Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-23


N. OSTRANDER,
WIN. MCLANE,
SAMUEL DAVENPORT,
Democratic County Central Com.
PROGRESS OF TACOMA.
1t is almost impossible to form 9
true conception of the progress made
by Tacoma in the past two years, by
the view presented from the steamers
deck, or even in passing through it.
main thoroughfares during a hurried
visit. To realize the large amount o
capital that has been expended, to form
some idea of the enterprise of the PEG
pie and their confidence in the perma
nency of their city, to forecast the
bright future that is in store for g
community possessing such indomita
bic will and irresistible energy, one
must spend days in drives about the
suburbs. which extend for miles in
either direction from the business cen.
ter. They will observe that natural
distractions have formed no barrier to
the steady march of progress; that
hills have been leveled, ravines filled,
the forests cleared, and elegant and
costly modern residences built where
q few years ago the widest fight of
the most enthusiastic imagination
could find no foundation for the most
fragile of air-castles.
During late visit to the City of
Destiny, the writer by courtesy Of Mr..
w. R. Bonney, the popular druggist,
who although young in years has liter
ally grown up with the city and amassed
= competence in o short period of
time, was carried to some of the OBJ
jects of interest in the suburban dis
tricts. Our route laid over the rear
Of !" Old-town," and . return through
the half . hundred " additions" to the
city proper. One of these-that of
Allen c. Mason-is notable from two
very substantial bridges erected by its
proprietor and donated to the city,
that fact being commemorated by big
signs spanning the roadway, on which
it is made known in the largest of
capital letters. Here and there, all
over these suburban additions are ele-
CANT residences, which demonstrate
the faith Of this confding people.
Anything like description of these,
or the various points Of interest visit
ed in the afternoon drive, would take
mp mon space than we can At present
accord to the subject, but may, posi-
bly,, form sh& theme Of future COM
ment.
kt-the close of the drive, we inspect
ed tho great work that is being done
at the head of the bay, where the
steam paddles" do the work of .
couple Of hundred Of voting paddles,
with their wheelbaErows and dudeens.
These machines resemble an ordinary
dredger, with its shifting crane and
beam, but it 10 ON wheels, and
is moved ON . track, by the
same power that operates the re-
mainder Of the machinery. The scoop
il cylinder ON trunions, about the
sixe Of large barrel, 1t the end Of the
beam. which, when in operation, is low
cred until the scoop. reaches the
ground. The scoop il then tilted,
forced into the soil, raised and swung
over : train Of fat cars, when the bot
tom 10 withdrawn and the contents
dropped on the car. As each is filed,
the train 10 moved until another is in
position. When the last car is loaded,
q. locomotive pushes the train to the
"fill," and . pillow" is attached to the
engine by rope extending the whole
length Of the train. and hauled over
each car, sucessively, depositing the
soil ON either side with precision, and
% expeditiously that the beholder is
lost in surprise at the simplicity of
the device and wonder ct its efficiency.
Within . stones throw of these pad
Dies" the long pipe of the big dred
ger discharges . solid stream of water
and mud, eighteen inches in diameter,
in its combined work of dredging .
channel and making land At the same
operation. This mud and water is
taken from the bottom Of the bay by
. screw cutter, which digs up the soil
and forces it through the pipe ut the
same operation. One of these ma
chimes would soon convert the area of
Olympia's mud-flats into valuable land-
for building purposes.
The main streets of Tacoma are 30
crowded with street and building i'm
provements, that il is difficult for pc
destrians to move about, and much
more 20 for vehicles, which are some
times packed 20 closely as to remind
one Of . jam ON Wall street, Gotham.
Among the many buildings in process
of erection is the new opera house,
which will be An ediice of architec-
tural beauty - we'll as . massive per-
manence. Among the buildings lately
is the market of Mr.. Chas. !
H. Uhlman, one of the ncatest and i
most complete in all its appointments
On the coast.
LAwLEsNEss 1t Roslyn has culmina-
ing in the administration Of justice
y Judge Lynch. Tuesday night Fred.
rrotman shot and killed Thomas
Thomas, on account Of a debt of two
|ollars. Thomas was . miner and
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