Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-27
A MASS or FALSEHOOD

Generally of late the Whatcon
Reyeille has been quite decentin deal
ing with Fairhaven, mostly, however,
for the reason that IL hasn't had much
TO say in that connection. But yester-
day morning it printed an editorial
under the heading, "Our Franchises. :"
which gave evidence that its editor was
suffering at the time he wrote it from
a severe attack Of indigestion, or had
an ambition TO make remarkable
exhibition Of "pure cussedness," and
In doing this he has not hesitated TO
plainly, cOOlly and shamefully misrep-
resent things in several ways, and
that without the warrant Of a single
iota Of fact for a foundation. He
begins by saying;
The true inwardness Of the refusal Of
the Fairhaven council TO further com
slider the application Of the New What
com Electric Street Railway company
Tor franchise through FairhaVen an
pears TO be that the Fairhaven people
have lost all confidence in the Thum com
pany, and believe that 1t is franchise To
sell not to use, that the company wants.
The Fairhaven people desire to back
company that means business, and they
have lost faith.
Now the truth is, and nearly every
citizen on Bellingham bay knows il to
be true, that the "Thum company"
as the Reyeille is pleased to call it. is
today, and has been for several
days past, at work putting down a
double-track, steel-rail, first-class
street railway on its right-of-way, and
a road at that which cost 80 1000 Der
mile Of single track Moreover this
work was begun at the Whatcom end
Of the line, and is being constructed
In short lengths and entirely COM
pleted as it goes, in order to hinder. as
little as possible, public traffic, by
tearing up too much Of the street at
once. The tlmbers for The stringers
and cross ties have been delivered
the entire length OF the road
from the Fairhaven wharf to
the Whatcom line, the poles for
the trolly wires have been put up.
over the same line and much OF the
steel delivered on the ground. aside
from that which has already been
placed on the distance being com |
pleted This steel is Of exactly the
same weight and character as that of
the Great Northern railway, and the
work so far is not excelled by that of
any electric street railway on earth.
and the entire system is to be the
same in that regard. The Falrhaven
people have not lost a jot or little of
their faith in the company, but on the
contrary expect to be riding over the
road by August /, 1891. So much for
the first two assertions Of the Reyeille
That paper then goes on TO say:
IL win be remembered that originally
Senators Hiscock and Platt Were showed
forward as the franchise hunters, and
when IL was found that the New What
com people were no tespecters of persons
or official positions. their names ceased To
figure in the deal.
AS 10 Senators Hiscock and Plat
they were originally interested in the
road and may be 10 some extent yet,
Tor aught we know, but they ceased to
appear actively In the matter for the
simple reason that they desired TO be
Interested in line that would entirely
md thoroughly connect both of the
bay cities, but as such adj
'lsors OF the city council OF Whatcom
IS the marplots Of the Reyeille and its
bcttors, were afraid to seeFairhaven's I
riends do anything to develop the
bay settlements, inspired |
herein by jealousy, envy and moss ;