Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-12
PL AINS-SHALL WE HAVE THE
THRoU Oh TRAINS WITHIN TWO
YEARSP

vada IS one emlnentIy deserving OF the ap
prevail and urging Of the people Of Neva-
da. We call special attention to the par
agraph we quote. as we desire to show by
it that the prominent objection raised to
the proposition by the Wall street st oci
Spectators and their agents, and the fool
in repeaters of all their sayings. as Holy
Writ! That the objection that is mos
plausible and most likely to defeat TIT
project, is wholly without shadow o
| foundation:
There is at hand very practicable meth
| I'd OF Fastening these results, which 10 alrea
| dy beginning ~ be discussed, and is attract
| ing attention.. II is to employ 2OO,O soldiers
out Of the large number that the close OF the
war will leave without immediate employ
rnent, and tchoSe consents to Serre out the tInlt
| time of their eahStnsentS may be easily Oh.
tanned. These men have been engineers aud
! constructors as well as hewers. They have
raised earthwurks, constructed railways and
| bridges, viaducts aud canals, not only with
success, but unparalleled rapidity. Nothing
| has been more marvellous than the skill they
| have shown in these. To make miles ol
! roads in few days has been but an ordinary
performance. Now, if body Of these men,
under the direction Of our experienced United
states engineers, should be spread along the
liue of the Pacific road, there Is not doubt
out that the whole work could be ready for
the rails as fast as they could be transported
| aud laid down, and the whole be completed
ready for use III 4 single year from the com
| mencement Of the work. As compensation
| beyond their pay and rations, they should re-
| ceIye grants Of farm lands aud town lots fol
occupation and improvement at the end Of
| their engagement, that their wives and chill
dren might join them in permanent settle
nents. So that along the liue the number oil
inhabitants might then be safely estimated
at Esum loo to 2U0 " the square mile, which
would be equivalent ~ pupuluuS street thu
| whole distance. Those who preferred mln'
ing TO agriculture or mechanical pursuits
might be allowed choice in their locations
Observe, it is proposed to employ 81
many soldiers as are willing to serve ou1
their terms in this special service. Al
the talk. therefore, about the degradation
Of the soldiery by this enforced labor OIL
the work is. so tar rs il has been simply
repeated by innocent parties, all hum
bug-bosh. THIS cunninSly raised oh.
stacle in the way Of the plan is raised b!
the Wall street ducks, who are squatting
on the national enterprise, expecting from
year to year to get further extensions o.
time, and more bonds and land grants
The fact is, (smong other facts that con
trovert and negative this prime spolog!
for opposing so grand and practicable q
scheme.) that full 2OO,O Of our ensir,
army Of 100000, are men accustomed al
their life to the very species Of manual
labor which is here required. They
would be glud to enlist at their pay and
rations, with the prospect Of farm on
the route, or farm share of average land.
a, bonus on the completion of the road.
Between here and the Missouri River
100000 can be simultaneously employed.
The locating survey from the Platte Val.
ley terminus can be made in q few
months to Salt Lake. In two years time
the road can thus be built. There is no
question about it. We believe that the
Government has taken of the hrst restric-
ton on the purchase Of iron, permitting
English iron TO be used; so that there
need be no delay from lack Of track mate
rial. For the journals of this coast to
object to or diSparage this scheme seem:
to US almost the exhibition Of criminal
betrayal Of our chief interest and especi.
ally does this seem TO be the case when
the pitiful plea Of " degrading the soldiers
is brought up and reiterated from the
mouths of the jobbers and foreign capital
lists and dinged in the ears Of sensible
men. We undertake TO say that there art
thousands of wel!-to-do men on this coast
who, if they could be positively assured
| that their daily labor would considerably
contribute toward the completion Of tn,
Pacific Railroad to the Sierra Nevads
within thirty -four months, would take of
their coats and put all their muscle fol
shovel and cart work into two years
labor. Our people should be reused BY
the announcement Of this plan. IL endorse
it with one voice and all possible empha.
sis. Substantially, this proposition ha'
actually been made in the lower House OIL
Congress, by resolutions setting forth the
unnecessary delay in the prosecution o.
the work, and calling for the employment
Of soldiers by the Government to resusci'
tate and continue the work. We pub
lished a short time ago in the News
| synopsis of these resolutions. Talk
of Directing to such q mode Of build
ing this great national highway, Why,
if the propositions had been directly and
exclusively TO employ the freed men SOL
diers and other colored workers, you
would have heard fearful hurrah raised
against depriving the Celt of his legiti.
mate place oflabor; and We should have
been told in stentorian tones that this wa.
the beginning of the "supplantins Of the
white race by the nigser," and Wall
street would have employed sufficient
quantity Of Irishmen -impregnsted with
this foolish prejudice-to work or reside
on the line Of the road and riot of any
squads of dsrkies that it might be at
tempted to set at the business Of cutting
and dlling. Let our people understand,
the Wall street owners Of the Eastern end
of the Pacific Railroad are importuning
Congress each session for more money
The last session the shsrpers had q bill UP
for one hundred millions Of bonds
enough, if rightly expended. to build ths
entire road. As Mr.. Cole expressed it, they
have the railroad IN their pockets; they
don't intend to build it, except they gel
the most enormous subsidies; and then
with their lobbying facilities-they will
make Congress allow them to build it al
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