Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-06
THE REASON OF IT

Ina aud al ientiou Of our citizens f r the .
past tive weeks concerning the matter Of /,
our Incorporation From this date Fair
haven will take rank under the s.Ns Of
the STATE of Washington a a city Of the
Third class. with the way open for her adj {
Nancemeut Ia the second aud then 10 the
hrst class. which position She will no
doubt attain ia the near future.
Abant one year ago the great enterpris-
- IS hieh have done - much for irlling-
ham Bay. and particularly for Fairha-
ven. Were inaugnrated. Then there were
neither town nor people here Fairhayen
nov stand, Neither We're there any
facilities for building Town. The place
was a dense forrest, and a. there could h.
no Improvement, without materials. mills
were Ia h.. crected that work might 10.
erected in order that work might b. first +
started. lands We're Ia be- cleared in order .
10 make raniu for starting hu>iue>s II any
kind
ID wa> nat until Ia June that the first
lott were offered ia market hy thu Fair
haven Land company. and eNen hen the
I.nf> which Nefe offered iur sale cauld
hardl, fa. exhibited Ia purchaser, for the
felled irts.> and ,tump> with which they
we're covered liut the work vent for
Nard aud now THERE j. not a rla,s Of husi-
n..ss ANYWHERE "a hirh j. nm fairly repre-
senied here. and Ne have grow toa city
Of the third elias mnre rapidly and more
permanently than has ir.cn shown hy any
other community.
q. lei.
in fact an kinds uf trade, aud many
CLASSES 81 manufacturing are Ia h. found
ou every hand Al these things are
plainly visible and arr matters Of aston
i~hmcni Ia people who visit ~ from other
places. aud particularly 10 those WIN
come from he more eastern states.
Every day We are asked. Why i thi>2
and what O., back of il alla To any nne
a ho has carefully considered oar siiua-
ton and ahu understands the faci> Of
oar iucaiiou. The reason Of our growth up
to the present time J. easily understood,
aud from these facts the future of Fair
haven can certainly le predicted. cities
grow a the result ni their location aud
surroundings Sometime. They grow in
spite Of every effort tn prevent theft
growth. II has not been an uncommon
thing IN this country ior men 10 unite on
certain points a. the site of a great city
aud make every effort to build 1t up. and
yet We have seen spring Mp in the Nicinit,
some small place which. for time. at
tracted the attention of nobody. aud ye
IT. grow ia continued until finally. yield
ing Is the laws Of trade. and controle'
In location. We have seen the despise'
village become the commercial center am
the favored places sink into nothing
over Ia our ueighbor stateof Oregon Their
j. a notable example While the city q
Portland was being proven mp "a dona
ton land claim. IT. Helens. Milwaukee,
Vancouver and Oregon City we're contest
ing with each other the honors of be-
coming the future commercial center q
oregon. -. Helens claimed 10 be tn
head 81 navigation. Vancouver made tn
same claim. Oregon City had the grea
water-paWer furnished by the Willametl
falls In all of these places fortunes WEI
invested, aud mostly lost. while Porilan
steadily grew. apparently without assis
ance. for long time. until she forced he
sef upon the attention Of the people
the country. and i now a truly great eli
in every sense Of the word.
These contestimg towns We're a
relying on the fact that they hs
guod water privileges in front
hem aud excellent harbor privileges. h.
overlooked the fact that there was notl
ing behind them. Portland had a. gu'
water. but not better. than 81. Helens
Vancouver. but just at that point the
was pass through the high range Of hill
or mountains Ia the west through Viii,
was constructed wagon rnad-al
everything went nv wagon in those da
which placed at the back Of Portlal
the great agricultural country known
the Torvatolin plains With water
front and the product, Of a great count
IN the rear the future Of Portland was a
~ured. Fairhayen has a commando
position. aud it l. the country Al her bai
which will make the future Of Fairhav
certainty.
fheii1bcr coal. iron. lead. marble a
.pIne are so well aud faNnrahly kno,
that they need 10 further presentaiio
But aside from these-and any one
Them IS sufficient to make town.
further fact remains that whatever tn,
+ OF agricultural country west Of the Ga
cade mountains ia the state Of Washin
ton. excepting only the hop fields Of Pu
allup valley. are directly tributary
FairhaVen. That. however is not q
greatest resource. On the other side
the cascade mountains. and neal
To- Fafhaven than Ia any other point
the seaboard is the great country kno
a he big bend Of the Columbia riv
This Is the largest and hest single body
agricultural land west Of the Rocky a
north Of Siskyieu mountains. There "
be- time when that country alone "
furnish commerce for a commercial c
of half a million people. Its export a
import trade wlllcventaally make a gr
city Of the place which can command
This trade will come to Fairha'
through the great pass Of the Skagit ri
in spite Of every effort which may be mi
to divert IL. II is to be reached in I
way by u shorter route than exists Fl
any other point In moving the freig
Of gteat country in these days Of ca
petition distance Is time, and time is 81
ing Of freights and yields profits TO
nrodHcer. " Fairhaven had no other
source. the agricultural lands Of East
Washington would make rs great ci
THE MAIL SERVICE
The mail boats that ply between I
coma and Fairhaven are Of a charac
that would please the people II somethi
would happen to them. Yesterday so
one on the incoming boat suggested Il