. Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ped the first train load of coal on theNorthern Pacific Railway ever hauled over that road, to Port-land, Oregon; but as the railroad did not extend beyondKalama, I was compelled to reload onto scows and have themtowed to Portland. I also sent the first trainload of coalover the Northern Pacific Railway they ever hauled toTacoma. In 1873 I loaded schooners with piles to build wharves inSan Francisco. In 1874 I furnished hewn spars and shipknees—paid 25 cents per
. Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ped the first train load of coal on theNorthern Pacific Railway ever hauled over that road, to Port-land, Oregon; but as the railroad did not extend beyondKalama, I was compelled to reload onto scows and have themtowed to Portland. I also sent the first trainload of coalover the Northern Pacific Railway they ever hauled toTacoma. In 1873 I loaded schooners with piles to build wharves inSan Francisco. In 1874 I furnished hewn spars and shipknees—paid 25 cents per inch for knees—as cargo for the shipW. H. Bessy loading then at Browns wharf, at AVest ship sailed from here, around Cape Horn, to Goss & Sawyerat Bath, Maine, and the cargo proved a profitable investmentfor the consignees. The treasury of the city, and likewise of the county, wasof small amounts. The citizens of Olympia, in 1867, wanted arailroad to connect with the Northern Pacific Railway atTenino, so one fine day, men, women and children gatheredat Warrens Point, held a picnic and commenced the railroad. PIONEER REMINISCENCES 197 toward that point. I broke ground and donated forty acresof timber land towards the enterprise. In former years, and up to and including 1868, the oysterswere sold only by Indian women, carrying a basket of a quarterbushel on their backs, supported by a strap across their fore-heads. They sold them at 25 cents per basket. I shipped someto Portland, San Francisco and Victoria at $, which bringat present as high as $ a sack, during the oyster season;hence I started the oyster business which brings an immenseamount of money annually to the Sound country. On July 3, 1866, on a trip to Portland, three days of in-tense heat, after a cold spring, caused the Cowlitz River torise to its banks, and some places overflow its banks. Canoetransportation being the only means of conveyance, after leav-ing Pumphries a short distance, the Ind
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