Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-02-23
OLYMPIA TO HAVE
ANOTHER RAILWAY
RUMOR PERSISTS THAT MILWAU.
kEE WILL BUILD INTO CITY
THIS SPRING.


THIS SPRING.
Rumors, persistent for the past
two or three weeks and gaining per-
sistency rather than losing 1t, are to
the effect that the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railroad company ID
to build a line into Olympia this
spring and that an ofiicial announce
ment Of 1t will be forthcoming in the
next month or two.
Nobody seems to know what basis
there is for the rumors. or that tho
new railroad is actually coming, but
nearly everybody seems to believe 1t.
There have been reports Of surveys
here and surveys there. and of stakes
newly driven presumably to mark
right-of-way, and coupled with tho
coming of the railroad is the further
story that another big shipyard or
large saw mill Is to be located in the
Olympia harbor, at or near Buffers
Cove.
All Kinds of Rumors in Air.
All kinds of rumors and reports
are in the air, involving the North
ern Pacific and O.-W. R. r. & N. rail-
roads now operating in the city. as
we'll as the Milwaukee. One story is
that the Northern Pacific line is to
be extended through Buffers Cove
to Mud Bay to connect with the Mud
Bay Logging Company's road out Of
the camps near Delphi; another 10
that the Milwaukee 10 to build
through Olympia to Shelton and then
down the Olympic peninsula, max
ing this city the distributing point
for the entire peninsula country:
still another 10 that the O.-w. plAns
to extend its line down East Bay
avenue and erect some large grain
elevators there. to handle shipmenAs
from Eastern WsshinGton.
Most any Sort Of . story y II tn
air, in fact. There - that one. for
instance, that has been bobbing up
every once In . while for the past
two months. that Westside people
are dickering with = Seattle hym Tor
establishment of . new shipyard
here. But under them III ana run
ming through them all u the insist
ent rumor that the Milwaukee rail-
road viii build eight or nine mfiso
Of railroad from its line across the
south part Of the county. into Oly1E-
pia.
More Pcrsistent Than Befogo.
Rumors that the Milwaukee woulG
build into. the city have come to the
surface At different times during the
last few years, particularly before
the Union Pacific built its line into
the city and while the local people
who succeeded in interesting eAo
Union Pacific we're endeavoYing to
bring the Milwaukee In. But never
before have they been - persistent
- now. not only In Olympia. but
among railroad men outside and In
business circles in other cities.
Several years ago. when the Nil
waukee's line across the county from
McKenna to Gate was constructed, .
survey was made into Olympia. ana
. couple Of years ago when the Nh
YANKEE hne to South Bend was con-
structed. the subsidiary company
was incorporated - the Puget Sound
Z Willapa Harbor railroad and it,
designated as Olympia and
South Bend. That line starts ct
Maytown and uses the old Union Pa
cific grade from that place to Gem
tralia.
Stories about the big new shipyard
are built around huge Eastern con-
Germ. which already owns several
steel shipbuilding plants on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. These sto-
ries tell of extensive surveys in the
Buffers cove neighborhood. of de-
tailed surveys and soundings Of the
harbor in that vicinity, and OF various
other Investigations. all tending to
support the belief held by a large