Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-27
Tie Future Of Olympia
4 Correspondent lndulges in what
Seattle and Tacoma would Den0mt-
nate Iuvidiou. Colnparisons.

Correspondent InduIges in what
nate I"vidioG. Comparisons.
EDITOR STANDARD:
Swaniown has had lis boom in
ra,iroad.ng, Seattle and New Ia.
coma have had their say about tel
lninal nj alters. Other towns grea:
and SIN Ill have put forth their claims
10 prominence for the point of dis.
tribu ion, the inlet aud outlet of the
Great Northwest. Seattle has been
doomed by her citizens who desire to
see her The Queen City. New Ta-
coma, like other places held and
handled in the interest of the land
sharks of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, has oeen doomed and Inflated
until she's hearIy busted. Yes, until
sues gone very near where the
" WoOdb,ne twineth the stump.
All the palaver of the Northern Pa
cifc and all the honey of Seattle,
won't make the bricks they throw at
each other stick. Events, time and
circumstances will require more than
they possess. By nature and cir
cumstances they are not fit for what
hey claim to be. Ten years hence
will witness four, maybe five rail.
roads competing for the traffic of the
New, the Great, Northwest. Seatt Q
and Tacoma, will by that time be
" wayslde" stopping places. They
will be centres for the particular To-
cality and country which by force Of
natural circumstances must look and
30 TO them for supplies. This will
be their gre atness, and thus they will
be among the many of their kind
that will tend TO build up Washing
and make US one Of the greatest
States in the Union.
Nature has Il, 81 gu d two poll 8 on
The waters now commonly Known as
Puget Sound as competitors for the
great commercial depot Of the bust.
uess, trade commerce, which OF ne
cessary must find here an inlet and
an outlet. One o; these points is
at the entrance and the other at the
head of Puget Sound. At this as
sertion 1 can imagine how the PEG
pie of Seattle and Tacoma will smile !:
but the day Is not far off when many
of them will be heard to say, We
might nave known it," / told you
SO, &c. Why is it that the Northern
Pacific go scrupulously avoids men.
ton Of Olympia? Because at this
time it mas no particular landed ill.,
teres: here. They want to hide US
as it were under busbel, until all
their own town-lot booms have sub
sided. At present We are over
Swallowed by speculative and forced
booms that serve q transient purpose;
namely, to get rid Of vacant lots and
idle lands. This accomplished the
Northern Pacific will turn its atten-
ton to the principle that was the
cause Of the cieatiUn of their com-
puny; namely, the accommodation of
the pubic Ia the transportation Of
the products Of trade aud commerce
Then will trade begin 30 settle, and
the ihlets and outlets will he chosen
because OF the advantages that they
possess tor The TRANSACTION and &C
c1mmoIation Of the public business
Then will be- taken INFO cOnsideratloh
The expen OF transportation and the
distauce from the pUiGs of in
let aud outlet, to aid from the IN
terror, and when that day comes, as
come it will, u point ut enc or the
other of the Extremes of ,he Sound
will bc the CONNER clal GENRE. And
why one oi these two points? II the
railroad Carries freight, II does SO far
profit, and that profit Is increased Or
iesse1ed according to distance OF
transportation. Distance is iguored,
more Or less, when present facilities
obtain al aseendency that promise 8
permanancy, and When distance can.
not without great expense BIZ lessened
or better or equal facilities cannot by
lessening the distance be obtained.
But where with CERTAINTY, the dis
lance can be shortened, commerce
fully accommodated, aud expense of
trsnspoi tatiOn !, . eped. their artif. z.
methods accommodate themselves