Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-21
IMPORTANT CELEBRATION

IMPORTANT CELEBhAIiON
The Pioneer Press says that 1.-THE
committee having in charge the ar
rangement for the st. Paul celebration
in honor of the completion of the Great
Northern railway to Puget sound is
earnestly at work and its meetings are
attended by the most prominent busi-
ness men in the city. The contracts
have been let for the building OF a
large number of floats representing the
CITY of St. Paul and the states of MIN
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Washington and oregon
Several thousand dollars will be eX-
pended i'm the construction OF these
floats. and it is the intention to make
the celebration the most magnificent
ever attempted in the Northwest.
Liberal prizes have been offered for the
best decorated building, and also for
the best individual floats, designs being
furnished to them by the committee
and by a corps of competent artists and
designers"
The plans of the Great Northern
railroad ..are rapidly nearing the point
where the interesting question as to
where its terminals are to be located
will be announced. 1t is noticeable
that at the present time, while several
cities on the Sound claim to be the
terminus, Mr.. Hill has not definitely
declared himself on the important
point, and until he does, Fairhaven is
as prominent a candidate as any other
point. Should Mr.. Hill, however, in
spite of the advantages maintaining
here, and which do not exist at any
other place on the Sound, determine to
favor some other city in preference to
Fairhaven, it merely leaves the
strategic point open for one of his
rivals to occupy, and to finally cripple
him in the most necessary and import
ant branches of his future operations.
If Mr.. Hill possesses the foresight and
wisdom generally accredited to him,
even by his enemies, then no one re-
siding in Fairhaven or holding prop
erty here need give the city's future a
moments worry, but if Mr.. Hill fails
in fully grasping the situation and
turns elsewhere to find a chief point as
the base of his Puget sound business,
the proposition at Fairhaven may be
delayed little longer than was at first
anticipated, but that statement covers
the full damage which the Great North
ern, or any other corporation, could do
the city-to merely delay its final pros
perity for time.
Smile as you may, look at the pre-
sentdepression and count the pOpu,a-
ton of Fairhaven if you desire; read
the sighting comments published in
some of the journals of the Sound
country to your hearts content, and
then write it on your memory for future
reference that the HERALD looks into
the near future and sees larger and
more prosperous metropolis on Belling-
ham bay than at any other point in the
state Of Washington. For favorable To-
cation, harbor facilities, quantity and
variety of resources, and every other
element which enters into the growth
ola large city, Fairhaven has no rival
on the Pacific coast. In the meantime,
as matter of present moment, we re-
peat that Mr.. Hill has not taken a
single step towards public announce
ment as to which is his terminal city.
Seattle is of course making large claims,
but 50 it did with respect to a fresh
water canal and a United States sem
ator, but so long as it remains a mere
boast and an act of coquetry on the
Queen City's part no harm is done.