The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23
new WHATCOM AND FARHAN TWO PROSPEROUS CITIES ON ELGAM A

Grasett, lie has 4 knowiedge q properly
years experience and Is conservative N
Z blSt ess5ie 4e'' Ts Bank Of whasc51 :
newest established IN tSg7. by Mr.. VIII
!ara 6. Brown and Mr.. l. 2; White. Of
sIitu-ion has made favo-afle impression
Mr. q z Burke = cashier and Mr.. White
IS manager. Industrial pape: fran shin
gie and lumber mills. canbeTles and oiaSr
. companies give & 1l3e ne3d Ter prcut3b!e
ard ssfe investments, besides the business
that il IL The regular routine Os banking.
The Be.nshaIn Say improvement CoI1l-
pany's MI, employing ne2ry :" men.
qayinS oBt E"9 per month IN wages
direct ami sustaining q very large force
,1,siirectlv was burned Two months ago.
X was loss o. nearly half a million 10
the company. and very heavy loss - the
city anu county. Al the present tine
temporary mill = built ana VII saw larn-
Der % rebuild the larger mill again. better
aU3 more c0EDpjete than before BY the
beginning Of ,he year L Will ~ finished
and nexL summer as usual lumber sAins
VIII ha ,OaGiNg for Shanghai Honolulu.
Valparaiso and all large foreign ports fer
the mill had built up large foreign trade
under tha MANAGEMENT Of Mr.. W. =.
Fowle. whose reputation as mill man.
ager is uueXcei,e7l. The mill turned out
on the average =! &.5lst.a feet of FIR lumber
per mona and Ssh'so lath.. and paid out
for logs ana wages since x was built d
few years ago. So iop.ea
The Uhatcom Falls Mills. so called be-
cause operated by water power from What
com creek : operated by q. ". LOgg-e
ana his brother. ]. A. T.oggie. The active
control is IN the hands OF the hrst named,
the latter being the office man. Both
are practical ul4llmen OF long experience;
Their payroll is s26.oa per annUn, and
their output for 1898 is valued a $3.50, t+o.
The value is greater because they only
handle the best cedar logs. and their car
goes are No. in every respect. They
manufacture cedar doors and sashes ami
holdings that are marvels Of beauty and
finish. These cedar doors and sasiles are
light Of weight. have qualities that defy
the weather and have always fresh ap-
pearance. The main trade Of the mill is
in siding and in that line they have
splendid reputation.
Whatcom tas th'rty-two miles of planked
streets and sidewalks There is A DISPOSE
ton 70 renew the pAanking with something
more permanent. The material has not
easy and there are no steep eraieS. :
only a question OF a few years time when
a first-cla.ss pavement will succeed the
piankng
There are eight miles Of electric street
rar line IN operation. one branch runs
out To Lake Whatcom. as pleasant RIDE
as person could wish Under the man
acement Of Mr.. Norman Tucker ~foo is
the local agent OF the Northern Railway
| & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY and personally
| superintends all their affairs, the line Is
very popular and WEI patronlze1 En- r.,
| cinps of 250 horse power set the wheels IN
motion ard thu system : remarkably free
| from accidents and stoppases.
The city has tcephon" ~'rnDunication
| wherever the Sunset Telephone Company
| has, lines north or south. and 1t is as easy
| 10 talk to Seattle as - a neiGh5or Mr..
| " = Williams IS the local manager Four
| operators and outside help sufficient 10
| keen up repairs and carry. on 4 ser'es Of
| IMPROVEMENTS are employed. The systc N
| has been extended and improved under Mr..
| Williams superintcndenCe and dozens or
| residence phones pat in.
| The Postal Tei5 g"aph Company has been
| esta bHshed for many wears, Wtn MT. = :.
Shea as local manager. The western
| V-7ion has Just established an office, with
| Mr.. G. s page a. manager.
| \ fine l.ne of clay suitable for brick Is
| close to the city. and the firm Of J. II.
| Miller & Sons supplies nearly all the local
| The city water supply is from Lake
| Whatcom. which is twelve miles long and
| Of unknown depth l. j. four miles away
| and SIS feet higher than the city. The
water IS remarkably pure and contains
| less than per cent of mineral per gal
| lon This IS factor in the good health
| reports Thera IS also a good sewer sys-
| tenn, built Ak an expense OF $4,000.
| The mercantile portion Of the atty does
| quite an extensive wholesale business 10
| surrounding towns and larger industries.
! one hardware firm carries $4,000 worth
| Of goods and q grocery firm about a Ike
| amount. Prices of any city on the Coast
| are duplicated in any line.
! Among the organizations that have been