The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-06
FAIRHAvEN NEWS.
Opera-Houso Work Begun-Bond Elec
tion for Extending Sewers.

oekUn-bO0Q
tion for Extending Sewers.
FARHAvES, April Especial = The
past week has been marked by the in
auguration of number of most substan-
tial improvements. Noteworthy among
these is the Grand opera-house to be
erected on the northeast corner of Harris
and Thirteenth streets, where the work of
excavating for the foundation was COM
menced Tuesday. Mr.. Cowgirl has pur-
chased 50x125 feet of ground fronting on
Thirteenth street and adjoining the four
lots owned by him, and now has decided
to erect much larger building than he
intended at the time the so, 600 house
was raised. The structure will be four
stories in height and will have a frontage
of 100 feet on Harris street by 1J0 on Thir-
teenth. No definite selection has been
made of plans submitted, but Mr.. Cowgirl
says that one will be adopted before
the excavation completed, so that there
will be no delay. The opera-house proper
viii be pushed to completion as soon as
possible, with view to having it ready
for use early in the fall. There will be
four fine store rooms fronting on Harris
street, and the upper stories will be di-
yided into office rooms. The entire cost of
the building win approximate $Ioo, 900.
At the next meeting of the city council,
to be held Wednesday, a proposition to
bond the city, probably for 10000, for
public improvements, will be submitted to
the people, to be voted upon on or about
April "A. The sentiment in favor of bond
ing is practically unanimous. Registra-
ton is progressing rapidly, and it is hoped
that a large vote will be polled, as the
number of votes cast in favor of the bonds
must be printed upon the face thereof.
The city assessor is busily engaged in
making up the assessment roll for 1891.
Although actual property has greatly in
creased since the last assessment was
made, and scores of fine buildings have
been erected upon property at that time
unirnproved. it is doubtful if the assess
ment for this year viii equal that for 1890.
Certainly it will not materially exceed it.
The powers that were last year seemed To
take a fiendish delight in reporting in
faated valuations, and as consequence
about 10 per cent. of the county's total
revenue from taxation last year came out
of the pockets of the Fairhaven property
owners.
There is little complaint about municipal
extravaganza here The aggregate Of reg
ular salaries paid. not including the pay
rolls of the street commissioners, mar
shal's and engineers departments, except
the heads thereof, is about SIC, cooper year.
All the salaries and expenses of the de-
partments above named are provided for
by salary fund of 20 per cent of the to-
tai municipal revenue. Most of the
money TO be derived from the sale of the
bonds soon 10 be voted will be expended
in sewer construction. The nucleus of
the system in the business part OF the city
has Just been completed and win doubt
less be formally accepted and paid for this
week
Work is quite brisk along the water
front. Most of the piles have been driven
for the new wharf at the foot Of Gambler
street, and also for an extension Of the
wharf at the Heacock mill The contract
for driving the piles for the foundation for
the Great Northern depot has been let and
il Is expected that the building itself will
be completed and ready for occupancy in
about sixty days.
The contract for the erection OF the teie-
graph line along the line Of the Fairhaven