Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-03

: greater size, bu, it leans out over
gulch in such manner that 1t will b
I very difficult, if not impossible, to fel
a it successfully.
Frank Lee has formed partnership
, with James Johnson, late of Portland
2 Oregon, and will, during the coming
Q week, remove his barber shop iron
, present location to Ioung's Hotel
The partition between the barbe
shop and baggage-room will be moved
SO as to give more room in the shop
and two bathrooms will be run II
connection Herewith Work on the
; alterations will begin Monday. liz
the meantime Mr.. Johnson will attend
to the wants OF customers i'll the
Young's Hotel shop.
En- gineer F. W. Brown informs the
STANDARD that he has just completed
the survey of railroad line from
Black Lake to Buffers Cove and one
from Black Lake to PercivaPs creek.
1t is understood that these lines are
but preliminary links III the main
trunk line from some down Sound
point to the lower Chehalis valley.
Either of these lines can be made avail
able and practical and, in Mr.. Browns
opinion, it is only question of time
when Gray's Harbor will be in railroad
connection with Puget Sound tide wa
| ter.
If more Olympia people would act
upon the sentiment Of one citizen who
recently said that his place was for
sale and ne didn't propose to stand in
the way of Olympia's advancement
by asking an unreasonable figure,
there would be a much better outlook
for the future of the city. But there
are those who own considerable pro-
perty who, should anyone propose to
purchase any portion of it, would i'm
mediately surmise that something was
in the wind which was calculated to
boom the city, and they would either
refuse to sell or ask q price entirely
out of reason. These people will
neither improve their property or
allow it to 60 into the hands of those
who would do SO and thereby benefit
the city.
While driving to town, u few days
ago, Deputy Collector Gwin Hicks had
his buggy damaged by careless dri-
yer who came up behind him. The
road was sandy and Mr.. Hicks did not
know of the approach of the other
team until it was almost upon him.
He then attempted to turn out Of the
road, but before he had time to ac-
complish his design his buggy was
struck by the passing wagon and it was
with difficulty that he kept his fright
ened horse from running away and
completely wrecking his already in
jured carriage and endangering his
own life. There ought to be some
penalty for such careless driving, and
few doses we'll applied would tend
to make reckless people few degree g
more careful.
Post-Inteliigencer, Sunday, July Goth /:
Yesterday afternoon the wedding Of
Miss Winnifred Murphy, of Olympia,
eldest daughter of John Miller Muir
ply, publisher of the WASHINGTON
STANDARD, and Mr.. William n. Harris,
the efficient night clerk at the Seattle
postoffice, was solemnized in this city.
Miss Murphy is compOsitor, and has
worked in the various Seattle offices
for tie past two years, and enters
married life with the best wishes of all
those with whom she has been asso-
ciated. Miss Stella Murphy acted as
bridesmaid. The bride and brides
maid were handsomely attired. Mr..
Harris is to be congratulated upon
winning one of the handsomest girls
of Olympia. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris will
make their home in Seattle.
1t is said to be definitely arranged
that Messrs. Campbell and Brintnall,
who have the management OF the
Olympia and Gray's Harbor Tele-
graph Company in their hands, will
proceed to construct the line without
delay. On their way to Gray's Harbor,
recently, they stopped at Aberdeen,
and there learned that combination
of mill owners were about to construct
line over the same route. However,
the mill men, who were to build only
for their own convenience, and had
ordered materials for construction of
the line, were not unwilling to transfer
their rights to the Olympia company
and Immediately countermanded their
orders for the plant. The entire CAPT
tai stock of the company has been
subscribed, and the line will be in
operation at the earliest possible
moment.
For months it has been known that
q new line of railroad was projected
from Port Townsend south, and for
some time past surveying parties have
been in the field locating the route
L; is now settled beyond doubt that
the road will run from Port Townsend
around the elbow of Hoods Canal to
the Skokomish, then either come tC
Olympia or go down the Chehali.
valley. From the point where the
road is proposed to cross the Skok
Omish river there is little or no differ
ence in the two routes-to Olympia OF
to the Chehalis. In natural advan
tagcs there is little choice, that little
being in favor of the Olympia route
Either way the line will pass through
fine coal and lumber districts, grair
and fruit growing sections. Should il
come this way, it would traverse the
coal fields already partially de-
veloped and aid in the deyelopmen