Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-10-17
AS A TRANSPORTA-
TON CENTER.

The editor of the Washington Farmer,
a journal until recently published at
North Yakima, after a visit paid to
Olympia, declared in his paper that
the latter city was destined to be the
future Chicago of Washington. Stu
ated at the head of navigation on
Puget Sound, possessing a magnifi-
cent harbor and every possible advan-
tage for becoming an important COM
mercial point, he recognized the great
destiny that awaited her. In addition
to the railway facilities heretofore pos
sessed by Olympia, the Northern Paci-
fic Railroad is constructing a line into
the city, which will put the capital
city in direct communication with
Eastern Washington, and will also
furnish in like manner transportation
to the rich Chehalis country and
Gray's Harbor.
The "Port Townsend Southern" and
the "Union Pacific" are both now
actively engaged in constructing lines
into Olympia, affording close connec-
ton with the cities, towns and country
lying on the west side of Puget Sound,
as we'll as with Vancouver and the Co
lunbia river, and the populous and
growing district south OF Olympia. 1t
is also positively announced that the
Great Northern Railroad will construct
its line into Olympia.
Col. Haines, OF Seattle, very Justly
said: "That Olympia had the strategic
railway position of the whole Sound
country" She has the advantage OF
being one of the greatest railroad CEN
ters in the State.
Note too, the advantage Olympia
possesses for transportation by
STEAMBOATS,.
Eight fine, first-class passenger
steamers ply regularly and daily to
and from Olympia to the numerous
cities and ports of the Sound, making
quick time and charging merely nom
inal fares, as for instance: One dollar
to Tacoma. Persons visiting either OF
the great Sound cities can consequent
ly visit the Capi ii at Olympia, prac.
tically without additional cost.
THE TRIP
The trip on the Sound is delightful.
1t is doubtful if there is more beauti
full body of water in the world. Though
an arm of the ocean, it is as clear as q
mountain stream, and, to use the
language of an Eastern writer, "Yor
can look far down into the depths o
the CLASSY water and see the star fish
clinging to the rocks and moving theil
red-mottled arms slowly here anG
slowly there as they creep up and dowr
and into the Sounds soft bed. Yor
can see mallards, tame and fearless
riding on the water almost within
reach OF the fishermen as they sit ir
their boats. You can see the loft,
tops of the Olympic mountains, The
light clouds circling round them, hug
ged about with snowy shawls, ranging
far to the north and far to the soutl
between the Soundland and the Coast
Then there is the verdure on all sides
the great, tall trees that hang over thu
banks, almost bathing their limbs il
the waters below. Perhaps, az yo,
glide along, you catch glimpses o
Mount Rainier, and the time passes q
pleasantly that you find the trip al
too short.
How utterly preposterous to any
thinking man, is the proposition t.
remove the Capital from Olympia, will
a population of 100000 Immediately
surrounding it, and with transporta
ton facilities unsurpassed in thu
State