Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-05-20
OLYMPIA. SATURDAY MORNING, NAY 20. ISL
Trip to Portland.

Upon the eve of going to press last week
our editor arrived from his trip to Port,
land in demoralized condition, and hence
not in state to give any elaborate account
Of his experience aud observation by the
way.
THE ROAD
From Olympia to Skookum Chuck is
very fair generally, not less than six miles
an hour being made by the stage teams
with full loads of passengers between there
and Humphreys, it is horrible beyond
description, occupying full six hours to
make the seventeen miles to McDonald's
where the passengers, remain over night,
and FIVE hours to make the next fourteen
miles to Humphreys on the following day
STEAMBOATS,.
The TVenat plies daily between Pun
phrey's and Monticello, connecting with
the stage at noon, and returning to Month
cello the same evening where the passen.
gers from each way remain over nj ght at a
house kept by one of the Huntington fam
lily; large and find looking house, which
for meagerness Of fare aud chamber COM
forts and conveniences ranks any shanty
tavern in Washington or Oregon. Oppo.
sition boats leave Monticello for Portland
three alternate days in the week carrying
passengers for 25 cts on the other days
but one boats leaves and charges two dol
Oars. The opposition boat Vancouver,
owned and commanded by Capt. Troupe is
ipatronized by the people Of this Territory,
and is worthy oft. On our return, the
Vancouver ran to Humphreys direct, and
made quicker time on the Cowlitz than
was ever before made on that river, bring
ing the passengers to that point eighteen
hours ahead Of regular time.
PORTLAND
Is now in the heyday of its prosperity,
and the old settlers have at length come
to realize the effects of railroads upon the
the business prosperity of the country;
real estate tranactions are lively and at con-
stantly advancing prices but to an out.
slider it seems that their prosperity has
turned the heads of many ofthe citizens,
who imagine that the same rate of progress
will proceed indefinitely, gathering mo-
mentum by the advance, until Portland
becomes to this country what Chicago is to
the old Northwest
THE RAILROAD.
Mr.. Montgomery, who has the contract
for constructing the % miles of the N. P.
Railroad from Kalama is pushing the
work vigorously. The contract price for
construction is considerable below former
estimates, and will make the cos. Of com.
pleteing and equipping the road something
less than $4,000 mile, which is about
$4,000 mile less than was first estima.
ted. 1t is generally believed that forty
miles more of the road in this direction
will be put under contract by the first of
July, and considerable portion if not all
completed during the present season.
There is no truth in the report that any
other letting than that to Mr.. MONTGOMERY
has been made.
IMMIGRATION.
The tide of immigration to Oregon and
Washington has set in vigorously. Three
steamers from San Francisco arrived in
Portland within the past week, with an
aggregate of not less than one thousand
passengers, and many of these had started
with the intention of coming to Washing
ton Territory, considerable portion of
which will undoubtedly be turned in some
other direction by the difficulty aud ex-
pense Of getting from Portland to this
place. After the arrival of the first of the
three steamers before mentioned we found
twenty or thirty Of its passengers waiting
at Pumphrey's for some conveyance. The