Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09

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Hoffman. Secretary; r. W. Rysrsea,
Treasurer. during the admiaisesn-
ton Of this company, the rad rs
surved, located, and in part gr.dsd;
indeed, i, i- safe to say that. had the
company never existed, we should
, not be in possession Of our railroad
to-day.
On the second dsy Of June, 1877
the
rBUEsToS COUNT RAILROAD coxsTErc-
Ton COMPANY.
was organized and Its articles Of in
corporation were properly filed The
following Board Of Trustees were
elected to serve for the PERIOD Of two
months: j. 7. Judson, T. Y. Oui-
met;e. l.. i. Venen. james Pattison,
q. II. Foster, II. H. Nilroy, W. II.
Mitchell, Ira Ward, j. 7. Brown, A.
j. Burr. J. II. Murphy, {. c. Hew-
1T Il. +. Yantis, q. W. French; ami
from these Trustees were elected the
following officers: j. 7. Judson,
President; Il. II. Milroy, Vice Pres
dent; +. y. Oui.ne;te, Treasurer
l.. p. Yemen, Secretary. The cap
itai stock Of this Company is $3.50, :
OO0, divided into shares of one dol
lar each. the entire assets of the
Olympia Railroad Union, having
been, by mutual agreement, turned
over to this Company, its directors
took upon themselves the onerous
task of bringing the long-wished-for
road to final completion. BY dint
of almost superhuman exertion on
the part of the company, and a lib
eral response from the people, this
great desideratum is now one of the
realities of the age. A first-class,
narrow gauge road is in active oper-
u.ion between this city and Tenino.
the company are the favored recip-
tents of SIS, 600 in Thurston county
bonds aud there is q fair prospect
of their realizing their highest expec-
tatiors. On the second day of Au-
gust last, the Company commenced
running one train day over Their
road, and since the first of October,
two trains day have been running
with hopeful indications that large
increase Of business exists i'm the
immediate future. Entirely in keep
ing with the spirit of enterprise that
generated and fostered the railroad
undertaking, came the suggestion of
q Water Transportation Company
with it's headquarters located at
Olympia. 1t was happy concep-
ton that should make our city an
entrepot, connecting the commercial
facilities of both land and water
routes and blending them into a
continuous whole.
On the third day of May, 1876, the
PUGET SOUND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY,
filed it's articles of incorporation and
added one more to the already hon
orable list of home enterprise. The
following gentlemen composed its
first Board of Trustees: Thomas
Prather, S. W. Percival, Thomas
Macleay, T. I. McKenny, J. G..
Parker, 4. II. Steele, T. G.. Lowe,
E. T. Young, G.. A. Barnes, NJ. S.
Underwood. The immediate issue
of this Company was the building of
the elegant steamer Messenger under
the efficient management of Capt. j.
e. Higgins. The brilliant career of
this steamer is a sufficient common
tary upon the condition and prospec-
tive outlook of the company. But
the spirit of progress has not been
wholly confined to the lucrative
pursuits OF home and commercial
industries. About a year ago, a
preliminary meeting was held in
Unity Hall, to take steps for the
founding of a society especially de-
voted to the promotion and diffusion
of general science. The result Of
that meeting was the Inauguration Of
THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE TERRI
TORY OF WARRINGTON.
with the following Board of Officers
to serve for the period Of one year:
e. +. Kubel, President; D. N. Ut
ter, Vice President; J. r. Thompson.
Second Vice President; s. w. Hall,