Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-17
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Is the Great Northern going 10 Seattle
also? Why, of course it is. IL viii also
20 TO Tacoma and numerous other places
on Puget sound in order To get all the
business il can reach, but the main ter
minus of the road will be right here in
Fairhaven. The Great Northern comes
To this coast Ion MS own hook and with
out a subsidy. while other trans-conu- .
mental roads have empires in the way OF I
grants. and like all great enterprises this .
one has been projected for the purpose OF
making money as well as to develop a I
mighty region. Here at Farhavcn. the /
road not only secures all the water front
of the best character, il may require but a
large body OF land, the value OF which
will be immensely increased thereby. i
there not in this more reason why the
railroad should seek such terminus than
at a point where these things are impos-
sible,-utterly and entirely impossible
This seems 50 plain that 10 is astonishing
how reasonable aud thinking men can see
the matter in any other light. He who J.
misled by the specious talk OF outsiders IN
the matter Is unfortunate. But il i not 20
such that the HERALD desires 10 address
itself. He who cannot see the great future
Of Fairhaven in the light Of what It's re-
sources and advantages plainly present
cannot be- helped by anything that might
be printed and tie HERALD hasn't the
patience TO attempt il. II i. therefore.
simply 70 those who have faith In Fair
haven that We desire To offer these words
of encouragement. Go ahead and build
apa town. get in factories and Wholesale
establishments aud YOU will De- all right.
all the way through.
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There i one other grand reason why
Fairhaven j. 10 be the terminus of the
Great Northern. aside from the hundreds
OF lesser reasons which exist, many Of
which have been frequently mentioned in
these columns, This great transconti-
mental line is not hunting for a city. 1t
will build it, own city. Ii is hunting for
the nearest route between the Orient and
the markets of our Atlantic seaboard and
the cities of Europe. Fairhavcn j. on
the line Of that route. with n fine a har-
bor as there Is In the world J. il prob
able that such an enterprise will 90 out
of its way to reduce the very advantage
which il seeks? That is what IL would
do il il should go elsew here. The road
proposes 20 run line of steamships from
its terminus on the Sound 10 China and
Japan Judge Burke. Ia his Post Intel
ligencer interview. SAYS he was told by
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progress looking 30 the early construction
of a fleet Of as fine steamships a. now sail
any ocean, 10 run between Seattle "a their
home port. and China and Japan. These
steamers will at least be- equal to the City
Of Paris. the City Of New York. the Ma
jcstic and the Tentonic." The probabili-
Ties are that Judge Burke interjected the
word Seattle. or the reporter did IL for
him. Why would those ships go ont of
their way to reach seattle when the aim
is 10 get passengers from New York 70
Oriental points. and rice rersa. a. quickly
a. possible? For ia that same interview
Judge Burke says:
As soon ~ the railway line j. completed
across the Cascade mountains To seattle. Mr..
Hlil says that the Great Northern Railway
New York 60 Hong Kong and Yokohama in
fifteen days The enormous trade which
such a fleet OF steamers will divert from it,
present course through the sucz canal 10 the
one across the Pacific ocean 60 seattle and
thence % New York. can hardly be over
estimated hut IL j. SuiHcient 20 say that that
Oriental trade alone which will lind trans
portation upon that steamship line would be
sufficient Of itself to make seattle. or any
other good seaport ON this upper coast a very
large and important city. I regard that pro-
posed steamship line. In 80 far A. IL concern,
seattle. a. only second Ia Importance 10 tn,
completion Of the Great Northern railway
line itself; but combined with that railway
liae ;.;c system Of land and water trans
portatiou thus formed will be- ~ more vain,
10 the city u seattle than all the other line,
Of transportation coming n here put to-
gether
As to the latter part OF this paragraph
that which refers to Scattle-it applie'
with the same. or greater force. to Fair
haven and Belllngham bay generally.
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Judge Burke's information and conclu
sons with regard 10 the Great Northern
seem to be- generally correct. eXcep
where he is prejudiced ia favor Of Seattle
IN the expression Of which he is YER
much assisted by the Post lntclligencer
which paper seems 20 be- utterly incapa
Bile Of doing Falrhaven Justice but it vii
s-r the day when even 50 powerful al
organ as that will be forced To rccuguiz
the Importance Of this city. In this con
nectton. a an evidence that the P.-l
persists in misrcpresentiug Fairhave
when 1t doesn't ignore the place. alto
gether, In yesterday mornings issue O
that paper. publishing the census return.
II gives Farhaven's population. not eve
mentioning the city by name. but a
"Dist. ll2-All OF township g. north O
range ,. aud east Of Belllngham bay shor
line; J. W. Rafferty,. ;. T. Young and +
+. Drake. enumerators,n at 3.5G7 in fac
- OF the fact that the population is given b
Census Commissioner Jenkins at 400
which by the way IS not enough. as wi
be hereafter Iproven. To resume. Judg
Burke says.
The movements OF the Great Northern al
just az present attracting more attention
New York than those Of any other railwa
company. In New York city the Grea
Northern railway Is now rega rded a. ia
coming transcontinental railway it, credi
both in this country and in Europe H. 50 ia
- beyond that Of any Of the other western com
panies that there i really no cumparlso
between them. Barring Brothers. one u th
greatest banking houses Of London took am
placed Ia Europe si0.00.000 Of the bonds q
the Great Northern hearing per cent inter
est. In the prospectus which Barring Broth
ers issued. explaining this loan. aud callin
for subscriptions TO II, Il was stated that th
Great Northern railway was extending II
system 10 the Pacific coast.
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