Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-17
BOUNDARY BUSINESS
An Exceedingly Important Mat
ter Before the County
Commissioners
Fairhaven in Attendance En-
Masse at Whatcom
Yesterday
She Will Keep Her Front and
Fight to a Finish on
That Line

IL
BcIliugham's citizens held last Tuesday
evening. a very large number Of the lead
ing business men and property holders of
both the town, mentioned assembled at
the docks yesterday morning at au early
hour and took passage To- Whatcom in
order TO be ia attendance upon the meet
ing OF the county commissioners which
was to begin at 9 a. m.. 10 consider the
matter Of Incorporation of the bay towns.
So frequently mentioned in these columns,
within the month. I pom assembling at
the brick building which docs duty as a
court house, ii Was discovered that even
the delegation from Fairhavcn and Bel
lingham alone was loo large Ia be- accom-
mOdatcd in the room there in which the
meeting was To have been held. therefore
AN adjournment was had 10 @ hr old RcN-
ellie building on he hill.
When the session opened there was a
good big audience in attendance composed
almost exclusively of people from these
two towns, but after the proceedings had
begun. people from Schume aud What
com began 10 drop in and continued to do
so until there were nearly as many present
| from SehOmc aud Nhatcom as from Bel
| lingham and Farhaven. COmmiS SSiOnerS
kiesling, Porter and Cudworth were
present and I. K. kershaw acted as clerk.
The case was opened By the presentation
of Fairhaven and Bcllingham's petition
and claims 10y Pierce Evans. ESQ. aud
during the morning session Mcssrs II. y.
Thompson. Nelson Bennett +. l.. Cowgirl
and George \. Black addressed the court
ON behalf "I the FairhayCn and Belliug-
ham side of the proposition The
Sehomc and Nhalcum interest was re-
presented hy Nrssrs Durr Nirkliu.
Slade and others and they began
at once SERIES Of dilaiurN tactics Insist
ing upon am adjournment until two
O'Clock, in order. as they claimed. To hunt
mp the law on the subject and perfect
their line of action The discussion ut
this matter of adjournment occupied the
time until about ll:3O. when the board
adjourned until o'clock. Ia The mean
time however the FalrhaNru attorneys
presented the matter m clear lucid and
fair shape and exhibited the perfect
Justice Of EairhaNrn'> petition 10 the
matter. II vas shown that II Fairhayru
and Bplllughdm should get what They
asked Ia the premises that they would
only get about square miles loo the cor
puratiUu while New Nhatrum would gel
49, miles. and 10 New Nhatcpm got W hat
She claimed She would got about 9gl
I
miles. and Vet the New Nhatcum al
torneyS insisted upon this very uureasnu-
able demand despite the fact that even
the cities of Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
Louisville and many other places of 90
80 times the size of Nhatcom a. 10 pupu-
lation have from a third 10 less than half
the area within their corporate limits Of
what New Nhatcom desires.
In the afternoon session the same dila-
tory tactics in effect. were practiccd, the
New Nhatcom attorneys. evidently
speaking against time and thus cudcayur-
! ing TO continue the debate TO such an
| hour that It would be- necessary for the
board to adjourn over to another
day without settlement of the
cecdcd During the discussion the
attorneys introduced the argument
/ that the proposed fairhayru line would
run very close 10 one of their churches.
| but they did not allude 10 the fact that IL
/ they got what they desired, they would
not only take churches In Bcllingham,
which Farhaycn people have helped To
/ build. but the only school house in either
! FairhaVen Of BeIlingham. Their main
/ fight however was made ON the assertion
/ that FairhaVpu would be obtaining. If
| successful In her claim. the largest share
| of dpcp-watpr front. not seeming To con-
sIdcr he fact that Fairhaycn was not re
] SpOnsthle Tor the idCi lhdi w hdlcbln dNu
/ Schome have been built on tidc-tlgtS in
stead of dccp-Watcr frontage. Thus they
endraVor To make FalrhaNcn responsible
for their Shurtsightcducs~ IN this matter.
and would be- pleased to absorb all Oi Bel
lingham's water front in order 10 correct
their own faults. thus desiring tO
profit by their own wrong in face OF a
well known maxim Of law which i iu
utter antagonism To such proceeding
j.. | is plain. however. that Nhatc0m proper
is not So much interested in making thc~t
unfair claims A. Sohnmc is, aud many ui
Whatcom's prominent people are out
spcken. outside Of the commissioner
court. in the assertion that the claim
made hv the New Whatcom petition fol
the absorption Of Bclliugham is unfair
unjust and unreasonable, and certain 81
them said "a much in the presence OF th'
HERALD reporter who accompanied th'
Fairhavcn delegation.
After the adjournment OF the boart
until TODAY. which occurred about > p. m
the Fairhaycn and licllingham dclega
tions returned. and last evening held an
: other meeting in the rooms of the tair
haven Chamber Of Commerce. al whicl
the determination was expressed OF IN
! Fairhayen and Bcllingham delegations &
! attend the meetings Of the county com
missioncrs on this subject, and 10y thei
presence aud moral support OF the attur
news in the case, exhibit their deep an
unceasmg interest and concern m Tia
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