Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-05-07
TWO WORTHY PROPOSITIONS

Committees of the Chamber of Com
merce are now at work upon two first
class propositions for the establishment
of manufacturing enterprises. In con-
sideration of the small bonus of $1,000,
pavable either i'm lands or money, one
of the most energetic and enterprising
of our own citizens, Mr. Alsop, will put
in plant for the manufacture of build
ing, sewer and fire brick and drain
tile, an enterprise for which there is a
fine field here and which would afford |
employment to at least twenty men |
and undoubtedly develop into an ex-
tensive business. The location pro-
posed is an admirable one and tests of
the clay have been made which leave
no possible room for doubt that there is
none superior to it on the Pacific coast
for the purposes intended, and espec-
tally for the manufacture of sewer
brick, for which there is already
large local demand. The value of
nearly all the arabic land in this part
of the state is greatly increased by thor
ough drainage, and at reasonable prices
drain tiling will find a ready market
for years to come. Mr.. Alsop is not a
mere visionary theOrist. He is prac-
teal and successful business man. The
proposition he submits is worthy one
i'm every way and the bonus he asks is
very small indeed compared with the
benefits which would speedily accrue
to business men, property owners and
laborers from the successful operation
of such business as he contemplates
Offering as he does to take lots or lands
in lieu of money the raising of the
bonus ought only to be question of 8
day or two at most. Don't let it lag
Reconstruction is not only thief o
time but of money also, when it pre-
vents the securing of enterprises which
employ labor and make market 70
raw material as well as the goods, ware
and merchandise of general trade.
The other project-that of Mr.. BurR
hart and associates for the establish
ment of wooden mill here, is by ia
the best proposition, all things cor
sidered, that has yet been submitted
the Chamber. If the project is carrie
out it will require a cash expenditul
of upwards of $4,000 before the loon
can be started and will give stead
employment to from forty to fifty pc
sons. 1t will provide a home mark
for the wool of the sheep that are raise
in large numbers in the lower Skag
and Nooksack valleys and on the So
Juan islands, and will be great stir
illus to all branches of local trade. III
two gentlemen who are to have dire
charge of the mechanical department
wherever the mill is located, have hi
many years experience in all branch
Of wooden manufacture, one of the
having been for twenty-five yea
superintendent of the finishing depa
ment in the largest wooden mill in t
west, and the other for seven years
the head of another department in {
same mill. The project itself is tn
oughly practicable. 1t is said Il
every wooden mill that has thus
been established in the Northwest
proved profitable. In Oregon, best
the big mills at Oregon City, SINAI
mills are i'm successful operation
A Ibanv Salem Ashland and Rroxp
willie. The Oregon City and Brow
willie woolens particularly are fam
all over the West and find ready |
even in the Eastern markets.
operation of such plant as it is
posed to establish here would wit
five years return to the contribu
many times the value of the subs
asked. The proposition is fair
reasonable one In every way. 1t
be anything but credtable c
mentary upon the enterprise of wi
we have been wont to boast
the guarantee required is not spec
raised. We need such institutions
our business. Without them our a
of lots can have little more than 9
age value. No manufactures, no
No pay rolls, no prosperity. To
''common people, the hum of indu
is the sweetest of all music. We I
look to the property owners to see
IL is soon heard here.
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