Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-02-14

Ing the bridge. Which plan would answer
the best interests OF Olympia, you are the |
best judges.
7tnino to Deep Water, ria Olympia.
Narrow gauge, 1861 miles, cost =. s16l, ,fG6 ~ |
Sr0'a sr~Hs e sss lssl ea ss as s&, s"s tS
Narrow gauge, "A miles, cost. .s1s2e9I IS
Broad gauge, 1896 miles, cost. 2o7, ,0G6 40
Tenino to Deep Water. ria West Shore.
Narrow gauge, 1857 miles, cost :. .$14s o33 II
Broad gauge, 1929 miles, cost. .... 2e8,oI6 IL
The above table shows cost Of road exclu.
sive OF equipment, switches, stations, &C.,
which are as follows:
Equipment, narrow gauge. s25 goo 600
BUSINESS.
Owing to the entire change in the course of
trade and the unsettled condition OF the main
and smaller trade eeuters on Puget Sound, 1t
is difficult to estimate closely the amount OF
business that will offer when your road is
data as possible upon which to base an esti-
mate of the probable business, circulars were
addressed to the business men OF Olympia by
your Secretary asking for the number Of tons
Portland during 1873. This was found to be
400 tons, say 1,500. 1t was also ascertalned
that there had been landed at the wharf,
chiefly from San Francisco, 3,9OS tons or
freight say 4,COO. There are many firms in
Portland importing direct, and many articieS
can be laid down there as cheaply as in San
Francisco, and naturally, on account or tne
saving in time, interest, insurance, frelgnt
and rehandling, as well as convenience in
keeping up stock, portion of the goods
brought from Portland in 1873 will come Iroin
Portland road tU when j.
water have a capacity of 800 bushels per day,
equal to "a tons, and this could be largely in
creased rs there is plenty OF. power and the
machinery is all that is needed. Allow for
this 20 tons per day and 800 days give 5000
! tons. To recapitulate:
To 500 tons from Portland in 1873 and
1000 tons from San Francisco aggre-
eating 500 tons per year, add 50 per
cent for natural increase and better
connection ......... ............... $3.50
Grain for mills at Tumwater ........ 5000
Coal for use in Olympia and vicinity =. 1000
W ater pipes, flour and furniture, Shipu
south from Tumwater ...........'... 220
Oysters. fish and merchandise shipped
from Olympia a..................... 800
1l,27O
| Passenger Business,-The Northern Pacific
Railroad carried between Tenino and Kala-
ma, from Nov: |, 1872 to June 3Oth, 1873, s
months, about 1000 passengers. AS the trav-
el was more than twice as great during the
remaining months. multiply by two, giving
5000 passengers. With the improved con-
and allowing one-fOurth to go by way OF
Olympia gives 1900 passengers.
Income
11,27O tons freight C 81 IS per ton. ,sl9.722 so
1000 passengers u 81 25. ............ 5000 90
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way 1relSht OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LOU w
way lareS. S.'.....'.'. '.'.......'.. SoO w
Mails. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...... 1,2OO %
Total .s2s, ,5o2 so
The above rates are about the same as
charged on Northern Pacific Railroad now.
iS wi r,nNy q
Grating narrow-gauge road.
In the above estimate of business there is
nothing that cannot be obtained, If the citi-
zcns of Olympia and vicinity are alive to
their interest and make use Of their advan-
tages and opportunities. The mills at Tum-
water are built. With the completion of the
road from OLYMPIA to Tenino, they, have a.
Chehalis, Cowltz and Columbia valleys and
ii necessary with the Willamette. and mar
kct for far more than the yield of these mills
Sound has been dependent on Oregon Tor
large proportion of'its flour, and until now
the farmers of that portion OF Washington
hayye to not abe to rase
grain for this market because there was no
| cheap transportation.
1t is thought by many that it will he better
for the North rn Pacific Railroad Co. to have
than to have it made at Tumwater from grain
raised On the line of their road and that the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company will OPP
pose a road to Olympia: This is not true.
One farmer with his family on the line OF she
road, raising grain and building up . busi.
ness, and thus adding to the strength and
wealth of the Territory is of far more value
to the railroad than many tons OF freight
raisesior rynanptacturedinO in Oregon and shipped
into the Territory, taking from 1t money,
strength and population. AS the country
through which a railroad runs becomes set
tied, utilized, strong and wealthy, SO rail;
road becomes busy and profitable. TO build
up the business OF the railroad, build up the
country tributary to it. For the same r. easOh,
the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., are iden-
tical that building branch road from
Olympia to Tenno will be help to the
the vitality of Olympia and ThurstOn county
and that this branch will be endorsed and as
sisted by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
1t s tri6uary ErvnSg S .hsrs, TN IN pa,rna9
company.
The above statements would he true was
the Northern Pacific Co. only public car
rier, having no interest outside the number
of passengers and amount of freight carried |
by them, But it comes home with double |
force, as the company is the largest owner of
unimproved real estate-excepting the Gov:
ernment--in the Territory. The price OF land
advancing five cents per acre in tile Territory.
adds thousands of dollars to the wealth OF
the Railroad Company.
Something ShOOlu De Salu mere III reference
to the export of coal from the mines lately
purchased by California Company, near
TcninO. Having narrow-gauge road built
from the mine to deep water, with business
az previously estimated, coal to the amount
Of 1908 tons per month for transportation,
the road could carry the coal profitably ut 81 |
per ton. Whether the mine at Tenino will
furnish 1900 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 fs
i'm such position as to be cheaply mined and |
placed in cars. The main disadvantage your |
road would labor under is that it Is depend
ness to it, except in the one event of the OPEN
ing Of the Tenino coal mine; The wheat from
the Cowlitz, Chehalis or Columbia valleys
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 t6is discrimination will be yeu
f,r Tha foOovviOr |