Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-15

II ud- been ~dlN 10 some quar- Ter NihA .
this street railway franchise has been .
granted to the Fairhaven Land Company
n this were true ne appreheud that there
are not many people residing iu Fair I
haven who have Interests here which .
would BE- subserved by the actual build .
lug Of street car line. who would com
plain Of ID. because 10 j. we'll known that
the Fairhaven Land Company possesses f
the ability 10 build a street railway 10 10
should see III to do 80. but the fact ., that
this franchise Wa not granted % the
Fairhaven Land Company and the control
Of the franchise and 81 the Fairhayeu
Electric Street Railway Company h. not 10
the hands Of the Fairhaveu Land Com
pany. or Of any person connected directly.
OF Indirectly with that company. al
though IL j. true that one or two mem
beers Of the railroad company are inter-
ested in the land company. 4 majority
Of the board Of directors are business
men; all Of them are largely interested ia
fairhayen aud they possess the ability 20
build the road. but notwithstanding the
fact that the gentlemen whose names are
connected with the enterprise have Sc
cured the money % enable them 20 90 on
with their construction. they are still
willing that anv citizen or citizens Of
Fairhayen NAV subscribe stock Of the
company upon precisely the same terms
aud conditions which they themselves
have taken il Aud Ne arr authorized to
.ay that the stock books 81 the company
will be- open to receive subscriptions IN
few days. and that any or all Of the gen
tlemen who feel aggrieVed at not being
Interested in any franchise which was
granted will still have an opportunity 10
put mp their money and To acquire just
such an interest a. they may be- willing To
pay Tor. and there j. no person boo the
company who will not be- required To do
the same thing This seems 10 " Ia be- a
fair proposition and does not seem To give
any citizen Of Fairhaven any advantage
aver others, but puts all upon equality
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The Fairhaven Electric Railway Com
pany j. DESTROYS Of constructing a road
which will be- Of benefit Ia the entire Bay.
aud for that reason il j. proposed that II
II eau secure any street, upon which. a a
business proposition. it viii be- Justified
IN constructing a road around the BAY. il
will extend it, line, through the cities OF
New Whatcom aud Whatcom The com
pany has some assurances that IL will b.
able to procure franchise In New What.
com over streets which are practicabl,
for the purpose. although the counci
there has been unwi~e enough Ia give The
exclusive franchise for tive yeas upoI
the two best streets in the city for tha
purpose to another company. thus MAX
ing IL possible that the he location for
street railway in New WhatcOm can no
be- had for that length Of time IN th'
city Of Whatcom there j. blanket fran
chise naming one or two streets. I'm
giving the holders Of the franchise III
right 10 occupy other streets in the town
ar which may hereafter b. created IN IN
town. by giving ten days notice Of thei
intontion to occupy It. This provision
unless the cucncil Of Whatcom shall TAX
some action in the matter aud coniine th
holders Of that franchise 10 some particu
lar street. will probably have the effect I
defeat the construction Of street railway
within that town as all. However, "
think that the general benefits Of stree
railways are 50 great that the Whatcor
council will take some action in the mat
ter, and will release at least some street
from the ordinance under which they ar
nov tied up. At all events the Falrhaye
Electric Railway Company will make a
effort TO procure franchises in those eli
les. and u 1t can procure them a line {
railroad will be- In operation around I'll
Bay within ninety days.
Every Sunday. the bright aud entertain
ing society weekly Of Tacoma has ne
title-head, and we are glad Of IL. tn
paper deserved betterlooking head tina
II had, though II has one or the sta
which couldn't be- improved on.