Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-22

000 in October, $l21,o0O.
Fourteen dollars per ton is the rate on
freight to Cisco; passengers, $3.50 each,
The receipts from freight just now are about
four times as large as those from passengers.
These prices may, perhaps, seem high when
comDared with the tariffs of some of you-
eastern roads but they are low, indeed,
compared with those charged by snail like
OK or mule teams. Already the merchants
and mine owners Of Nevada are effecting a
saving of about tweny per cent. on the
freight bills of their Supplies, and when tie
road is completed to that State they will
save much more, bothin money and time,
while perishable articles, which formerly
suffered greatly through the rough carriage
! by teams over mountain roads, will now be
| delivered to them unnjured. Illustrative
| Of what people who are without roilroad
| communication have % pay Tor frelghtS, /
may mention the fact mat iast season &c.
! 600, 900 worth Of goods we're purchased and
| sent via the Missouri River 70 Montana; the
| frcightage upon these was -, 100000, or
one-third their entire value Wells, Fargo
! & Co. Charge seVenty-five cents per pound in
! gold for stage freight from San Francisco to
! Salt Lake, seven hundred and ten miles, and
fifty cents to Austin, three hundred and
I twenty miles. Teams charge about one half
! these rates from Sacramento. In the year
! ISG4-a dull one, by the way-the President
Of the Could and Curry Mining Company
estimated that had there been a railroad
running to Virginia City, the company would
have saved in that year nearly $4,000, 900
III gold on fTcights. The cost Of transport
ing goods to the mines Of Nevada might
with truth be called terrible. At least SlO,- =
.. ~,
in view of these facts the wonder Is that the
companies, on even such an unparalleled
rich lode as the Comstock, can struggle un-
der such burdens: pay Sl$ per cord for fire
wood, s.. 80 per day in gold to laborers, and
vet pay monthly dividends Of from to 5
Der cent in gold. The cost Of working the
paying mines Of Nevada will be reduced full
" one half when the road is built, and thou
sands that can not be developed now, be-
cause Of enormous expense, can and will be
when the road is built.
In addition to the profits that will flow to
the Central Pacific Railroad Company from
the running of their road, the immense
landed grants Of Congress will have placed
in their possession millions OF acres OF as
fine agricultural and timber lands as can be
found within the limits of the United States,
from which they will draw vast revenues.
Nevada Is almost destitute Of timber, and,
even for iirewoOd Sl3 per cord. has to be
paid by the mining companies, and for the
more valuable used for timbGring the mines
and other purposes, from $40 to 500 per
cord is charged in Virginia City. The
amount required for timbering mine may
be guessed when | state that it has been
repeatedly asserted, and never contradlcted
that to timber the Gould and Curry mine
took more lumber than was used to build
Virginia City, a town OF frame houses that
accommodates 1900 inhabitants. All the
timber required by the State OF Nevada can
bo supplied hy tho railroad company for at
least fifty years, and the income they will
derive from this source alone will pay fair
percentage on TIE cost Of the entire road
through the Slerras
have here briefly touched on this road,
which to u, of this coast, IS Of more impor-
tauce than any other subject that can be
discussed and what facts have given vii!
doubtless interest many Of your readeIs, for
a large paIt Of the stock in 1t Is held by New
Workers. we being, as usual, too poor to
keep it all at home. have not gone deeply
into the subject Of facts and figures for they
would be tircsome and mnecessary-prO
nent facts only have been touched upon.
DuL IL lIDcE VI lUul titlLfuS VI lb OhAl tiltNA
ests in the Central Pacific Railroad do not
receive larger profits from it than are derived
| from the stock Of ary other road, not even
excepting the Panama Railroad, then facts
and figures trW lie, despite the proYeTb to
the contrary, and have lost their use for
making calculations.
1t was thought at first that the deep
SHOWS Of winter Wouli greatly impede travel
upon the road in the Sierras, if it did not
actually suspend it, But the anticipated
trouble from this source has easily been
overcome by snow ploughs and cleaning
/ parties, although very heavy falls indeed
/ have occurred this winter. | have been
/ three times over the road, once in last Jan
/ uary, in deep snow, again in July, and a
| third time this week. Onmy second trip |
/ had very good opportunity to see the work
/ thoroughly, and can Jestity that 1t is built in
| first class style throughout, and my winter
/ trips have convinced me that snow can put
/ no obstacle III the way OF the road that can
/ not always be easily overcome.
/ OF the grandeur Of the mountain peaks,
many OF which rise to an altitude Of from
! - 800 to l4,O00 feet; of the deep and often
/ apparently tathomloSs gorges; Of the gigantic
/ trees: OF the crystal lakes, mountain water
! falls, and rivers; OF the lights and shades,
! and Of the gorgeous views from the tops OF
/ some OF the peaks, Of the raritied and clear
| atmosphere; OF the bracing and delightful
1 mountain air-of these and a thousand other
kindred subjects | viii say nothing further
/ than to prophecy that, when the road is
/ completed throughout its whole length.
| American tourists viii here find a chain of
| lofty and glorious mountains that will prove
! to their delighted senses that their own land
contains all that can be found within the
! boasted limits of the Alps, and that to enjoy
such sights they need no longer cross the
Atlantic.
ABOUT EDroRs benjamin Franklin
has the credit Of saying that the best edi-
tor is scissors by which he probably meant
that the editor who recognizes the fact of
there being in the world many good writers
beside himself and ayails himsello of the good
things they have written, will make the
most interesting and acceptable newspaper.
! Men who know most about making news
papers, do not estimate an editors lab0rs
/ by the number of columns he writes, but by
the general completeness and finish of his
paper as whole. The following paragraph
wEitten by an Englishman Of large expert
ence, contains the gist Of the whole matter:
"A good editor, or competent newspaper
conductor, is like general or poet-born
not made. Exercise and experience give
facility, but the qualification is innate, or it
is never manifested. On the London daily
papers all the great historians, noyclists,