The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-11-03

desolation, but nearly 100 miles beyond thai
utter waste known BY early emigrants as the
Desert proper. As nothing on the continent
excels the delightful variety Of scenery from
Sacramento to the town of Truckee (Co-
burns station), over the first 40 miles of
the road, so it would be difficult to find any
thing in the world more dreary, desolate and
depressing in natural scenery than the
waste of sand and sage, and treeless, YER
dureless mountains stretching between Wads-
worth and Winnemucca, along the last 1855
miles of the road now in running order. In
about a week we understand the company
will have their trains running regularly to
Argenta near the head of Reese river, GO
miles eastward of Winnemucca. Indeed,
the track is now laid to that point and daily
| travelled over by construction trains with
supplies and road material, but the arrange
| ments for regular trips with mails and pas
sengers will not be completed till about the
5th of November. At that time the ustin
stages, now leaving the railroad at Wads-
worth. will connect with the cars at Argenta,
200 miles further to the East, and probably
the Idaho stages will also, some time this
Winter, make their connection with the
cars at the same place, though that change
has not been decided on, and may not be
made. considering that the nearest point OF
the railroad to Silver City is Winnemucca.
sure destruction to the places from which
the trade is shifted but then as one loses
another gains. The greater part Of these
IA ilway towns are, fguratively, kept upon
wheels, ready to remove their business
houses as the progress of the road demands
the change. Their is at this time hotel
keeper in Winnemucca who started several
years ago At Colfax, and has since then made
half dozen moves eastward, at each re-
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great city of the future. He will probably
find it somewhere between Winnemucca and
Salt Lake.
These new towns, where they are built in
the mountains, surrounded by heavy timber
and numbering interests and partly sustained
by the handling of the freight and passenger
business Of the rich and populous old mining
regions of Nevada, appear to be thriving at
present, and NAV not have an unpromising
future before them. Trucke, independent Of
its rather cheerful and inspiring natural
surroundings Of mountains, woods, valley
and stream, wears quite a business look, and
has resources which may keep it up for many
years and possibly for ages. But after the
road launches out into the desert region the
fate Of every town seems predetermined. Sue
cess for any considerable length of time de-
ponds upon things which may happen-Rs-
new mineral discoveries-rather than upon
Nuhl - slSbt vi agricultural lHuuStrN
there can be nothing, for the soil is wanting;
and if there were an abundance OF good soil,
the absence of water and timber precludes
habitation. Imagination cannot conceive s
iesolation more complete and cherries.
whose sole redeeming trait is that it is level
plain, over which the road can be rapidly and
cheaply constructed. and cars run at rate Of
speed to carry passengers over and cut Of
sight of it with that dispatch for which all
will pray.
The work of the road is well done. Through
out the mountains there are very many al
nirable specimens of engineering skill, in
cuts, tunnels, curves aud grades. But in
several cases the bridging does not appear
o be as solid and safe it should be. One
II the high bridges neal Cisco is amcng the
worst. Those are promised to be replaced
" solder and better structures and On the
plains the leveling and baliasting process is
preceding so as to give promise Of first
lass road for speed, safety and comfort. II
he Winter continues open till the first OF
January, as sometimes happens here, at the
present rate of progress in construction on
.ach end, there will not be left very wide
zap to complete :: and if the very worst proba--
'ility of weather happens, the trains will DO
unning through from the Missouri to tho
sacramento by the tth of July next.