Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-08
OLYMPIA. SATURDAY IogNlNG, JAN. 5. 1876.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT .
THE EXACT SITUATION.

THE EXACT SITUATION.
Only six months remain in which the
people of Thurston county can avail
themselves Of the privilege of issuing
bonds in aid Of the Olympia Tenino
Railroad. This is scarcely enough time
to complete the work, even if the Rail-
road Union was ready to begin opera
tons now; still no united effort is made.
no plan devised, no suggestion ad-
vanced which appears at all likely to
result in any decisive action of the peo-
pie. Is there no way to break the spell
which binds us? Is their no means of
securing the few thousand of dollars
necessary to set the wheels Of progress
in notion Must we be content to wit
ness the slow decay of all our hopes,
while other communities, by the use of
q little well-directed energy, thrive and
prosper?
AXE WE ALL MlCAWBEhS!
In the language of the one of our il
lustrious statesmen, must we forever
continue to indulge in the illusions of
HopeP Shall we listen to the song of
that syren until she transforms US into
beasts? Are we Of those who having
ears hear not. and having eyes see not,
the things which so nearly concern our
temporal salvationP
WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID?
We know not in what language to
more plainly portray the present stu
alton, ..or picture future results, than
that already used. The press at least
has done its duty. The events of each
succeeding month verify the truth of its
utterahces. and indicate what is yet in
store for us. Is it wise to ignore the
admonitions, which all agree are prompt
ed by true realization of the cir
cumstances by which we are surrounded
and the simple process of reasoning
from cause to affectp
sTRAws SHOW WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS.
Our wharf is completed, but where
are the ocean steamers promised soon
as the last pile was driven? Have
wealthy corporations souls Does any
body expect that that the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company will fulfill its prom.
ise, now that the opposition line is
Withdrawn. unless it is made an object
TO do 30? The CITY Of Panama came
no farther than suited the purposes of
her owners. The "milk of human
kindness" does not flow so freely as to
impel them to do otherwise. What
are our sufferings to them, that they
should pay the piper while we dance ?
But We have their promise! True; so
We had the promises of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company-and q
Christmas present of the terminus; and
by the way of patriotic remainder
OF their generosity, stake driven for
the site Of the depot. on that memoir
able Fourth Of July! We have q vivid
remembrance of the air-castles built,
and OF the department of their lordly
occupants, during the few months
which interviewed, but they have crum-
bled into dust, and it appears as if the
shock had produced an irnbeciity from
which all hope Of recovery is vain.
st--. OUR ASSETS.
The value of the real and personal
property of the county is not far from
two millions Of dollars-less, it is true,
than it was last year, and growing
smaller by degrees and beautifully
less; still one-tenth of this amount will
build the railroad, increase the valuation
fve times its cost. and set scores oil
hsalth-giving. life-infusing industries
into active operation. Is ii time to go
into bankruptcy with such a showing?
Davy Crockett placed his reliance in
Providence. but he took care to keep
his powder dry as well. Providence
helps those who help themselves, but
has never yet made blade of corn grow
where the seed was not first deposited.
WHAT PROVIDENCE HAs DONE FOR US.
LIST, Has placed us on the nearest d.
rect approach from the Columbia river;
I'd, has placed inexhaustable coal-felds
on an inhsbitsd route of travel, where
the way traffic will pay all the expense Of
putting it intoholds Of sea-going vessels;
haa Qiyen us a rich asyricultnral co,, nfsv