The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-05-31
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Such rs the question put e Is ye$
ferday by N estim4hls eihEsns and It IS
BAT an echo Of fhs ingaiy Which has
been time and again pnPcunaed TO rs,
n the past moath. b nen Ct saznsss,
and b. mechanics aa1 laborers-,
What shall ne de- The answer dur
ing the severity Of tie Winter rs obvi-
ous. Then. the hops q a revival q
mining. a largely increased cifealziion Of
money, = general employment q i1s
labor, a satisfactory rs-openins & trade
and = universal prosperity. constituted
the great relief eonzlsaily looked for-
ward to N the spHng. As long IS this
hope lasted. there xzs ; oeTt2ia kind Ct
ooEtentnent existfng among al classes
They felt that they ven enduring $ TEN
porary hardship to hs succeeded by :
gratifying compensation when tie SEA
son SO ~anxiousiy awaited should arrive.
They consoled themselves With tie idea
that they xe-e only bridging : hS1a
Winter. and that 3 sen as they lad
effected the passage their visions Of
prosperity road Be feIy realized
The Spring Is noi yst over. tut re
have had 50 many hag spells C fne
weather since the beginning q April
without Any change far the better in
h1siness circles Azs nAuy q 1I ela-
zens are becoming r-snzturely discour-
zSed. When thsss ask Us What shah
re do ho= ga We better ansEsr than
10 advise thsn 70 os1tinas to have pa
iienes- There 5 10 dab; o: thu great
abasd1zcs and vzlze q cur natural re-
soareess sni Il Al ths present nns We
wsre possessed Of z5s9zzte means Of
trz~nsportz6aa 70 ths railroad. \ less
4lzn = month the business of the entire
district Eo1i feel tie god effects G the
Ieszfhs ff GU oEus zad taiilsa. But
ihe transportation Il teams IS ii = b
hzd. The incoming fssigats employ 50
fen cams that 10 p~zrospuh,s relief can
b lad fran our return shipnsais-
This Is one Of those niSt5ztzaes which
are rarely forsseen.-ari even i fore
seen. II involzex 4 d6uulty for which no
ianeiiEts remedy can be had 4 rail-
rad 1 Eko can alone Afford Is relief;
bni s,ch ; rzilroad czn not be tzIl, IN a
dzy.
Nov. ne xozid ask those q Cur kiends
uho are nursing = Kind Of lagubsious
dszpAir. VIZ they can nos buoy Up their
spirits with the Old hope which carried
mva - bsavdy through our hard Win
ter; They vii say. perhaps, that We
hare no satisfactory issuance Of = raIl-
road. True; but ue have done. 50 far,
al that could b done 70 seeure the early
building Of a railroad. If the Central
Pacific Company VII accept our pTopo-
sitions-And there are good reasons for
believing they willard sgree 70 build
the rozi 81 once, the winds 81 naxf Fall
vii mingle their spiisfal blasts vith the
music Of the eahoPes Of our mills, and
the shrIl notes OF he .eyangelists OF
civilization. to use 2 of Tom Etch's
stately me44phors. On the other hand,
should the Nevada and Colorado Hail
road and Navigation hii pass Congress
ziih the notifications orr people have
insisted on, the holders Of the franchise
would Be compelled to build the road to
this place within a yeaT. If they are q
crowd Of spectators. As We believe them
10 be. their only means Of realizing any
money from their charter wouli be to
make terms With The Central Pacific
Company. and this ne believe they would
gladly do.
No=. let Is sse. Everything has come
70 an unexpected lock for the want Of
transportation. So far. We have the
right 10 look forward 70 an early remedy
This certainly forms a good temporary
base to dispel the gloom that now per
4ades 80 many faces We can not prom
ise a railroad to tie gates Of our canyon
EARLIER than next FaIl. Surely those
Who have faced the seventies and suf-
fered the prisations Of a long White
Pinean Winter can manage to bridge the
pleasant months Of a genial Summer
To be sure. sunshine brings With it The
hy-pess and other petty annoyanees; but
lei Is shoo-fy' all these, and wait for
the locomotive and good times.
Indeed, where could one 90 to secure
as much real prosperity as We are assured
Of here. in q few mouths, il We get the
rziiroads No vhers. Net a man of Us
bat has mining Interests to Be benefited
by the new order Of fhings-in,erests
snch as be might wander in search of for
years. and YET never again become pos
sesssd Of them.