The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-24
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Feeling disposed > gl*e sTsrxoodS ;
chance, and approaching the need Of full
Investigation IS 70 The advantages offered
By the respective routes bidding for the
transit between the Central Paei6e and
the Colombo river and the Southern Pa
eife route. sc give Place 70 the following
from TIE Register. Published N Wine
mucca. on the Central:
The citizens Of Battle Mountain. Aus
tin and Belmont are working quietly 70
enlist capitalists II the Battle Mountain
and Colorado Railroad enterprise With
fair prospects Of szaozss- As soon a.
the Necessary legislation ean Be had and
the citizens along the line q the pro
posed rad give the encouragement
which they noE propose. the Central Pa
eifc COMPANY. Ne are tod, stands
ready 70 Ia DON The ties zai iron and
put on the rolling ssock. This road El
open ID the finest tzsneral raEan in the
State. Nearly eTsry s;aii5a from Na1s-
worth to Ogden On The Central Pacific Is
anxious 10 Re the terminus q this great
cross cut railway. connecting the Central
zith the Southern Pacific Battle
Mountain has tie natural Position
Nature has PAT in 5 bii for i which can
not Be raised By any cher point. The
contemplated hne from Battle Mountain
begins 5S4 miles east Of Sacramento.
and takes : greater number . nch Uln-
erzl districts in is coarse soGthward
through the State than any other route
A branch read. only thirty miles IN
length. from the main trunk I'll reach
Hamilton. Il Is 10 ths interest II White
Pine coanty u favor this rusd rather
than waste It's energies and means N
essaying 70 build a rad % Elka, a dis
lance q I'd miles. L. White Pine
unite with Lzndsr. Ne. Lincoln and
Hambold. counties, and before the first
day Of July. 1878. the Battle Mountain
and COLORADO Railroad viii penetrate fat
into Arizona.-Hnab3d RgNsr, lsta.
Satisfied to give al advantages Of other
rontes an airing. We are disposed to favor
the Elko route. That IS the most direct.
are not h~ide-bound, though. and DO
know that the main advantage Of tbs
Elko route Is not in its topography, nor
in the situation as !. will be in ten years
from now; bat is in its immediate bust
ness now Offering: though in prospective
advantages re believe this Elko route
superior TO any of the others having a
newspaper advocate. A road ra be
built through Spring Valley, some day;
bit BUSINESS demands that one be speedily
built to Hamilton. No railroad project
for the connection between the Central
and the Colorado will have any chance
for success, except by taking in the &C
eommodation Of the White Pine trade
and travel.
Some of our people think Elko Is
taking this matter quite tao easy-ap-
parently thinking herself ecu Of the
terminus. She IS not 50. Not the ter
minus, is the important consideration.
The trade that will pay expenses, will
determine the departing point Of the
great cross road. The people Of Pinto
and Eureka, both coming in now to be
heavy frsighting points, favor the selee-
ton Of the route to Palisade-in order TO
bring them into freighting range with
White Pine. They tell US Elko Is doing
nothing. and is likely to Do nothing;
while VIC have capital Of New York and
San Francisco men operating our mines,
and ready to aid in encouraging the road,
provided il VII come our way L IS
sound sense, and vii have weight when
We get down to business SILL, we
hope Eko EiIl come up to the work, and
act the proper part: and it IS possible a
route can Be settled upon to aeeomno-
date these Points-if not otherwise, Per-
hsPs By a branch road.