The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-18
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.

itsSil one OF the - institutions o.
the country, the Pacific Railroad com.
hands a FIRST place in the attention Of
cur journalists and statesmen. Well i,
may, indeed, for it is secondary in i'm.
Fo'tance to nothing that has grown GU,
ot the enterprise of the present age OF
electricity and steam Now tina, it is
so near finished now that it is, in fact
accomplished now that it is past the
possibility of hindrance and defeat, we
are glad that it only illustrates the
necessity for other roads connecting the
Atlantic and the Pacific. The alleged
swindling which is charged against the
conductors of the Union Pacific line,
tad As it is, is of comparatively minor
Importance. The road is opened, i'm
perfectly constructed though it be and
the great Plains is, after all, wha, we
needed and must have, al any price.
Much has been said against this line
iecanse of its location on the great
snow belt of this latitude Big snow
storms and long snow bloeksdes are
sad misfortune. no doubt but this, the
frat road, is where Pacific Railroad
IS the most needed and itself bound
to demonstrate its great necessity, will,
iy the faults OF its location also demon
s:ra,s the necessity for the early build
Jag Of other lines acros, the continent.
Serving as the grand pioneer of such
.asgnifcen: enterprises, it has accom-
plished, whatever the cost, whatever
the inperfec,lons, the prime thing
sought for and most needed, the necea-
sity for its own building and kindred
undertakings. 1t was natural and RICH.
that the line Of the Pacific Railroad
=hould have heen built upon the isother-
NAL line upon which it at present runs.
9u. for the fact that the contumacious
and morrow minded, sectional Southern
democracy stood so long as obstacles
n the way of building any road across
the continent for the reason that they
;1sisted upon a Southern route or nonel
TIE connection between California
sal the Valley of the Mississippi
would hare been accomplished years
s.sce. II was right and just, therefore,
that this work, begun under the aus
ices of the Republican party at time
when the North WAS in battle array for
tie preservation of the Union, should
ave been located where it is. " The |
snow belt " will cause troubles and /
tsiays, now and again, no doubt but |
!; will cause nothing mo-e serious, |
while, OF the other hand, i, will serve /
- poin. oIit the need of still more
.pie facilities for accors1no dating the
g-eat trade cad travel that is certain to
fr.l0w the opening CT the line. what
2, IN has done man can do =" is an old
e-i true proverb and it being oae of
: e magnificent facts of this generation
that the most stupendnn, natarsf OBJ
: .scles have been overcome bv the cor
.;-uctors of the Central and Union
the building of other lines
- ih and north of the presen: one is
q. arely aausstioa of time : and when
hey are completed, making lateral
ranches necessity and tending to set
.:e mp and develope the vast area lying
tween the. Sierfas and the tributaries [
: The Mississippi, that q manifest dss-
my of which so mnch has been said
III prophssied will come to be expert
-cced, to the glory and power and nm
.lsAileIsa, prosperity OF the Republic
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