The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-05-25
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
WEDsEsDAY. NAY ss. IsIo.
Proposed R.ilroaa iron EIko to wits Pins.

WEDNESDAY,. NAY ~, 1879
Proposed Railreaa IRON Elko to Wits Pima
The citizens Of Hamilton arc agitating the
subject Of . railroad from White Pine to Elko,
or some point on the line Of the Central Pa
cihc. A meeting was held at Hamilton last
Saturday TO take some steps toward building
the road-P. @. Hyman. presiding. A COM
mittee Of six was appointed TO collect and re-
port statistics showing the amount and kind
of freight, incoming and outgoing. both pres
emit and prospective, from White Pine and the
surrounding districts. The committee was
composed of the following named gentlemen:
Joshua Clayton, Robert Hanesan, J. b. Os-
borne, Col. Chas. Bulkley. Geo. w. Cassidy,
and John l. CHM.
The following named gentlemen were chosen
as Business Committee to hsye charge of
and conduct all correspondence, and to re-
port to adjourned and called meetings such
propositions as may be made in regard 10 the
projected railroad: Frank Drake, Treasure
City; II. G.. Blasdel, Carson; Mr.. Wheeler,
San Francisco; Capt. Lloyd Rawlings, Sher-
mAntown; Z. b. Stonehill, John A. Paxton,
Jere Miller, Hamilton.
On motion Of A. NJ. Hillhouse, Esq, the
Business Committee was requested to confer
with the corporators of the Colorado and
Nevada Railroad and Navigation Company,
and ascertain If said company could be in
duced to transfer their night to the county
bounties authorized by the Legislature of
1863, to be voted to them by the counties of
Elko, White Pine, Nye and Lincoln
According to the News statement, consider
able opposition Was manifested in the meeting
to the bill now before Congress granting
lands to aid in the construction of q railroad
and telegraph line from the Central Pacific
railroad to the Colorado river" This pro-
posed grant runs in favor of the Colorado
and Nevada Railroad and Navigation Compa-
n.y." granting twenty sections per mile on
each side of the railroad, from APPOINT begin.
ming on the Central Pacific railroad east Of
winnemueca, and extending to . point on the
Colorado river east Of MohA-e city, in the
Territory of Arizona"
The White Pine News is bitterly opposed
10 this bill, denouncing it as IAN infamous
measure, % "a floating franchise, liable to SET
tie down like blight upon the fairest portion
of our State" 1t believes that in the event,
OF the passage of the bill the road would not
be constructed during the lifetime Of this
generation, and would meanwhile prevent
other parties from undertaking the work.
We agree with the News in its estimate Of
the character Of the Congressional bill. On
general principles, it is time to put stop to
this eItravagant disposition of the public
lands of the country for the benefit of few
scheming spectators; and in this particular
instance neither White Pine nor Elko is like
ly to derive much advantage from this bill
Whether the course adopted by the meeting
OF the citizens will prove any more effective
remains to be determined.
Notwithstanding the ardor Of the citizens
Of Hamilton, it is probable that q eonsidera-
BILE time will elapse before the desired loco
motive will be heard in the canyons Of White
Pine. As matter Of pecuniary interest. at
present, q railroad from this place would be
moro advantageous to Hamilton than to Elko.
More money is left here by the present mode
OF freighting than would be placed in circuls-
ton were freight TO be sent through the town
without change Of cars, direct to White Pine;
but the time will come within few years. as
the southern districts lying along the great
mineral belt to Mexico become developed,
when the proposed railroad from this point
will be of great valTe to this locality, and to
the entire State.