Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-08-23
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Extension of the present water
front fill to the point where the two
side channels converge In the harbor.
to give Olympia 100 acres of the best
factory sites; construction of two
miles OF docks along both channels;
the laying of railroad tracks at ad-
vantageous points along the fill to
connect with the terminal railroad SO
that these factories may have water
transportation available on one side
and rail on the other-this is the scope
OF the general harbor development
scheme fathered by DR.. P. H. Carlyon,
OF which the terminal railroad now
tnaugurated is the first step.
The whole plan has one big object
In view: the creation of the necessary
facilities by which the natural prod
ucts of Olympia, Thurston county and
the tributary territory, csu Be manu-
factured In the place they shouid be-
Olympia. It has particularly in mind
the manufacture in Olympia of the
2OO,OO0.000 feet of logs now shipped
out OF here every year. so that that
tonnage and the labor employed In
cutting the logs into raw lumber, may
be credited to this harbor.
When this is accomplished, when
the large export dock necessary for
its accomplishment is completed.
Olympia will have q payroll Of $4,000
q day in its sawmills alone, according
to DR.. Carlyon-$24.OOO a week. II
the millions Of feet of uncut lumber
In its tributary territory are manufac-
tured In Olympia, that much is Ger.
tain; II further factories that usually
accompany such manufacture, sash.
door. and the like. that payroll will
increase c0rrespondingly, perhaps be
doubled or tripled.
Four thousand dollars q day for
Olympia! 1t Is not difficult to picture
what this means for 1.-THE pearl of Pu-
get Sound" In increased population
brought by these sawmills, in more
and varied factories. in more stores,
more general business, more of every
thing that goes to make q city. The
possibilities for Olympia IL that gen.
eral plan can be accomplished, the
tirst step in which is now assured, are
wonderfully great-one needs only to
think them over q while to realize
them.
When the present fill is extended. as
10 the intention. to the point of con-
vergence of the two channels in the
harbor, Olympia will be able to offer
manufacturers 100 acres of the finest
factory sites on the Sound, at prices
lower than either Seattle or Tacoma
can oner them. Furthermore It can
offer them a city where food products
are cheaper and the general cost OF
living Is lower. and where there are
now no labor troubles. Consequently
It can attract q better class of work
men, that class which builds and owns
Its own homes, not the riffraff which
tends to make the labor problem Of
the large city knotty one.
Down each side Of this all will be
deep waterways which it is proposed
to line with docks when the full plan
IL completed. a4ording two miles of
docking space below the present foot
OF Main street. On either Of these
channels will be built the large export
dock suggested by DR.. Carlyon at a
recent meeting of the trustees of the
Olympia Chamber of Commerce. a
dock that Is to be one Of the largest on
the Sound.
The plan for Olympia's harbor de-
velopment equals the Harbor Island
project of Seattle. Tracks connecting
with the terminal railroad will be
constructed along both sides of the
NIL to distribute products to the docks,
and at necessary points along the I'LL,
to accommodate the factories. All of
them below Third street will be COM
mon-user tracks, as will be those on
Water street, SO that any railroad
building into Olympia in the future
may use them.
Olympia how Is the best log market
on the Sound. Every year 200 200, 900
feet OF logs are sent out of here, and
only a small part turned into raw
lumber In the market city. The har-
Dor plan includes their manufacture
here, not down the Sound.
A year ago last April the present
Carlyon fill was constructed. Since
then more than 100000 worth of i'm
provements, exclusive of the railroad
tracks laid, have been constructed;
the construction of these greatly in
creased facilities proposed In the har-
Dor plan will mean q corresponding
increase in the value of the improve
ments that will be made, in the opin-
ion of the promoters.
The work of dredging these two
channels is now under way. The car
rying out of the harbor development
plan includes the further deepening
of these channels to accommodate any
vessel ON the Sound.