Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-15
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ut, o., tmlimr hnr a. Wnnh
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ana th. merchant. cot o., rlt,, nud
Ith,. t,t,,,t. tf,,r,ntaut. wanted Au up
r,s,i,nn read NJ Hunt t,pl the
contract Lu,ll it Lut after g., htd
rui ana r,ssl,l,nl If work on tb, rrad,
|n, dt.u,,rcI that D., We not iA,ly Co.
,.t hi. moue, IT. thtn mh,l,. ,u 90
,,nr,tn,nt l.. l,,an,, hm.,lf the
nwn.t of the ROAD 1ud pushed o. iut
ward i, ,amrl,nan M the splendid
/ f,,u,,rs ,.,tn,tr, ktnr north II th,
uiur mntintatn- n Washington nnd
O,,eun. and eNi,ndur To- the ~nnkc
and columbia ti,,fs. Va. ~ that time
,hc,x,lu-i,p territory uf the mon IA.
,ii,r. which had Inherited Il from the
pany. The lines ot the MON raciii,
reached every tmpprtan, town "a the
entire region Freight rates were high
and the hrmofs aud towns. people were
eager to secure = II. al system Of trans
pnriation They hailed Mr. Hunt ~
a public Lcnriaciof nnd urged him to-
huild more road. IIc mapped out -
scheme ul lines that would reach all
the towns in the region. without pre-.
risrly urhll,liug the old lines ai ANY
place. The old rnid- followed the mar
row valleys uf the small streams and
hr threw hi- surveys upon the ridges
and plsicauN. The towns came for
wafd With hearty oilers "i assistance
IN ih" way cot terminal gt"'''d' "hh
money, hnd the FARMERS gave 'l' ilg"N
"i way across '"'if i'''S' ~ N''''''''
"s Though h"n' h"" "hN !" "'N j."
What h' wan'ed !" g'' ". h' l''' -"
none "i the airs "i " railway m'sn"tr'
was PLAN anu "'"'s"hihg III "''s'
ana manners h''"hu'd l"tS"hh'IN '"
ever, d"l"Il "i hIH ""-'i'sS' was cor
dial aud compani"hhhle WIN the f'id-
est granger hc met nnd made himself
Thoroughly liked hy the whole r"pnl"'
ton. lie obtained financial assistance
from thas " Wright "I fh'l"d''phia'
and Nm ;. indd, the f"ftianh banker
and "a less Than two years he hlilt the
entire system outlined ~ his uflgin"'
| plans. lie then surveyed new hn'H
that would make fresh in'uf-i"n m
a. the tnion Pacific territory 10y eros
sing the illuc mountains INTO the ine
valleys beyond
Hunt. lines were nf immediate and
sui,-,autial henefit tn the Northern Ia.
cife. turning over to the latter road
nearly half the grain pr,duct nf the cx-
ceedinrly fertile country south Of
snake river for haul to tilc.walrr ut
Taeomn and ri,iny il also the long
b.ul from ,h, En.t ON much Of the
merchandise consumed in the region
In fac, Mr. Hunt had built nearly two
,nn,l,,d mile. al valuable feeders for
h. \ T. which had not cost that com.
many , dollar IL VA. the general cx-
,,,,.,,,,,,, go, h,,i s,,lo. however. thnt
,hc HINT ,o,J. wn,,ld in time hc
,,,nc,I marin ,l,, y T. firm fair pr,ce
Tim. mo,,,,. .inoJ wear ago last fall
Al ma, Tim. Mr. Hunt. who had been
-, ia. bi,h ,,l, ,f .ncco.. became am.
,.,,,,. IA ha,c a line oi his own To-
,t.l..a,,, and 4, mai, his ,i,tlr in.
,c,,,, .y.,em iuJcpondent nf IA. Nor
thor, I,,,nc IIo tonl IN A proiectcI
,,,1 f,,n, ecnt,ali, IA Western Wash.
,,y,on IA ,he ,irn,'. Iinrbor towns. on
which "A few miles nl grade had been
constructr,l hy Genrgc n. Elli-lury. Of
r.n,r,li, attained large suhsidics
trom unni.sano. Aberdeen, IIouuiam
and GRAY. IIarlor city, announced
that lac would eventually connect this
fnad With h,. original system by line
arra.s the Cascade mountains. aud in
,hc .pr,ng of ls'p went 10 work active
/, grading aud lridging This was a
great mistake lie NJ once changed
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