways aud the to the straits Of fuca
rI =, , , rid M, land and ~, s,,, Mr I,rr,tcr
who Boston Consolidated Mining
IN ,n% Min S,in p,nrtt las, year. AFTER looking
over other point. They finally ht Fair
the desirable locality Ion hg city aud set about
building IT,
OF the eighty wide aud the
alleys twenty wide Mckenzie Is to feet in width The
siNtt To-day Is live bu-tlug city dputng
Tacoma IN location aud railroad aud
FairhHNcn warve
front the, ocean pilot
The capital stock ~ the Fara'rd southern Railroad COM
increased SiU0nHt and made to
uurtlwaly New Westminster the Fraser River aud
Vancouver. The northern branch il about
pcd will be- importation 10y July The fairhaycn southern
engineers the Cascades the
ofara' They have found an easy pass at the head Of the
building the road through IL eastward
Chcan Rig Bend southwark
Is being built Tacoma. Five miles
the Fairla, southern the Skagit River
which he developed They the
south al quality North
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