Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-01-07
EVERYTHING READY
FOR CELEBRATION
OLYMPIA TO BE HOST AT OFF,.
CIAL OPENING OF NEW UP.
LINE, JANUARY ii.


With high officials Of the Union
Pacific and Northern Pacific rail-
roads, representatives Of various COM
mercial clubs Of this state and Ore
gon, and visitors from different cities
as its guests for the day, Olympia
will formally celebrate next Friday,
January IA. the opening of the Union
Pacifc's new line into the city, over
which the first trains were run New
Years day.
Special rates have been granted by
the railroads for visiting delegations,
and one feature of the celebration
will be staged by the Union Pacific
itself, at the new depot. which will
be completed at that time. Under
the auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce big meeting is to be held at
it's headquarters at 3:15 in the after
noon, at which Attorney Thomas NJ.
Vance will preside and representa-
tives of the railroads and commercial
clubs will be called upon for short
talks.
First Train ON New Years.
Quite a number Of Olympians par
ticipated in an informal celebration
on the occasion of the operation Of
the first train over the new line New
Years morning. After DR.. P. H.
Carlyon, who had been chiefly instru-
mental in bringing the new line into
the city, had made short talk and
christened the first train "O.-W. r..
& N. Booster Train No. l" by break
ing bottle Of champagne ON the To-
comotive pilot, the crowd boarded
the train and rode out to the Cham
bers' Prairie station, where the new
line Joins the Pt. Defiance cut-o6,
and there greeted number Of O.-W.
ofncials.
Preceding the departure Of the
train. at 1925 Saturday morning. ex-
actly Is years to the day from the
time the first Northern Pacific train
reached Olympia from Tacoma, DR..
Carlyon made short talk and named
every employe Of the Union Pacifl0
system q member Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. directing them Ito boost
for the industrial development Of
Olympia"
C. A. Marshall. the local grocery
man. bought the first ticket on the
new line. The run 70 Chambers'
Prairie orcupied 25. minutes, and
there the local party met the follow
ing O.-W. oficials: William McMur-
ray, general passenger agent; J. L.
Myle, city passenger agent at Port
land; A. C. jackson. advertising man
ager; ]. Murray. acting chief engi-
neer, and 8. C. Martin. engineer OF
construction. The special committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
which greeted these ofiicials was
composed of DR.. Carlyon. and Messrs.
c. H. Springer, C. A. Marshall, Hugh
Ross. George H. Funk. Fred w.
Stocking and Secretary H. L.
Whiting. Besides these. there were
some 25 other local people in the
party.
Extension Is Expected.
The new line has been completed
at a cost of 100000 and its opera
ton has given further rise to the re-
ports current some two weeks ago
that it will not be long before 1t will
be extended to a connection with the
Peninsular railway about IL miles
west of Shelton, giving the Union
Pacific an entrance to both sides OF
the Olympic peninsula. These rumors
have been strengthened by unofficial
information that Mark Reed OF Shell
ton, builder Of the Peninsular rail-
way, when asked a short time ago
about the prospects for such an ex-
tension, replied, "Tll know In about
a MONTH" Reed is in the East now,
presumably consulting railroad offi-
cials relative to the acquisition OF MS
railroad, and local people In toucn
with the situation will not be sur
prised to hear an official announce
ment to the effect that the Union Pa
cific has bought the Peninsular rail-
way.
Sleighing parties have been all the