, 1854-11-04
improvements in Olympia and
Vicinity.

bet, three miles south of Olympia, there
has been erected two saw mills and one
grist mill, now in constant operation the
property Of Messrs. Ward & Hays.
There are about fifteen neat and substan-
tial dwelling houses, including buildings oc-
cupied for store rooms. Amongst those
Of recent erection, and in process Of con-
etruction is fine large frame house, in-
tended for boarding hous', by Mrs. Tay-
lor. An extensive assortment Of groceries,
in the shape Of coffee, sugar, salt, rice, syr-
up, &C., may be found at the Sandwich
Island store, kept by Mr.. Dunlap, which
is being exchanged for lumber aud the
siners for its procurement. Capt. Crosby
has recently erected a.capacious a. warehouse
at the very head Of Budd's Inlet, below the
lower falls Of Shutes river. Mr. Nelson
Barnes, on the lower falls, in close prox-
unity with the warehouse Of Capt Crosby,
has erected, and commenced operations
with, an excellent grst mill, which for ca
pacity and the excellency of the -four man
ufactured, equals the mill Of Messrs. Ward
& Hays. Where but year or two ago
there was nought but q dense forest OF
lofty FIR, that has now melted away and
made room for the comfortable abode Of
man, and store and dwelling houses are
now occupying the ground Of former forest
Businesses.
In Olympia, during the last summer and
fall, number Of substantial and tasty
dwelling and business houses have been
erected, and are now under vigorous pro-
cess Of construction : amongst which we
might refer to the capacious and well ap-
pointed building of Mr. Lewis Ensign, de-
signed as o portion of the Washington
Hotel--a store house, and in which there
is an excellent and capacious hall, capable
Of accommodating party Of hundreds
The Washington Hotel may now safely be
assumed to be the largest and best arrang.
ed within the Territory. Mr.. VIM. Cock,
Of the Pacific House, has also made val
liable addition to his excellent Hotel
those two being as yet the only public
hauses in Olympia. Mr.. Thomas John
son, corner Of First and Main streets,
has recently erected a store and dwelling
house, which adyantageously relieves the
disagreeable vacuum heretofore so objec-
tionable in that direction. On the corner
Of Main and Third streets, Mr.. John G..
Parker, jr., is erecting large store house
NEARLY opposite of which Mr. j. L. Per-
kins has about completed the frame work
for tastily appointed saloon.
On the corner of Main and 4th streets,
Messrs. ]. & c. E. Williams have COM
menced the erection Of store house, nearly
opposite Of which, the Territorial Librarian,
B. F. Kendall, Esq, has completed suitable
rooms for the Library, and further to the
southward, on Main street, the Messrs.
Cove, Of the Kendall Company, are
building an exceedingly. neat dwelling
house. Further along, on the same street,
D. r. Bigelow, Esq, has completed the
erection Of law Office, and several other
buildings in its vicinity are under way Of
completion. aI
ID The Masonic Hall, on the ground floor
Of which, the Legislative Assembly will
meet at the ensuing session, is being en-
ished with rapidity, and the best commen-
tary we can offer as to the onward tenden-
cy Of improvements around us, is, that our
carpenters are constantly and actively en-
ployed in completing building contracts
Over one-half of the timber for the cree
tion of the bridge over the eastern stretch
Of Bqdd's Inlet, connecting Olympia with
the main land eastward, is on the ground,
and wcrkmcn are employed, busily in fur
thering the work.
An embaDkment is about to be run around
the tide prairie, for the object of which,
sufficient means have been subscribed 10 ef-
fectually guard against the approach OF
high water within certain limits. Mr.. Z,
Giddings, jr., is making active preparation
for the further extension of his wharf, and
for the building of business houses on the
mud flats, north of Olympia; and over
most part Of theSoad in the direction ol
the MASONIC Hall, q substantial sidewalk
is abeut to be completed through private
subscription
All our mechanic shops are busily en-
gagged in custom work, and all things by
which We are surrounded, give evidence ol
a healthy state of steady progressive i'm
proyemeut.
Our farmers are preparing to harvest ex-
teRslve crops, the coming season, and will
no doubt afford sufficient bread-stufrs for
the subsistence. with proper distribution