, 1871-12-28
THE WEEKLY ARGUS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER %, 1871.
location of the cQn.tlu0tiOa Terminus.


A telegram from Olympia toa GENTLE
man in this city contains the intelligence
shat it has been officially announced at
OlymPhkhstthef temporary terminus of
the N. P. R. r. is to be located at that
Plkee-i e., on Budd's Inlet.
A leader in the Kalama BedcOa, of the
l5lh ind. eleaay Indicated this, and even
further. II says: "Olympia alias Browns
Wharf, on Budd's Inlet, from all that can
be gathered from what the papers detail
Nil pzks the rifle in catching the TERMS
nds. ''
Kalama and Olympia have been Sc
leeted asstfade-esntres on the schedule of
Northern Pacific Railroad policy, as dis
tiset from overland main-trunk ideas
one, centre for Western Oregon and
Lower Columbia; centering at Kalama,
on their way to the Sound !, Grain ele-
VSt0rS and warehouses at both terminal
cities One city having the lumber,
6dh@1Fmdl mining commerce from the
Columbia to Alaska, and Kalama as the
supply depot to feed all those Northwest
eFn industries p l
Very good. The west side of Puget
Sound" the impracticabe mountainous
region, not worth cent" is safe for the
Arst line of road, and for the ultimate
terminus it could not we'll be otherwise.
We believe the donations which, it is said,
nave been accepted by the company as
aninddcement for the location of its road
ct olympia, binds it to have no other
post or station on these waters for three
years. This proviso does not bind the
Company from constructing its road along
the Sound towards its grand terminus,
which, allowing all due haste, it will take
three yearsIto build. hi
,At-the-end of three years, then, another
and the last terminus of the road, full
hedged for the grand commerce it will be
destined to attract and command, will
0pring into existence. 1t is no jealousy of
OUT fair and favored sister, Olympia that
leads us 10 this conclusion; but the nes
0sssity for haste in the construction of the
Rosd. Il Is necessary because the fast
growing trade Of the Central Pacific is
rapidly attracting part Of the trade that
The Northern Pacific will carr; but the
longer the completion of this road is de-
feErsd the harder it will be TO gain tbs-
trado that has already began to flow
through another. channel. This is well
known to the directors of the company,
end % soop ~ their terminus is fixed at
Olympia lhs will have decided upon the
Location fof their grand terminus, and our
readers may we'll be assured that they
viii entetintotho compact that will inter
fOrs with the. rapid completion of the road.
We feel very little concern as to where
the ending Of the road will be but to
those who may have doubts regarding the
matter, We will note circumstance that
was mentioned to US the other day, to the
eject that the Puget Sound Steam Navi-
gAti6gA Company was making arrange
mentS to have its depot in this bay; that
here it would connect With the ocean
steamers, and from them transfer freight,
etc., to the Sound boats. "Straws show
which way the wind blows" aud as the
Puget Sound Steam NM!;syigation Company
Is composed ngreat part Of man directly
interested in tile Northern Pacific Rail-
road, it is not likely they would sanction
the building ofwharves, warehouses. etc,
where they would have to be removed
from in obedience to the beck of The arbi-
tTary interest Of railroad entrepOt. 5sz