Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-02-24
OLYMPIA, SATURDAY MORNING. ilb. q. lSI2.
OUR BEST POLICY.

UUN EGSI fUIlCI.
The Vancouver Register aludes to cur
remarks upon the effect of the railroad
on real estate, in n previous issue, and
gives some very scasonablc advice that
it would be well for our people to heed.
1t afiirms that the present is TIE golden
opportunity of such Of our citizens as are
the possessors Of town property; that the
business center will radiatc from the point
where the railroad company make their i'm
movements and buill their wharves. ware
houses, Gcrots and machine shops; that
the company will be formidable rivals in
disposing Of town lots and in fixing their
valuation in the market which will inev.
table fall much below the enormous prices
at which c!igibly located lots Oh the
principal streets are now held; that it is
the true policy of our citizens to enlcavor
by every means to identify all enter
prise and enlist every individual in behalf
of the present town, to sell or give them
lots, and secure their aid in the struggle
which will surely ensue.
We are no alarmist, but we fear there is
more truth in the Registers forecast than
the public is prepared to admit The
list of Improvements made by the Union
Pacific Railroad Co.'S Town Lot Depart
ment, for 1871, shows that ,273 buildings
have been erected, involving an outlay Of
nearly $4,000, coo for these improvements
in connection with their land system on
the section between Omaha and Corinnc.
The improvements to be made at "some
point on Budds Inlet" will constitute no
very insignificant town Cor on this coast
"city") of itself and the rush Of people for
;nyestme nts, as all experience shows, is to
the precise spot where the company's iu
teres,s center. At these points, cities have
been built within the brief period Of few
months with populations ten times as large
as our own growth Of twenty years. What
is to prevent history from repeating itself
here, where the influences are even greater
for immediate and decisive results? VIII
it not require city of immense popula-
ton aud area, to constitute our town a
respectable suburb of the Wylie claiu
site? Or if the future city is built ct
. Browns Wharf, the most favorable point
the people have been induced to hope for,
is not the growth quite as apt to expand
over land that is cheap and possessing
all the advantages of continuous proxim-
ity to deep water?
Let us LOOK at the situation as we fad it,
We have fair start in the race and our
competitors have not yet left the starting
post. To keep ahead is the object we
should have steadily in view, or we will
surely be overhauled, passed, and left in
the distance before we realize the race is
lost. The parties who hold land en- specu
lation will fail to realigc their expectations
if they do not put their shoulders to the
wheel and lift with all their might. Stores
and dwellings should be Immediately erect.
ed to accommodate the want which will
exist in less than thirty days. Already
one merchant has been compelled to place
his goods on commission, and another sue
ceeded at the last moment, and when lie
had about concluded to abandon his pur
pose of opening store until the location
should be definitely settled. Families have
gone away for the want Of temporary &C
commodations, and the cost of buying and
improving property at present figures
We appeal to our fellow citizens-with
whom We have joint interest and can
have but the most kindly feelings--to sci
aside all inclination to demand fancy
prices" for real property to actual settlers
INCREASE OF 1.-Two
more saloons will soon be established in
this place-;he immediate effect of Good
Templar interference with tie license
question. the Echo now admits that there
is possibility that the law may not be a
benefit to the community, but insists upon
its beiag enforced until it is repealed, a
concession for which We score /. "Told
you So"