Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-05
AS OTHERS SEE US


An Eastern Report Of the Lumbermeu's
Recent Visit
From the excellent account Of the
reccn visit of eastern lumbcrmcu and
others to this city and vicinity pub
lishcd in the Mississippi Valley Lum-
herman and written by its editor, who
accompanied tine party, it IS evident
that the visitors were very much
pleased with their reception and enter
taiumcut and not only delighted but
astOui5hed at what they saw. We
quote ~ follows.
"Ancr supper at the Rainier the
party took the steamer city Of Seattle
/ Tor l'mrhavcn, whore we arrived at
| S O'clDck the next morning. At Fair
/ haven "a large reception committee
/ awaited u- After breakfast ut The
/ Fairhavcu, a handsome hOtcl admlra-
/ bly kept, thc party were taken out To- q
picturesque lake about four miles from
/ lDwu over au electric road opened only
. the duy before. The road b. -uD-ttu-
/ uaily built a- well built a- any steam
] railway, and has cost about sIJD,UJO.
. OvcrIt 10 is proposed To- draw logs from
points about tine lake and coal which d.
found boo the same locality, u- well a-
pleasure travel to- tine resort already u--
.uDu-hod. The trip was completed ny
'1l.s M. and then visit was made Co.
'tIc Cornwall mill, the largest mill ON
Bclliugham bay. Here was found the
German bark Standard loading with
plank for Dortrrcht, Holland. The
order being filled was for 700, 600 feet
.of plank, none to be less than ~ feet iu
lrugth and ~ inches iu width aud
strictly clear. There was little or none
Of tine plank on the deck a. narrow as
. Is inches, while many Of them were
four feet i'm width aud 30 feet long. For
material like this the mill owners are
getting Sl4 per thousand. Think Of it,
/ YOU Mississippi valley lumb.rmcn who
b. find clear lumber half as wide and l6
! feet long worth SO per thousand aud
e get that price for your uppcrs. Nu
wonder our Canadian ncighbOrs prefer
American markets To- competition with
American lumber made out here on
the coast, in European markets.
"After lunch the Fairhaven commit
tee had Othcrplcasurcs In store. They
4 provided US with "a special train anc
n took US into the Skagit valley and u
q Jennings, where is located the best Goa
@ mine on the coast The Skagit yalle,
is ere fitted with containing more an'
O. better timber than is found anywher
f, on the coast and this it is possible Il
/. believe is entirely true after the tri
RI we took through the forest prlmeval
l. At the end Of this trip, the venture
,, some ones Of our party 10 the numbe
Of about thirty went into the mine
u distance Of ! 800 feet and saw on ever
Is hand vein Of coal practically lne>
lNr.Vs HHIN IL "a
expert in this line, pronounced IT ~
r. perior to frickes' best COnnellsvill
.o coal for coking purposes. 1t was
|. O'Clock when we got back TO the hotc
10 Besides the members Of our party
nj there were twice as many from Fai
.d haven and Whatcom, and in addltio
A to Sightseeing many pleasant acquainl
IN ance3 were made, and old acqualh
m. auces renewed. In the evening thel
,r was an informal reception at the clu
ne for be il said here and now, That
he these western cities and towns ha'
he well maintained social clubs, vii
handsome club rooms, and these we
i'm thrown open TO w everywhere.
ns "Fairhaven and New Whatcom, Il
IA towns on Bclliugham bay have
ir- future before them. Whatcom b
.cg taken into It's limits, within the pa
ed wear, Schome, and there are now b
its two towns lying side by side aud pra
tcally one. They Will be one event
"a. ally, although local jealousy runs RAJ
M plnt at present, aud the Whatco
fo people had little or nothing 10 do wi
ou our reception and entertained
ch whereas the Fairhaven peol
rpt chnckle1. But the harbOr h the be
he and the lumber Immediately surrOuf
W. ing Bellingham bay is magnilice
~ There is an abundance Of coal a
yas other minerals in the immedii
al vicinity aud other things to make
gas city on Bellingham bay an imports
ted city. Whether II will rival Seattle a
md Tacoma time will tell, but while r
estate speculation II dull now-as !
an everywhere else on the Sound
Ed. people are hopeful, sanguine and
n 3 lerprising. All the transcontiner
his lines reach Bellingham bay and
ield shipping facilities by rail and wa
ged are the very best"