Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-23
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC

Yesterday was a great day for Bel
bingham bay, though the greater part
Of the "hurrah" took place in What
com. The people from both cities,
Fairhaven and Whatcom, turned out
TO welcome the first train Of the
Canadian Pacific, which road from
this time on will run its cars daily
direct from the East into the depot at
tide water on Bellingham bay, at a
point very near the southern line OF
Whatcom which is the Northern line
OF Fairhayen. As 10 the great benefit
10 be derived TO these cities from the
consummatiOn OF the plans OF the
Canadian Pacific, that subject has
been expatiated upon, at length, here
tofore i'm these columns, and concern
ing the celebration Of yesterday the
HERALD's reporters furnish for its
readers this morning a full and inter
esting account.
In brief, the situation now is that
Bellingham bay is the terminus of a
great transcontinental line of road
that will bring passengers from the
Atlantic tide waters to the Pacific
tide waters in far less time and at far
less rates than any other transconti-
mental line and that means everything
for the cities OF Bellingham bay and
the merchants OF these cities. 1t
means that instead Of our merchants
going TO Portland and San Francisco
TO purchase New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton and the goods OF all other eastern
cities, ports and manufactures, paying
therefor the San Francisco and Port
land middleman's percentage with the
added freight from those ports TO this,
that our merchants will be able TO
purchase their goods at first hand In
the East and get them here even
cheaper than San Francisco can and
quicker, on account OF the shortened
route and the decreased freight rates.
This means great good TO all the
people here in the matter Of decreased
prices for everything from the East
that the people consume, and that will
DO great relief for the reason that
with the control that Portland and
San Francisco, and even Tacoma and
Seattle have had over our markets IL
has been a third more expensive TO
live here than IL will be now.
II is, perhaps, not generally known
that in the matter Of vegetables and
early fruits alone, Seattle and Tacoma
green-grocers have had utter and
entire control OF our markets. In the
matter Of fruit and vegetables brought
hlther from San Francisco, the Seat
tie and Tacoma jobbing green-groce RS,
have held us up before the wholesale
dealers OF San Francisco, as their
game, and have coolly told the Frisco
dealers that If they shipped goods
direct to Bellingham bay they would
boycott them, hence, we have had TO
pay the up-sound middlemen their
''little dizzy" on the early fruits and
vegetables we have consumed, while
ships from San Francisco laden with
this stuff have passed almost within
sight of us from the Straits of Fuca
to the up-sound ports, refusing to de-
liver to Bellingham bay pound OF the
toOthsome truck which we so much
wanted and for which. grown staler
by being conveyed further and then
reshipped to us, we have been forced
to pay Seattle and Tacoma retail
prices.
This ends right here. THERE'S moth
ing grown on the face OF the earth
that cannot be bought cheaper in Chi
cago at retail than 1t can on the ground
where 1t grew The oranges of Florida