The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-10

ANA't1 ~ tn AA1AHA Vi INT WISH IllBI-
ligent people here whose ideas about the
railroad project are so contracted and
superficial. In their own business, these
same men can see as far ahead aud
reason as logically upon ultimate contin-
geneies, as they are shallow and sophis-
teal about the proposed road. They
start out with the proposition that we are
poor in money and hence that our re-
sources are no indncement to railroad
men to grant US the boon we so impera-
lively require. The fact is, that inan-
cial depression has had the effect to de-
preeiate the actual value of our mines
in a proportion corresponding 10 the strin-
geney of the money market. Very little
coin has been equal to n very large
amount of good mine, and when pro-
jects of the magnitude and cost of a
railroad are under discussi III, the mines
are falsely rated by these men ut the
miserable estimates the times have rem
dered customary. This is not the way
for men of reason to entertain this mat
ter. II was not the way the capitalists
of the East over a fifth Of n century ago
reasoned about the cereal capacity of the
great agricultural regions of the then
West. They saw that grain rotted in
the barns of the sparsely settled farm
ers; that trade in kind was the only me-
dunn of exchange; that vast stretches OF
fertile country were unoccupied: that
there was no limit to the amount OF
production of which the rolling prairies
were capable; and hat all this waste
all this absence of productive energy
only required transportation and markets
to turn the golden sheafs of the West
into golden coin, and secure a dense and
anurishing population. From-that basis
Of facts, and not from the money-value
Of the useless wheat without "A market,
the railroad men OF the East reasoned
andthey reasoned well, as the vast network
of roads now running all over the conn
try, and the hundreds of new cities IN
known then to any map. abundantly tes-
tify. Now, let us apply this reasoning
to the project under discussion. We
are satisfied that the men who have
successfully bewed their way through the
Sierra Nevadas and joined the Western
Coast with the Atlantic, are capable of
taking in the whole scope of our sitna-
tinn. and arguing not from present values,
bnt from prospective values-values that
will be almost UNNECESSARILY enhanced
by the very boon we are now seeking
and which it is in their power to grant.
They will say, If we undertake and
complete to White Pine a railroad. we
shall have the possession and theprestige
of the first grand section of the great
road which is to be the future highway
of communication between Europe and
Eastern America and Mexico aud Gen.
trail and South America and the great and
hourishing islands of the South Pacific.
They will say that this initial section
will give them such "A foothold that
they can with certainty calculate upon
securing the extension to the Colorado,
together with such public subsidies and
land concessions rs the lberality of nj
people and our Government is willing ut
accord. In the meantime. they will fui-
ther saw, White Pine and adjoining dis
tricts. though poor IN money just now,
will supply onr road with ffeights that
are better than money to US, and in the
long rnn we will reap advantages which
can hardly be o9er-estimated. We feel
assured that that the brains of the Cen
trail Pacific will not follow in the Cheap
John wake of some of our local reason
ers. They will take n broad enlightened
and liberal view Of the project. They
will look npon it as the forerunner Of
greater things. but at the same time as a
forerunner that will pay tn the mean
while.
A RAFTING SERPENT .-Cayalli, the
painter, on Hamilton street, has Gagged,
in his store, a large rattlesnake, caught
a few miles from town. 1t is n vicious
looking heel-btter. and sounds its rattles
at the appearance of every visitor. We
shonld hate to cross its path without
sufficient warning, for the glare Of It's
eyes and its salient attitude, show that If
it was unginned it would be a dangerous
'sarpent., Prrley Rowell is negotiating
for its purchase-just as if his cats had
not enough to do tn nurse kittens and
rats. and gophers, and chip-munks, with
ont ringing in a snake upon them.
PERsoSAL.-We have been gratifed 10
see Judge Goodwin in town during the
rast two days. The Judge looks well,
seems: well and if he is not well he
ought TO be. He is doing ~splendldly
with his furnace and mine at Eureka,
and if his expectations be realized, we
shall have the pleasure of eongratulating
him, before long. on his permanent re-
tirenient from the newspaper business.
He promises not to put on airs with his
old friends when his name has been add
ed 10 the list of ~millioDaires of America.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MoNEY.-We hear
that a game of high-di was played IN a
saloon in this town, yesterday morning,
in which betting ran very high. One OF
the partieipators went through for 0
| couple of thousand dollars, and two OF
them Withdrew, with one over n thousand
and the other over six hundred dollars
winner This, for n mere counter game,
would seem to indicate that some people
have none to throw away, even II the
majority of the community are hard up
for the nonce.
REACHING A PAYING BAs1s.-The ex-
pertinent of supplying water to Hamilton
and Treasure. and the economical sys-
tenn adopted by the new management oil
the White Pine Water Works. Is coming
out satisfactorily. The works are nearly
or quite on a paving basis. II all the
mills requiring this water should be KEPT
running, the works would pay a mod
crate profit.
THE ONLY Fresh Shell Oysters IN
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