Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-11
HuRRAH FOR THE NEW RAIL
ROAD.

HuRRAH FOR THE NEW RAIL
ROAD.
We are pleased to announce to the
people of Storey County, that they will
have a railroad, and that, too, soono
than has been expected. We saw q pc
tition yesterday, signed by every BUSH
ness man who was called upon, ad-
dressed 10 the members of the Legisla-
ture, which Is soon to meet in Carson
City, praying for the passage of a law
authorizing the Board Of County Com
missioners to issue county bonds to the
new Railroad Company (Which is organ
izing), in the sum of $500, 900, bearing
only seven per cent, Ms a loan, to did
in the construction Of a first class rail-
road from Virginia, Gold Hill, and
through American Flat, down to Empire
City, Carson City, Washoe City, Ophir,
and on to Reno. The proposition for
the building of such a railroad cannot
but strike every business man in Storey
County favorably and for this
reason 1t is q fact, we'll known to
mining superintendent, and every man
interested in our mines, that we nave
millions Of tons Of low grade ores,
worth from ten to fifteen dollars n ton,
which have accumulated in nearly all
our mines for the last six or eight
years, and which are positively Of no
account whatever to the owners in our
mines unless We have q railroad to
transport them to mills on the Carson
River, and the Truckee River, at a
small charge, and where they can be
reduced at a small compensation as
compared to the rates now charged.
We repeat, that there ARE millions Of
tons of these low grade ores now on
the Comstock ledge, useless to trade
and commerce, and which will remain
so for the next generation unless the
men of means, Of sagaeity, and busi-
ness men, who have the knowledge and
energy to accomplish to a successful
end the great need of the ago on the
Comstock ledge-a railroad to the
Carson and Truckee Rivers.
By acquiring such a railroad, it is
safe to say that double the number of
workmen would be actively engaged
that are now employed-aud hence, oil
our storokeepers, hotels and boarding
houses, saloon-keepers, and business
mcu generally, would be benefited.
The stockholders in our mines would
also hear more frequently Of dividends
being declared, and greater confidence
in the benefits Of our staple interests
would be created, not only among our
own people, but also in California and
Eastern capitalists. The transportation
Of millions Of tons Of low grade ores, at
cheap rates, to water-power mills on
rivers, is, therefore, only one Of the
great benefits to be derived from the
construction Of the railroad now had in
view.
The uext great local interest to be
subserved in the accomplishment OF
this railroad enterprise is the great re-
duction in the price of timbers Of all
kinds, used in our mines-the present
-..o~ ~ ,vk.rb - rnnct annrpnnnsly
high, and to name which is almost be-
You'd belief by persons who are not ae-
quainted with our mining operations.
Two millions Of dollars were expended
in 1867 for the timbers, lumber, etc.,
alone, used in the mines on the Com
stock And the cost Of which was
principally in the item of t~ransport"-
ton from the saw mills to the mines.
This item Of expenditure, therefore,
n be reduced one half by having a
railrosd-and the surplus will 60 to-
ward declaring dividends to stock
hofders-many Of whom are our toilers
and laborers. The next great benefit
which will result to the whole commu-
nifty, is in q reduction Of an hundred
per cent. in the price Of fuel, or stove
and furnace wood. We appeal to every
housekeepcr, every storekeeper, to
every man who has an office, or q stove
about his premises, whether his fuel
does not cost him from fifteen to
eighteen dollars per cord the year
round? BY having u railroad to the
Carson River, or the Washoe Valley, or
to the Truckee River, the article can
be delivered in Gold Hill and Virginia
City at the rate of eight dollars q cord.
Now for the merchant and trader: II
this railroad is extended to Reno, which
We doubt not it will be, the freights on
goods which we are all nov paying at
the rate Of fifteen to twenty dollars per
ton for, can and will be delivered in
Gold Hill and Virginia at four and Eve
dollars per ton-which will be a saving
to the trader and consumer Of three to
four hundred per cent. on present
charges. Experience plainly shows
that it takes a great deal of
money to put into practical working Or
der q railroad, and railroad men have a
right to ask assistance from counties
who are to be greatly and directly
benefited by enterprises Of this kind.
The men who have this project now in
view are reliable, responsible, and en-
ergetic business men, and who a
command all the necessary cash capital
to accomplish the enterprise, if our
community will only manifest a spirit
of friendliness to them, and back it up
by substantial aid. Some Of the friends
of this new railroad have taken the mnt-
ter in hand, to ascertain the public sem
timent, and, we are pleased to state,
with thu host of announcement. The |