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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1890)
WEST SHORE. UEr) J Lni The Actual Pacific Coast Terminus of the Great Northern Railway. m H i By Purchase, in June, 1890, of the Fairhaven & Southern Railroad, and Vast Terminals and Shipping Facilities, the Great Northern Railway has located its Actual Deep-Water Terminus at Fairhaven. FAIRHAVEN'S WONDERFUL GROWTH. In less than one year an almost Impenetrable forest has been turned Into a hive of industry. The solid foundation has been laid for a mighty city. Miles of streets have been graded, planked and lined with imposing structures, some of which have cost over $100,000 each. The best electric light system of the Northwest, both arc and incandescent, is in operation. A $100,000 water works system, comprising ome nine miles of mains, delivers the pure waters of a beautiful mountain lake, capable of supplying a city of 100,000 people. Four banks, two national, are established. Four saw and two shingle mills in operation fail to supply the demand. A $100,000 hotel being built of brick and stone is nearing completion, Several brick buildings occupied and more being erected, l'opulution ( U. 8. census) 4,031. Assessed valuation over $8,000,000. An Iron A Steel Co,, with a capital of $2,000,000, organized to work ores of Skagit mines. Its furnaces, rolling mills, etc., will be at Fair haven. The Chuckanut stone quarries are one mile from Fair haven. The Portland post office is built of this beautiful stone, and large quantities of it are being shipped to Tacoma, Seattle and elsewhere. Valuable minerals have been discovered in the Cascades on the line of the Fairhaven & Southern and prospecting is now being actively prosecuted. A Matchless Harbor with Room for the Shipping of the World. rw-TMrtv.flva rvpnn and roafltwise steamers alreadv touch reuularlv at Fairhaven's wharves. Over 1200.000 are being ex- ended in extending these wharves and other shipping and terminal facilities. The three branches of the fairhaven A Soutliorn l U fnnw the Great JNortHern) are Deing pusnea 10 epneoy connections norm, bouw biiu can. me uireci uuuum, nuruiwuru vm v. i "" . .,' . , T .i i.!0 . n. .in l n-.-.i n...lfl. in l !.... I ioiiA the Canadian 1 acme, and southward via me xsonnern i acinc, union i acme hiiu ooumern i acme, win ue compiuieu uunng iow. E FAIRHAVEN is Actually Developing, on a Mammoth Scale, its Coal, Timber, Iron and Shipping Interests, and oflbrs Unoqualod In ducements to the Laborer, Capitalist or Manufacturer. r- . ' ' OHEHALIS, WASHINGTON On the Northern Pacific Railroad, midway betweon Portland and Seattle, and directly in the center of Western Washington's finest farming country, only 65 miles from tho Pacific ocean by the Willapa harbor route, IS A WELL-BUILT TOWN. Has a $10,000 school houBO, a $20,000 bank building, and other im provements to correspond with tho dignity of the county scat of Lewis, one of the richest counties of Washington. Chehalis will bo a manufac turing and shipping town of 20,000 pcoplo in five years from now. For detailed information, address SECRETARY BOARD OF IMMIGRATION, OHEHALIS, WASHINGTON. CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON