The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1872-11-09
The Sutro Tunnel.

We have been intending to say some
thing Of what we saw, a few weeks ago,
ai the new town Of sutro. MIR. Sutro
took pains to point out and fully explain
everything connected with the works,
the grand object and plans of the great
enterprise. In The Mining Press of the
I'd inst, however, we find the entire sub
jet SO exhaustively treated that we make
use of portions of Mr.. McCarty's NOES
in preference to relying upon memory
for the items. ##ffn MN
This tunnel, completed according to
Sutro's design, will be the largest for the
purpose in the world. Sutro has labored
since 1860 to persuade capital to his aid,
and make the work a success. At last,
after the Nevada Legislature lid granted
a franchise, and Congress had extended
some encouragement in the form of
privileges, the work was commenced in
earnest, though with limited means, IN
1869. Sutro had all this time been con-
tending against the private interests and
j~ealousies of corporations having much
power, and both on this Coast and az
Washington their agents Were sci upon
him to break him down before Congress.
Almost any other man in the void, we
believe, would have abandoned The
gle. The Press of the State, Amos.
unanimously, ridicsled Oh by other course
discountenanced The e1te ae. TT
Sutro never blanehed. He went be'gza
Congressman and Senator'S with his fa-.
printed his facts and aegdmclts yolane
after volume, aud in person pleaded his
case before the committees. He has
been partially successsal before Con-
gress, and is now pressing the wo W.
all his indomitable energy and ell the
force which unlimited means cen b'ng
to bear. We give some Of the figs
showing how the work goes N
The main tunnel VII be 4 niles long.
when completed. 1t is now in Z, 100 saet.
It is about ~ feet wide, timbe ed tho
oughly with heavy, squared timbe d.
viding it into two comp tmentg, with 4
railroad track in each, calculated 10 cary
trains up one side and down The other.
Beneath the tracks is a water way, to
carry out water for the supply Of he
town, also for driving MI aul otheF me-
chinery. Along the Inc Of the t9nael !
shafts are sinking, and heavy machinery
is going up at each OF these, TO q i've tle
hosting works. From each of these
shafts, as the tunnel level is reached IN
each, a large force Of men WI wok in
each direction along the line; so that tae
work will be pressed from nine poin.s at
once, as soon as the required level shell
have been reached.
All the work is conducted ON a lase
scale-no indication of any lack OF
means. Machine shops are full of &c
tive workers, with shelves and s. Ks y
the most approved smell ware, pipes,
and fittings, with steam diving power
wherever applicable /; diamond d-ills =
work in the rock, clerks busy IN The Of
ces, and Sutro everywhere. A larse
building is now receiving It's furniture,
gas and water fittings, and so fot,h, pc
paratory to occupation. This is TO serve
as a sort of general headquarters for
Sutro's staff, who are assigned Offices in
the first story, with rooms in the other
parts of the house. All the appoint
ments, and all the furniture, aTe of the
character found in a frst-class private
residence in San Francisco. On top Is n
fine observatory, commanding an admtt-
able view of the Carson river, as well es
of the town Of Sutro, which lies about
400 yards below the mouth Of the tan-
mel. The town is handsomely laid out,
with wide streets at right angles, and a
reserve marked off for fine park. Many
more items of interest might be men
toned, but we have probably taken up
enough space with the subject for this
time.