Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-14
JONES HEARS PLANS
OF HARb0R PROJECT
Senior Senator Honored Guest at
Enthusiastic Banquet for
Greater Olympia.

/ One hundred enthusiastic busines,
men of Olympia gathered around tn,
tables in the Woman's club house las
night in rousing banquet for Great
er Olympia" when plans for the devel
opment of Olympias harbor facilitie!
were discussed from all angles ant
Senator Wesley l.. Jones was appealed
to to get an appropriation from Con
gress for the extension of the Carlyor
water front fill and the deepening o.
the waterway on both sides.
And while these hundred participat
ed directly in the festivities, as many
more crowded the adjoining rooms and
joined heartily in the spirit of the
meeting. 1t was distinctively an ex
preston of that greater confidence and
assurance in the rapid growth that is
to come to Olympia during the next
three or five years as the result of the
railroad activities which eliminated
in the announcement that the Oregon.
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company had appropriated $1.O0O,OOO
for the construction of a line into
Olympia and would begin actual work
by the first of the year.
Governor Lister and other state Off
cials were among the guests of the
evening, sitting at the head table along
with Senator Jones, former presidents
of the local Chamber of Commerce and
the other speakers of the evening. At
torney Thomas M. Vance acted as the
POSTMASTER of the evening in his in
imitable manner and enthusiasm and
good feeling ran rampant.
Senator Jones arrived In Olympia
at 1920 Thursday afternoon and was
met by the members of the harbor and
navigation committee Of the Chamber
Of Commerce and escorted over the
water front, many details of the plans
by which Olympia's harbor facilities
can be developed being explained to
him during this trip. At other meet
ings, too, with local business men who
have made study of the harbor prof.
est, ne was acquainted with the full
details of the plan, and this informs.
tion coupled with the addresses at the
banquet in the evening enabled the
senator to gain a comprehensive view
of the situation.
AS the result Of the banquet business
men of Olympia believe we'll organ
lied and determined movement for the
upbuilding Of the shipping interests
of the city is under way and that the
project which was gone into in much
detail several years ago has been given
new life.
The speakers OF the evening, among
whom were DR.. P. H. Carlyon. prest
dent of the Olympia Terminal railway
through whose efforts the Oregon.
Washington was induced to authorize
a line into Olympia, r. R. Streets,
probably the best posted man in Olym-
pia on harbor and shipping matters,
and President Frank M. Kenney of the
Chamber Of Commerce, took particular
pains to impress upon Senator Jones
Jones the fact that the people of Olym-
pia in the last few years have spent
considerably more on the develop.
ment Of the city's harbor than the
government has spent in the last 20.
DR.. Carlyon was president of the
Chamber of Commerce and Mr.. Streets
was chairman OF it's harbor and navi-
cation committee at the time that the
first campaign for the development of
Olympia's harbor was undertaken a
few years ago. when much correspond
ence with various governmental de.
partments was had. At that time the
plea was raised by Congress that
Olympia had but one railroad and
hence not sufficient freight to warrant
government expenditure on its har-
bor
The speakers last night drew the
senator's attention particularly to this
point and demonstrated to him how
the coming of this new railroad, with
the practical certainty that it would be
joined by the Milwaukee during the
coming year, removed this objection
of Congress and made necessary such
an appropriation so the city could
progress as it should.