Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
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Probably the one til.u. necessary T.
s:ar: or city Oh til, :o.d to prosper
i.y La been virtually con>ummatyd 4
TIE present time. Tho Mason Count,
i..--.u@ Co., consisting 60. such l,racti
ca! rarn Il 81 Simpson and Thoma
l. .:I,du. tA,n.-clvc- -: ample capital
an ihIrEo,l hy mon %; un!imitci means
pr 'Nl,nru, among wiiom is W. y
lI-alY. oi Lacrosse, Wiz, have a>kc,
and been granted 4 franchise for l1g
gin- operations at the head Of the la Y
which mean, the i,lmp;n. %; L quarter
o, million icct ii log each day, he
tween til" Fourth street an! railroa,
bridges for rafting III booms to tn
mills at various points on the lower
sound The permission OF the city i:
:r the u-e Of a plated area OF tide
hats on Wostsidc lying between the
point, named. Tor the period OF ten
wears, with a provis0 that the work be
fully inauguratcd within one year.
This course OF the company, which
has been dumping its output in Mason
county is rendered necessary by the
dcnuding OF their lands of timber in
close proximity to the Sound. Their
logging railroad now runs considerably
southwark Of this city in line paral-
lei to it, and as it is an axiom that the
shortest distance between any two
given points is a straight line, the
company have concluded to reach
tidcwatcr by the shortest possible
means from its wide stretch of timber
lands in the Black Hills. Two routes
were open to them. One the plan that
has been adopted, and the other by an
outlet on Mud Bay. 1t is fortunate
indeed for Olympia that the die was
cast in her favor, for it means the adj
dition OF $50 or 300 people to our pop
ulation and the expenditure at this
point of the costs OF management of a
company whose output will amount to
half million dollars annually. AS =
business aid, it is eminently superior
to the advantages that might be de-
rived for Il few years from construction
of the capitol, and it will bring within
the county a large accession to its
taxable wealth.
Mr.. Israel, attorney for the COM
pady, is in receipt of a telegram which
states that contracts for grading will
be let within the next ten days, and
that the enterprise will be in full oper-
alton sometime in February.
THERE are indications in plenty that
the end of the investigation conducted
by Mr.. McKinley's commission into
the management OF the war is likely to
be very different from what its con-
duct up to election day indicated.
The evidence heard, in Washington
and elsewhere, since election has not
been directed by General Dodge so
markedly as it was previous to election,
and bits of truth regarding official
mismanagement are constantly COM
ing to the surface. 1t is stated on
good authority that Mr.. Mckinley has
been convinced that individuals as
we'll as the system Of the war depart
ment, which everybody admits to be
faulty, were responsible for much I'M
necessary suffering and many deaths,
and that he wishes the guilty punished.
Whether any man of prominence is
punished remains to be seen, but the
opinion is daily growing that the Com
mission will have to report a number
of persons as deserving punishment.
The public will not be satisfied if this
list includes only few scape-goats
in the persons OF minor officials. The
two men who were directly in charge
and who were responsible for every or
der sent out by the War Department
are Secretary Alger and Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin, and if they escape pun
ishment, it will be ridiculous to punish
any of their subordinates.