The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-25
OWN SOUND TOWNS.
ntters Of Interest on Belling-
ham Bay.
..A1coM IS REACHING OUT.


Frxrcon. Feb 23.-Mayor ". 3. Pratt,
H;lWood and others bave Incorporated
f6oAO capital 70 do = wholesale and
11a hsrdware business IT Whaacom.
11r6nfore Nr. Pratt has conducted the
1uore business successfully himself.
1 11p, = good opening Tor wh0lesaie
~ house here also.
6<not steamer communication between
- yfancisco and Bellinghsm hay via
- Townsend would Gil long felt want.
~ rhoddy steamer service between this
- and Port Townsend drives business
q frnvsI to other points on the Sound.
~ ls1fe nsw saw mill on the seh0me
~ fsont Is slowly but surely spproseh-
~ eowpIetson When that and the Bel
kam mill begin operations The foreign
~ ships will again come 10 our har-
e Ii estimated that at least ]. 90 men
p required In Whatcom county log.
cnnlps this summer 10 keep our 6f-
S S - mills supplied with logs. Thauks
n n1oosuus nature Whatcom county mas
~ q timber.
l|nfse tAs new oct recently passed by
s elhlature, the city OF Whstcom viii
81 Srfnnd her limits to take IN Q number Of
u - additions surrounding. The plank
which viii this summer be built north
S - city Of Whatcom on the Guide
felsn viii not only accommodate .
Is w nnnabsr OF settlers, but will also dem
11ofo ne value and cost Of plank roads.
- eounty commissioners have decided 70
k6t ne road at least six miles north
80 this city to point where the Fern
nd wager roads intersect the Guide
Han. This plank will cover the worst
4 = 4 he road from Whatcom to Lynden.
nh Will Be used because gravel II = very
~ afttcIe north and west Of this city.
Asfcsney H. Y. Thompson. 81 the Ben
s ~ eompsny. says be has offered 10 COM
E| onioe the difficulties between his COM
- md the Cornwall Water Company, in
~ 10 the use Of water from Lake
61com. The Bennett sawmiil 1t What
~ driven BY the creek which lows
~ Ne lake. and the Cornwall Water
Convany have tapped the lake with pipes
- eopply the Bay cities The Bennett
IN Company claim that their water sup
~ ~ ths mill will thereby be decreased
= summeF. To settle the suits pending
~. Thompson proposes 70 dam the lake 50
= = husband the supply for the dry sum-
- soason. The dam must he built at .
ln1 where the water company control the
~, end therefore the consent OF both
fu b required TO this arrangement
~ Bennett Railroad Company have not
~ 1oeided whether 70 run their track
6a1nG ~ Whatcom water front or hack
tH1oloh The center of the city. IL il said
1etUeg may occupy both routes, using
~ 49, front track for local and passen-
n toClness and the back route for freight
1non They do not like 70 leave the
uolw ftont unoccupied for soma rival.
DlIlnw can they afford 10 do freight busi-
~ through the main portion Of the city
pomo trains viii be necessarily cnt and
6Deummoded by street travel. II Il inti-
n11Dd that the Cornwall company IL con-
lRing the advisability OF extending It's
1ok nom Schome along the water frontto
G1knven and north along tbs Wbs<com
49, front To secure right Of way now
y eondemnation would not cost much.
&1sing from recent events.
~ March term Of court 81 Friday Har-
~ viii be the first held in San Juan
l1unay. On or about March Il Martin
1laips. who shot two serenaders on the
6snt Of his marriage. last Christmas. will
y iried for murder. Phillips had re-
1rned from bridal tour and Was with his
Vie II house on Lopex island when the
AootinR was done. which converted sere-
4 Nd into = tragedy