Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-09-20
Naalllnatol Standard
A Tour Of the City.

several steamers which ply between the ;
Capital and the other cities on Puget ,
Sound. They have gotten on board,
perhaps at Seattle or Tacoma, and
have found some delightful spot on
deck, where comfortably seated i'll an
easy chair, they can enjoy the magnifi-
cent scenery of the country through
which they are passing.
1t is beautiful picture. The clear,
sparkling water, the shores covered
with forests, or green fields to the very
waters edge; the mountains with their
eternal crown OF snow in the distance;
the steamers, sailing vessels or tugs
passing up or down, busily engaged IN
developing the resources and CONNER
cial interests OF Washington's great IN
land sea.
Half way between Tacoma and Olym-
pia the quaint old town of Steilacoom
is passed, and across the water lies
McNeils Island, with the grey stone
bastile and barred windows of the
Suited States penitentiary. Then the
Uound grows narrower and deeper, and
an island of an acre or more in extent |
is passed. Half an hours more steam
ing and Dofilemyre's Point is rounded,
and the traveller is aroused by the cry
from some fellow passenger of there's
Olympia" and sure enough at the
southern extremity of Budd's Inlet, as
this part of the Sound is designated,
lies the Capital city on the side of a
hill, which slopes gradually from the
water front. Our traveller catches at
once the salient features OF the piano.
rama unfurled before him. He notes
the bro,M, wide streets; the wharves,
the shipping, the green trees that shade
either side of the principal thorough
fares; the many handsome buildings
and business blocks; the church spires,
the new hotel, and higher than all
the rest, on an eminence that COM
mands a view of the Sound and the
country for miles, that stretches to the
distant Olympic and Cascade ranges,
he sees the Capitol in the center of a
beautiful park with the green of the
forest trees behind it, to set it promi-
nently forth as one of the most no.
ticeable landmarks in the picture. On
either side of the city there are gar
dens, suburban homes, orchards with
cherry, peach, pear, apple and apricot
trees laden with fruit, and then the
wonderfully beautiful forest that is the
striking feature of the whole Sound
country. While our traveller is taking
rapid glance at all these objects Of
interest, his steamer has ap-
preached the wharf. There is a sharp
toot from the whistle, as though the
ship was glad that its journey was
over, the usual excitement of making
"all fast" and running out the gang
plank, and our traveller steps ashore,
"grip" in hand, enters a quincy or
hack and is rapidly driven to hotel.
A little later, perhaps, he starts out
for drive around the city, and q
glimpse ut its four thousand inhabit-
ants. Starting from the wharves he
will naturally be driven up Main
street, passing the Woodruff, Olympic,
Chambers and Turner two and three.
story brick blocks, with fine, large
stores on the ground floor and Offices
upstairs. There is the First National
Bank, which has capital of $4,000 !:
there are three or four splendid dry
goods ana clothing stores with elegant
displays IN their handsome plate-glass
.lnoows tnerc are drug stores, sta
u0nery stores' lawyers and physicians
omces; the omnipresent real estate
sgent; the splendid block surmounted
BY handsome tower and clock that
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