Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-25
GOD HELPS THOSE VINO HELf
THEMSELVES

There are men in this city possessed
OF great means, or who can control it,
who sit about and wonder when some
body is going to do something, the
railroads, for instance, TO "make
things jump" in this locality. That
is, they are anxious TO learn when
other men are going to begin spending
money and pushing forward great
enterprises here to enhance the value
OF the wondering elements property.
The Great Northern railroad is com
ing, as fast as il can be built, straight
to Bellingham bay, and it will build
here a great city, aided by other
potent factors that it will attract
thither, or at least open the way for.
But it will probably be nearly, or
quite, two years before that line will
be completed. Meantime as the road
is being constructed through the
Rocky mountains and Montana
and Eastern Washington with
all the necessary branches, there are
many other townsites on the way to
be looked after and so much work of all
kinds that the owners Of the road can
afford 20 let Fairhayen rest for while,
and allow il TO work out its own saliva
ton during the interim. Thus he who
waits for the things suggested TO pile
up his bank account for him will have
a good, long and unremuneratiye rest
ing spell.
Fairhayen is all right and is as sure
TO be the great city Of the Sonnd as
that the world lives, and this it will
begin to be inside Of the next two
years even If there were not twenty
people in the city on the 1st Of July
next, and the people who are going to
become successful and prosperous will
be those who stay with the city. The
fact Is that with the exception Of a
little dizziness in business caused by the
general scarcity OF money there is no
just cause for complaint even
now, and those difficulties are proper
tiOnately far less in Fairhaven than
in any other city in Washington, or
on the Pacific coast, or anywhere
else. There are people who are crying
hard times because they are not get
ting rich as fast as they would like,
and some who take advantage Of the
cry to ward off the payment OF what
the owe, while OF course there are
many who having overloaded them
selves cannotpay, just 1t present, with
out great sacrifice Of good property,
and who on account Of the scarcity Of
money find 1t even difficult to make
the sacrifices.
The point, however, that this article
started in to make was that men of
means instead Of sitting about wait
ing for the development Of circum-
stances to make money for them
should take hold and make cir
cumstances for themselves. There
are hundreds Of ways in which
men singly, or in pools and syndicates.
could make money for themselves here
now, aud at the same time enhance
the value of their real estate without
waiting for the railroads and coal
mines, etc, TO do il for them. They !
could put up small factories for this, |
that or the Other-or large ones as 20 /
that-give employment TO hundreds,
and turn out stuff to be shipped all
over the world. A tub and barrel fac |
tory; a fruit-canning establishments
a ship yard; market gardens, works for
OF pottery, fire brick and |
tileing, and numerous other enter
prises that would be tedious to men /
ton, all could be made to pay largely |
by dint Of energy, enterprise and |