Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-02-07

raised CA the line ut their Rad. and that The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company will "p-
Insc Il road TO olyml Ia. This ! not true.
on, farmer with his family on the line of the
road. raising grain ana building up Il biisi-
ness and thus adding 10 the strength ana
wealth of the Territory is of far more vain"
Ia the lailruad than many tors OF freight
rti>tluT manuElctuitdintIc shipped
ittn the Territory. taking from !, mo""E'
str jl@:h and Population. y. the country
lilou-h vhicl = railroad rum. becomes set
.i-i. ui.l l,ri. ~tl"',g and wealthy, SOFA rail
r'uil%gum,~ lU~1 an! frniitli!'. To Iu!!t
W the ili>in.>s .: ;,tc railroad. llild up the
country tributary To It. Iur the same reason,
,!HEk the Interests nj IT." people "fthis Ter
ritury. ut Olympia. aui Tie true III, rests If
Ia, Northern Pacific Railroad Co. are ii,n-
.irt!. that l~uilliu-c 4 branch road from
olympia To Tcninn VIII br Il help to the
Northern Pacific Railroad "a. as well as to
tho vitality of olympia ana Thur,t"u county
and Tia, this branch viii he endorsed and as
sisted by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co..
Ii; i a tributary. giving assistance in building
up first I'll" country and thereby the railroad
company.
The above statements would I've true was
WV II 4 ~ - M " wa ~
ricr. having 10 interest outside the number
Of passengers and amount of freight carried
10y them. But it comes home with double
force, as the company is the largest owner of
uniinproved real c>~iatc--cxceIting the Gov
crnIncnt-in the Territory. The price Ofland
advancing five cents lcracrc in the Territory,
adds thousands of dollars to the wealth Of
the Railroad Company.
Something should be said here in reference
to the export of coal from the mines lately
purchased hv Il California Company, near
Tcnino. Having n ~narrow-gaugc road built
from the mine to deep water, with business
as previously estimated, coal to the amount
of 1000 tons per month for transportation,
the road could carry the coal proiitably at 81
per ton. Whether the mine at Tcnino Will
furnish 1000 tons per month. Is a question
determined chiefly by the quality of the
coal. and cost of mining. ! understand from
those interested, that very severe tests have
been and are now being made of it in San
Francisco. and so far as examined the tests
are most favorable. and also that the vein is
in such position as to be chcaply mined and
placed in ears. The main disadvantage our
road would labor under is that it is depend
cnt upon the Northern Pacific to bring bust
ness To- ii, except in the one event of the open
ing of the Tunino coal mine. The wheat from
the CoWlitZ, Chchalis or Columbia valleys
must be brought over the Northern Pacific
Railroad before it will come within reach of
your road. The Northern Pacific will prob
ably discriminate in favor of its own road, in
tariff on freight and passengers. What the
amount of this discrimination will be You
can Judge for yourselves. The following
arc some of the rates now:
From Kdlama to 7tniao Tncoma.
General md.c per 100 ihs.. 25 SO
Heavy freight. per carload 81 90 50 90
Lumber per car load ..... 400 GOO
Kalama to Tcnino &C miles; Kalama to Ia
coma l0J miles.
The other conditions are as follows: A ton
Of freight. or a passenger going from Tenjno
to Seattle, ria Olympia, will be carried Is
miles by railroad and Ga miles by water, with
two transhipmonts. Going from same point
to same point, ria Tacoma. will he carried 80
miles by railroad and % miles by water, with
one transhipment. Your rail carriage is "a
miles shorter; your water carriage is sc miles
longer. Total carriage u miles longer.
The rates charged by the boats now run
ming on the Sound, are the same between
Olympia and Seattle as between Tacoma and
Seattle. Without discrimination by the
Northern Pacific Company, the shorter car
riagc by rail would give you an advantage
on all down freight moved on the Sound bv
steam power, but the position of Tacoma
below the "Narrows" gives its route. an adj
vantage with all freight carried by rail.
AS already mentioned in the description of
line, n careful location will very materially
decrease the cost of grading for the narrow
gauge road, n for this reason l have not
added any percentage for engineering. am
satisfied also, that a grade of IS feet per mile
can be obtained betweenthc bench near Bush
Prairie and tide water by a careful location,
and the use of the sharper curves allowed by
the narrow-guage, for the same cost as the
1l6 feet line estimated in this report. The
locomotives estimated for i'm the equipment
table is guaranteed by its makers baldwin
Locomotive Works. to haul GO tons up the
100 feet grades, or 1870 tonsupthe SO feet grade,
or 4SO tons on a level. This engine has a
weight of 2s tons on each wheel.
The large proportion of the business of
your road flor some time to Gomez will be
from the South to the North. The heaviest
S'N'N "S'i'''t s'ih IN Is 20 lttl IcT Illlt,
and the longest is near Tenino, being about
one mile in length, this could he reduced to
40 feet per mile by slightly increasing the
length and cost of the line. Within two
years new locomotive will he required bv
your business, and one of greater power
having about same weight per wheel, can be
obtained.
The saving in first cost by building narrow
gauge is about $50, 900. This invested at cur
rent rate of interest, gives in 10 years over
S25O,000, a sum sufficient to rebuild your
road and make q double track.
At meeting of the Board of Di-
r%ectors, held on Thursday evening, the
report was adopted, and the route by
the west-shore line, with a depot near
the west end of Marshville bridge Sc
lected, the width of gauge being left to
the decision of the ~StOckhol1ers o+ n