The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-05
THE sAGAcITY OF A NEWSPAPER
CORRESPONDENT.


writing from Carson to the Sacramento
Union under date of April 20, is so
considerate 10 the prevailing mania of
the Union against railroads. as to
talk in the following fashion with re-
gard to the destinies of Carson as a
railway terminus:
A sharp railway trick is apprehended by
suspicious taxpayers, and that at the ex-
pense of Carson. The grant of 500, 900
bonds in aid of the Virginia and Truckee
Company was only obtained from the
county upon the obligation of the company
that q terminus would be made in Carson.
1t is now feared by some that the road will
be built and equipped as agreed, and that
after the bonds are issued beyond recall,
the rails and ties will be taken up to En-
pire, and the business terminus there es-
tablished. The old Mexican mill at Empire
is already decided to be converted into
machine and repair shop, and as the wood
and lumber for Virginia is chiefly foated in
the Carson to Empire, and taken thence by
wagons. strength is given to the rumor
aaoat. But as a partial offset TO these
grounds Of suspicion, the company is in
vesting quite largely in timber lands west of
Carson, and the railroad will be more ac-
eessible than the river to transport wood
and lumber therefrom. The county has
been too liberal in gifts TO the company, and
should any even legally defensible fraud be
practiced by the latter, the former may be
tempted to show a bad hand. The more re-
luctant supporters of the donation say they
did 30 on the principles which compelled the
boy to capture the weasel, and now swear
they're in no mood to be robbed of the ex-
pected benefits.
What an easy thing il is to couture up
suspicious against the intentions of the
&" bloated monopolists." This expose
developess in 90 ordinary degree, the
ingenuity and imagination of the afore
said IS He should be appointed 10
Simonton's place and made the agent
Of the Associated Press without delay.
Is may be we'll to state some
acts With regard to this mat ter, just to
show the good reasons which would
prevent the railroad company from
doing the thing anticipated by the
Unions correspondent, even admitting
that they were disposed to act in bad
faith toward Carson-wbich admission
We will make merely for the sake of the
argument. Primarily, then, it is
nseessity which induces the railroad
company to make this the terminus of
their line. Carson lies close under the
Sierras the Sierrss are covered with
The fuel and timber that the mines of
she Comstock require the railroads
business will be, largely, the trans
portstion of such timber and fuel.
Ii Carson lay Immediately at the base
Of the Sierras-say at Camp Nye-the
reason for making it the Z. r. terminus
would be all the stronger. Empire is
% the Carson River, aud is midway be |
tween some valuable mill privileges. |
Il is also the depot for the wood which |
ia Aoated down and into that stream
Hence it, as well as Carson City, is one
Of the important points taken in by the
line of survey. But wood which has
not been foated in water is II certain per
cent. more valuable than wood that has.
The floating, soaking process causes
absorption of water aad loss of pitch
resinoas mstter-in the wood. Still.
the mills and mines need ali the wood
and lumber that Gao be delivered to
them and that is the reason that, so
far AS the wood product is concerned,
no one part Of Ormsby County holds in
ts:es,s which y i'll clash with those of
smother part with regard thereto. We
mean that Carson and Empire are
not rivals, and that they present 10
cause, of rivalry. While one might
admit that there il nothing in Carson
which would Induce sagacious business
men TO make it railway terminus
pr sc, We may rest nsssred that no cor.
poration or body that nerds the fine
timber and fire wood of the Sierras to |,
build aad burn in connection with
operations on the ComstUck lode, will
fser display go much ignorance of self
interest rs NO. SC extend the lire of
'f mountains as Empire City up and
tcross the three or four miles inter i
ening between that place and those
cha Truckee and Virginia