Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-23


only, tho Bla-I adjourned t. meet AT
TIM -,m" l,trr on thu following
Wrlu,- ,Ia> y quorum l,.ug pre-
-'ut ai that tlmr. u wa~ MT until the
uoNt regular meeting. February 2ith.
That th' final organization effected.
lLE-rrt>I ID M roAhp.
The SECOND meeting "a, lively
one. i4, az business Joseph Cu-h-
man va, elected President. and the
committee reported ~ 1T 81 rules
which wcr" unanimously adopted.
lhc hr-i ordinance. which related t.
the raI-iuE of r,N"nur-. Wa- also passed
without opposition bat u prupo-l,Iun
- remove H." old block house from
the puhIc SQUARE wa NOT =, fortunate.
The question wa- Whrth'r the square
should hc improved OF whether the old
Lluck house should be- utilized. II was
a tao--torv ALTAR, which wa~ used A.
an arsenal. and II wa~ proposed e.
huIld strong cell on the first floor
where the Marshal could secure any
prisoners hc should be- fortunate
enough Ia capture. \ lively debate
rn-ucd and the question went over t.
the next meeting. when n remon.
STRANGE was presented. signed 10y nu-
mrrous citizens, against the removal
and the ordinance failed. Aitrrward
the cell was built, aud for several
years the old block house served the
double purpose OF arsenal and city JAIL
ruBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The grading of the streets, building
OF bridges and other Improvements,
and the revenues Ia meet expenses, oc-
cupIed the attention Of the town law.
makers aud the citizens generally. and
the city was growing rapidly. II was
the seat OF government, for the Terri
tory, had a land office and other public
offices, and tho question II town
hall began To- assume importance. 1t
was urged that a public hall was
necessity to meet the wants of the
people on the other hand, II WAS ar.
gued that it would Ice too much Of
burden on the taxpayers. and the
Board Of Trustees hcsitated. Finally
n public subscription was started and
the par;isans of n town hall raised
over ~ 500, and the petition and sub
scnption was presented To- the Board
PRAYING the erection of building, the
Board to provide the necessary nddi
tional funds. Mr.. Geo. A. Barnes was
Al this time President OF the Board.
and during his absence IN San Fran
cisco the question came up for action
for hall costing 1900, or one inyol,-
ing double that cost. Upon the vote
being taken. IL resulted in n tie, but
upon the return Of Mr.. Barnes the
proposition for the finer building re-
celved the sanction Of the Board. hy
his vote in the Affirmative. The town
hall was accordingly built. and still
stands on Fourth street At the time
il was erected. in 1869, IL was the most
pretentious building. not only in Olym-
pia but in the Territory OF Washing
ton.
! THR RAILROAD NOON.
From the building Of the town hall
the town continued to steadily increase
IN size and importance. IL had large
tradc and manufactures began To flour
ish. When the Northern Pacific Rail.
road was projected, Olympia was
selected as the terminus aud the
news of this great event reached
Olympia on Christmas eve, 1870. The
excitement which this news caused
can scarcely be portrayed. A great
rush To secure land took place, and
prices advanced rapidly. Buildings OF
every description were planned and
many OF them built. There could no
longer be any question but Olympia
would become tho metropolis Of the
Northwest. The completion Of the
railroad, which no one for "a moment
doubted, would he the browning act
and set the seal To her greatness.
Thousands Of dollars had been spent
in searching Tor the most feasible
route across the Cascade range. Every
pass had been surveyed and after all
this expense of time and money, Olym.
pia was selected IA the terminus. Not
only was the route tho shortest but
the grades were easier and in every
respect the route To Olympia was the
superior and in fact the only natural
route across the mountains.
But alas for human stability The
solemn promises OF the managers Of
the road were made only 10 be brok-
en-. and the interests Of Olympia and
OF all who had placed any faith in
their solemn pledges, were sacrificed
to satisfy the greed Of spectators, as
the Union Pacific managers had be-
fore done. when that great road was
built. But although the Northern
Pacific line terminated at Tacoma,
the young City OF Olympia was un-
daunted. and she stands To day, as
she did then, the possessor OF the
same magnificent natural advantages
which she then possessed. aud the day
when they shall be developed Is only
postponed for u little while. IL il our
present business 10 portray this thriv-
ing city and the advantages she offers
to the investors In productive enter
prises and the home-seeker, without
exaggeration. 10 give 10 the readers
OF the STANDARD picture of the
Olympia today and forecast Of what
she may become.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
During the past few years long stride