This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... a new charter. On Ayer's Hill a new reservoir was built, a pumping station was installed, new pipes were laid and Olympia was given one of the most complete water systems to be found in the West. Moxlie Creek Springs supplied the water. The Union Pacific, disguised as the Portland & Puget Sound ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... a new charter. On Ayer's Hill a new reservoir was built, a pumping station was installed, new pipes were laid and Olympia was given one of the most complete water systems to be found in the West. Moxlie Creek Springs supplied the water. The Union Pacific, disguised as the Portland & Puget Sound Railroad Company, in May received a franchise over certain streets; the Olympia Railway Company and the Olympia Light & Power Company were given franchises for railway lines; also the Tacoma, Olympia & Grays Harbor--Northern Pacific-- in fact so many franchises had been granted that the council soon found itself the storm center of conflicting interests and revisions and amendments were made until, had all the lines been constructed, the streets would have presented an elaborate system of cuts and grades through which ordinary vehicles and pedestrians would have needed a guide. George M. Savage was the first to begin operations. He laid a track along Main Street from Fourth to Thirteenth and put two horse cars into operation. A rival company began to talk of building on Fourth Street, and Savage, to hold the center of the thoroughfare, began grading and laying rails until he had reached Puget Street. With the object of making available the rich timber resources of the Black Hills, the Olympia, Sherman Valley & Grays Harbor Railroad Company was incorporated in February, 1890. Railroad excitement ran high. The Union Pacific, April 10th, submitted a proposal to build a road from Portland through Olympia to Seattle, provided the city would give a right of way, fifteen acres for terminal grounds, a subsidy of $50,000 and 1,000 feet of water front. The Tenino road recently had passed under the control of the Port Townsend & Southern, which at the same...
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All Editions of Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; The Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2 - Primary Source Edition