, 1892-01-06
ASSISTANCE ASKED.
THE PEOPLE APPEALED TO FOR
THE RAILROAD.



of the Road--The Trust Deed and
Other Matters.
The officers of the Olympia Light
Power company. appear to have given up
nearly all active business matters, save the
one subject Of building the electric railway
to Tumwater from the intersection Of
Boundary and Fourth street to east Third
street in Tumwater. Should nothing oc-
cur to detur the present arrangements, the
electric railway will be in operation by
July 4th, 1892
while we have bonded our entire plant
for large sum Of money, "said member
ofthe company today we of course ex-
pect some from the public generally, and
especially from residents along the
line, and and for this purpose we are solic-
iting such subsidies in land as the people
feel disposed to give. Wedo not ask one
cent from them, but any fair minded man
can see that donation of a piece Of land
when an electric railway is considered is
simply an exchange for value received.
s'Our main desire is to follow the up
per Tumwater road, building a spur to the
cemeteries. On the other hand property
owners along the east beach are most anx-
ious to have us take that route. The peo-
pie of Tumwater sare willing to stand the
expense Of building new bridge go feet
wide from the foot of Reserve street to the
charter limit short distance from the east
shore line. Then there is gap Of about
900 feet for which the county irresponsible
while nearly every property holder along
the beach from the city line to the North
ern Pacific depot has offered to open and
grade the street providing we will take
that route. That will place us on CON
tinuously level grade, and, will bring us
5000 feet closer to our mill. Then again,
the west side people will make liberal con-
cessions, and | have been assured that /
can have $50, 900 within AZ hours.
"Our desire is, however, to take the main
road to Tumwater, and give attention to
the other routes later. AS | said before,
we do not ask one cent from the people,
but thisis ascritical time, and we must con-
slider matters pretty closely. 1t is really
nothing more than an exchange of valuesIl
not only on the line Of the road, but in all
parts Of the city. Land at the city limits,
which is worth $500 on acre, will be worth
double. More than that, we do not ask
along the line to share with lis
portion of his lot just because we pass it,
but they should certainly be willing to give
up something, even though it be einanother
part Of the city. There is Mrs. Stuart,
through the right side of business tran
saction. She has no property along the
line, but for the general good it will do,
she contributed, without solicitation, five |
acres of land that sold some months ago,
at $500 per acre.
We would like the people TO know, too,
that they are not giving us anything until
they get what we promise. Here is the |
agreement in the trust deed, which stipu-
lates that the road is to be in operation on or |
before July 4, 1892, or the property sub
scribed will revert to the subscriber" The
trust deed reads this way:
Il. To convey the same in fee simple /
and free from said trust to the Olympia I
Light d Power company, a corporation
under the laws of said state and /
having its place of business iii said city Of 7
Olympia, its successors or assigns, pro-
vided, and on condition that said COM
pany, by or before the 4th day Of July, I
1892, shall build and operate, or cause to be
built and operated, a first-class electric rail
way, between said city of Olympia and the
town Of Tumwater, in said county, from
The west end of Third street, in East Tunl-
water, in said county, to the corner Of /
East Fourth and Boundary streets, in said I
city Of Olympia, following as nearly as
the line Of the upper Tumwa-
ter road, Main and Fourth streets.
20. In case of failure of said company
to build and operate said road by said date, I
then said trustee shall reconvey and he I
hereby agrees to reconvey, said premises to
me, my heirs and assigns. without any
further request or demand
Edmund Rice, of Tacoma, is here now,
and will assist us in collecting subsidies
Il any persons! who have an intention or
desire to contribute anything would notify I
Mr.. Rice, Robert Frost, A. Fl. Chambers,
E. I. Young or any member of the COM
pany, we will gladly call on them.'