Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-13
Where Wealth Is.


Concerning the future of Washington
and Fairhavcn, Mr.. Frank WilkeSon, the
accomplished and wcll-known journalist.
writes a. follows in the handsome pam
plct published by the Fairhavcn chamber
of commerce; In Washington there is
an unoccupied area that j. larger than
England aud which is capableof sustain
ing a larger population than England has
| today. More marketable timber stands
on Washington's soil than ever stood on
1 the soil of Michigan. Minnesota aud Wis
cunsin combined. There is a larger guam
/ tity of coal hidden in the TANKS of the
/ Cascade mountains than lies beneath
/ Pennsylvania soil. The iron ribs Of the
/ Cascade range. veins that have been dis
covered. contain more iron ore than has
| yet been discovered ON Superor's rug
gcd shore There is more and
better gold silver. lead and copper
bearing ores in Washington than
there is in Colorado's highlands.
] There is twenty times as much potter
clay in Washington as there i In New
Jersey. There is larger productive
wheat area in Washington than there is
in both the Dakotas. and more acres of
prime fruit producing land than in any
two of the Atlantic seaboard states.
Washington is land quilted by navigablc
rivers. which flow through bottom land of
marvellous productiveness, land that an
nually produces 5000 pounds Of hops. or
100 bushels of oats. or four tons of hay. or
so bushels of potatoes per acre 1t is
land blessed. with mild climate. and
where the work year is L. months long,
that possesses vast deposits Of raw ma
terial the manipulation of which into
finished products will furnish employment
to millions of workmen. In natural re-
sources Washington far surpasscS any
other state in the Union. In the neal
future the bays and mutations of Puget
Sound will be- lined with sawmills. Tn,
people of the American continent will
come here for lumber. The iron to sup.
ply the Pacific coast will be smclted al
> Fairhavcn. The grain-carrying ships %
the British commercial marine will GROVE
the elevator Wharfs at Fairhaven. and u,
g ships with canvas spread, or smoke issu
lH- NUN % 'i NtaiA dlI wv 1T Alif SUI III
Of Juan de Fuca In the night their pilot
will steer fcarlcssly toward the CLOWN,
cloud thatwill hang over Bcllingham bay
and as they turn the wheel they viii
murmur. one to the other: There lie
. Bcllingham bay. aud yondcr where tn
. reflected light H. most intense is Fair
? haven. where thousand furnace fire
, that screens Farhavcn's bay from viey
of inbound vessels. they will see row afte
, row Of furnace stacks each surmounte
with glowing flame-the halo of a pros
- perous iron manufacturing industry
o. there will be yard full after yard full u
4. coke ovens all glowing brightly. grca
/, rolling mills in which steel ingct glide 4
+ aud out Of "tree high" rolls aud TAX
shape. here rails. there beams, aud yonde
!, broad plates to build the commercial
4 marine Of the Pacific ocean. aud close 4
the rolling mills the fiery breath Of Res
I semer conycrters will cause the air Il
, quiyer as With the hot. throbbing breatl
4 Of industrial love.
The clang Of trip hammers as shaftins
is being forged, the hundreds Of buzz an,
q band saws, the cries of workmen viii
$ cause the air above the beautiful elling
! ham bay to tremble, and the bay, large a
e II is, will be crowded with ships. Enormou
elevators will stand In clusters renectn.
the light Of industrial fires from thei
metal clad sides. Here load ships for Eu
rope, there ships for New York, and yon
! bingham bay aud the land far back from
the water line viii glow brightly unde
: the blaze Of countless electric lights, an'
{ will roar with the hum Of the creates
city on the Pacific -Fairhavcn.