Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-28
THE onNr4A1 PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD.

THE CENVHAL O1c KALI
ROAD.
The State C4pitai Reporter of the goth
instant accuse US wrongfully where, in
speaking of III Central Pacific Railroad,
it says "Th} NEWS has always shown
q bitter hostility to the route adopted,
and now says the tax payers must smart
to pay for n road which can be kept
open only a portion Of the year, to the
great Inconvenience and annoyance of
the public. The road ought to have
been constructed over the Feather River
route, and will have to go there before
many years." We ~repudiate the fore.
going quotation. The NEWS certainly
was at a former period rather hostile to
the Bonner Lake route, our preferences
being at that time obviously in favor Of
the Placerville route, which, in our
honest opinion, possessed Of a
local interest, as presenting more d.
rect and feasible means of railroad
communication with this section of the
country. But, as the Reporter justly
remarks: I" It is not necessary to argue
the merits or dement's Of the route Mt
the present day ; it is adopted, the road
is built, and it will certainly be ope-
rated" We are noways dogmatical in
the matter; the road is an accomplished
fact, and we heartily indorse it ms a
grand, triumphant success. That IS
what the News SAYS noe, as a glance at
our files will very consistently SHOW.
On the strength Of the announcement
that the railroad company might have
to quit the transportation OF freight
eros the Sierra, and concentrate their
entire resources 10 the way Of rolling
stock in the transportation OF railroad
construction material to the front before
Tho snowso of next winter can have a
show to cut them off, we certainly did
advise our people to prepare against
any such unpleasant emergency. The
Reporter, or any one else, surely canno
be so blindly prejudiced as TO find fault
with such sensible advice as that. They
must bear in mind our geographical and
Typographical position. We have been
regularly cut off from our base Of sup
plies every winter thus far, and surely
we are excusable if we still regard the
future with a few lingering memories OF
past inconvenience. Even should
tho railroad company yet find it
necessary to transport nothing but rail-
road construction material tor q time,
we could not object, for to our mind the
construction Of the great railroad now
so rapidly advancing toward compile
ton is paramount to all sectional inter-
es,s, which might be allowed to look
out for themselves and fall back on
their own our for o short time.
Il was with this view that we advised
a prudent preparation in the way OF a
sled line or other mode Of sure commu-
~nication by the way Of the Placerville
route, in case we should have to tempo
rarily resort to 1t this next winter. As
we said before, however, VIC recognize
the Central Pacific Railroad across the
Sierra rs an accomplished fact. We
glory in it, are friendly to it, heartily
iudorse it, and are we'll pleased to learn
from other sources as well as through
the columns Of the Reporter that tn
aforesaid cessation 10 the matter OF
freight transportation will not take
place, but that call the freight offered
will be carried, and the road will be so
protected by sheds and b%arricades, as
to prohibit any interference by the
SHOWS. 1t is determined there shall be
no interruption in travel. On the high
mountain, where the SHOWS are most
troublesome, the track will be rooted
over in the strongest manner. On that
part of the road just east Of the summit
tunnel, where snow slides occur, strong
sheds will be constructed, for which an
immense quantity of timber is now
ready. These sheds will be so con-
structed as to carry any snow slide
over the road, rather than to resist and
stop it. The timbers for this purpose
are of the largest size that could be
procured, some squaring two feet, and
will be anchored by iron straps deep in
the works above"