Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-26
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H. K. Kline aid, editor of the State
journal of Eugene, Oregon, was over
this way fortnight since, and what he
saw he tells in the article following,
taken from his paper of the 2lst inst:
During recent visit to Puget Sound
We learned sOIae facts that may be of
interest to our readers. The country
along the Sound is now filling up rapid
ly with people from the East. At Olym-
pia, which is the most beautiful site for
town We saw along the Sound, a num-
Der of brick and frame houses have
been erected this season, and tie place
appears to be prospering, although there
is no excitement and no talk nor expec-
tatiOn that there will be great COM
mercial city at this point. Property is
not high at Olympia, but is in fair de-
mand, at prices about the same as, or a
little higher, than similar property COM
mands in Eugene or other towns in the
Willamette Valley. 1t is a nice place
for residences, has considerable farm
ing country back of it, and, being Access
sible to ships from all parts of the world,
it must become place of importance.
It is surrounded with an immense guam
tity of good timber, and has unrivalled
water power in the falls of Des Chutes,
at Tumwater, about a mile above Olym-
pia. Coal has recently been found near
TeninO, the point on the Northern Pa
cific Railroad where the narrow gage
road branches off to Olympia. 1t is re-
ported that the Central Pacific Railroad
Company has possession of these coal
lands, and is negotiating for the na row
gage railroad. Should they get p .sses-
sion of this road, they would no doubt
change it to wide gage, and put on a
line of steamers to carry coal to San
Francisco. The trains run twice each
way daily on this road. They come out
from Olympia in the morning to.oonnect
with the south bound train from New
Tacoma; return to Olympia; come back
in the afternoon to connect with the
north bound train from Kalama, and re-
turn to Olympia at 4 or 5 O'Clock in the
evening. Each trip the train stops in the
forest, the locomotive goes out on a side
track and brings in long train of cars,
each car carrying a log from 30 to 20
feet long, bitches them to the train and
takes them to Tumwater, where they are
pun Ahso tno o"y' Ivy mango my
cents per thousand feet for taking the
logs in, the freight on each load aver
aging about $50. There is small log
ging camp Just east of Olympia. The
logs from this camp are hauled by oxen
over a ''skid road" made by laying logs
few feet apart across the road, partly
imbedded in tho ground. Notches are
cut in the tops of these ''skids" and
kept well oiled. The logs are rolled up
on this ''skid road" and then hauled to
the water over these cross timbers. The
building of this road about one and
one-ha miles long, and bridge over
ravine, cost 5000. The oxen used are
worth 800 to $25O a pair. We saw Is
oxen and six men wrestling with q log
that would be worth about $40 when
delivered in the bay. They broke sew
eral chains, and succeeded in moving
the log 100 feet in perhaps thirty min
utss. However. after getting it fairly
on the ''skid road" they would move
along smoothly, and make two or three
trips in day. We received much in
formation and many COurtesies while at
Olympia, from Postmaster j. N. Gale.
ex- Register of the Land Office. Brown,
Governor w. A. Newell, Sam Ward Re-
publican nominee for Councilman in
the Territorial Legislature, Joseph Gale
and others. We visited Oyster Bay,
about 70 miles from Olympia, with Mr..
Ward in his little steamer in company
with Messrs. j. N. Gale, Geo. C. Israel,
j. b. Mcmillan, son of Senator McMil-
Ian, of Minnesota, and few others.
Mr.. Ward owns an oyster bed, and
makes two trips q week to carry freight
and passengers and bring up his oysters.
On this occasion he had COCO pounds in
sacks, which at three cents a pound, the
present price, were worth $50. Joseph
Gale has five acres in oysters here, from
which he has sold over SIC, 900 worth in
the last two years. Joseph and j. N.
Gale are both former residents Of Eu-
gene City, and are personally known to
many OF our readers.
At Seattle We found q great boom and
excitement in real estate. The town Is
building up very rapidly. Whole blocks
and rows Of blocks have been built re-
Gently. Every house 10 occupied, and
dozens of new ones going up IN every
direction. The hotels-and there are a
number Of large ones equal to any IN
Portland-are all full. Judge Jacobs,
formerly resident Of Oregon and
known to many Of our readers, who has
served many years as q. s. Judge in the
Territory and two terms as Delegate in
Congress, has his office in q wooden
building ON James street. several blocks
ont from the water front and at the foot
of the hill. He informed u that the
two lots ON which his office stands were
offered to him about q year ago for
5000, but he considered the price too
high and refused to take them. Re