The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-06-03
-SE TRUCKEE CITY WAGON ROAD
PROJECT.

ijsht and it would seem that the feast
a,lity Of the proposed road and the ben
eiits which would accrue from it be-
cone more and more demoRstrable. In
addition to what we have already, in
previous articles, said upon the subject
SO are enabled to state something more
conclusive with regard to the benefits
promised b. the opening Of the project
ei road. Truckee City is distant from
Carson about 81 or % miles-about
ttat distance from the Plaza. Good
judges estimate that the proposed road
caE be built, over a comparatively easy
scade, certainly an easier grade than
Geiger's, within a distance of twenty
Eve or twenty-six miles. This would
bring US, within fse miles, or therea-
bout, as near to Truckee as Reno is to
Virginia. The railway LOW being built
between here aud Virginia will be, when
completed, about twenty miles long
from terminus to terminus. The com
pletiou of the wagon road to Truckee
CITY aud the finishing of the railroad
would bring that place within rs or &c
miles of Virginia. Now let Us see if
,ilcre is any saving of distance as be-
tween this proposed route anu that by
Reno. By the Central Pacific Z. r.
Co.'S table OF distances we learn that
TruCkee City IS 50 miles from Reno
and we believe it is called q miles from
Reno to Virginia. This makes Truckee
56 Uiles distant from Virginia, or ten
miles further than by the proposed
route through Carson. Now as to fares
on railroad and stage 1t costs the
traveller, at present, to go from Truckee
C..y to Reno, al ten cents per mile,
s. Sc and from Reno to Virginia by
sage s. 00-or s. SO FOR .raveiire ex-
neuSeS between the two points. 1t is |
bsi,eTeC that the stage fare over the
new road would notexceed 81 90: and
sIpposiog the Carson and Virginia r
Il. charge ten cents a mile, it would
cost 81 00 TO get from here to Virginia
Ibis would make it So 90 between the
Two points, or Z saving of 81 so to
TIE traveller who sEclld CONC this way. |
Now as TO fr7ightS The C. P. R. L. |
Charge fifteen cents per mile per ton.
This would make the transportation of
g. tou o. freight frCI-l Truckee to Reno |
cost S. %. We understand that one
cent Per pound is the usual charge for
hauling freight by teams from Reno to |
Fi.gia:a-which is, large par. Of the
wsy.uo hill lever the Geigec Grade !
fnus the railroad and teamsters' charges |
o. T. ten Of freight between Truckee
Clty ard Virginia amount to about
So 25. L seems altogether proba BILE
tha. tie hauling Of f.eights from True
Aee to this point could be had atquite
as low a figure as from Reno to Viz
s.Gia ; and over the railroad at say the
same price thar the Central charges,
teey would be, al = cents per ton per
nile, the road being twenty miles long,
s. go per ton as against s. % between
icackee ard Reos, o. E saving Of 81 IS
per ton. And US to time 1t is, where
~. !eve2-es it Is along a cot siderable
part o: the distance between Little VAL
.ey aud Truckee--a descending grade
from TrGckee here, and, inasmuch as
tie .icayy loads would come this way,
treaty FIVE miles here would actually
be less than the twenty miles from Reno +
10 Virginia aud, as q consequence the
I. ne Of travel would be less while
anger loads could be transported easier
over this than over. the Geiger grade.
One eau see at d glance that it would
be saving o. time to passengers to
take this Truckee City Route. More
over, ell the Walker River trade and
cavei would come this way instead of
. oiug the roundabout journey, as now,
10 and through Churchill.
There have been no rash steps taken
,ouceruing this very promising under
aking. Our citizens proceed cautiously