Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-06
on THE ROAD TO WHITE PINE.
ELKo. March 4, 1869.

ELKo, March A, 1869.
Editor News Going from Virginia
10 Reno i, a familiar transaction with
all but leaving the latter place at l
O'Clock in the morning on a freight
train, and making the run to
wADswoRrH,
Is another thing. Wadsworth is the
liyeliest town between Elko and the
Chinese Seas-so lively, in fact, that
you have to play Box to somebody else's
Cox in order TO get a bed. Andy Rus
sell is q good man, and keeps a good
hotel, but it won't sleep more than 100
men, and the other so regular custom
ers and trausients have 10 sit by the
stove until the 100 get up. The town
is still building, but it will require some
time to provide accommodations Tor all
the men who are employed there, to say
nothing Of the large accession when the
Round House and machine shop OF the
railroad company is completed. AS an
instance Of the imperturbability and ac-
tiyity Of the people there, may be al
lowed to state that | stepped into q
saloon in which q game Of poker wHs
being vigorously prosecuted in one cor
ner. a dice game at the bar, trough and
tumble fight in the middle, and q colored
gentleman quietly shaving a customer
behind the stove. Each was attending
10 his own business-the fighters didn't
disturb the barber, the latter allowed
the fight to go on quietly, and the games
proceeded without interfering with
either Of the barberous proceedings.
Wadsworth has plenty of room to grow;
IL is two miles to the hills above and
sixteen to the lake below, while the
desert stretches away for forty miles
toward the Humboldt. The Truckee
does not run into Pyramid Lake entire,
rs has been supposed, but separates
some distance below Wadsworth-one
branch running into Pyramid and the
other into Mud Lake. The new bridge
across the river is nearly completed,
and will, in the curse OF time, be
weatherboarded and shingled, inclosing
tho track. Until recently, the Railroad
COMPANY did not sell own lots, but
leased them TO builders for one year ut
ST per month for each front foot built
upon. Now, however, the lots are being
sold to occupants and lessees at ST. per
front foot. There is a melodeon and q
dance house there. Didn't see any
church nor hear of q Sunday school.
The melodeon gets out its W posters
done on Wallpaper with yellow ink.
Didn't inquire the name Of the artist.
THE RAILROAD.
Some complaints have been written
of the manner of construction of the
Central Pacific Railroad. | have seen
no grounds for such. Somewhat
familiar with railroads, | have no hest
tation in saying that | never saw o bet
ter bed over the same character OF
ground, and the conduct of all the m
ployes with whom have come in con-
tact is uuexcept;onable. In places the
track does not follow the original sur
yey Of the Government engineers, sim
ply because it would, in such case, be
inundated ut points on the Humboldt.
The bed is excellent, the ties the best
that could be had in this section OF the
country, the iron is first-class, the
grades where the nature Of the country
would permit) are good, and the curves
are graceful and admirably pitched.
wISNENUccA
Is quite a lively place just now, on ac-
count of the junction of the Idaho
stage line, over which there is n large
travel White P~ineward.
ARGESTA
Is astir with teams, rs the railroad
brings but little White Pine freight this
side, and the place looks like one vast
wagon yard. 1t is situated near the
Humboldt River, at r point where the
mountains close in, leaving an open
valley about one mile in width. ]
noticed q yellow flag floating in the
breeze from n newly built house in the
mouth Of q canyon near by. There is
considerable hay ground in the neigh
borhood, aud the mountains rs well u:
valleys afford fine grazing. More to
morrow. JIG