Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-29
Utah Coal and Nevada Reduction
Works.

Utah Coal and Nevada Reduction
Works.
In confirmation Of what we have
hitherto said i'm reference to the ne
esssity Of building q narrow-Ksuge
railroad. to connect with the Utah
railroad system. and also with the
present great continental line, i'm or
der that We may supply our reduction
works with fuel and convey away
their metallic product. we find in the
Salt Lake Tribune remarks of q SINH
lar nature, intended to show the mu-
tual relations of Utah and Nevada in
the matter of fuel and the production
ofthe precious and other metals. The
Tribune says. in reference to the i'm
portant question of asupply of fuel /:
Our neighbors of Nevada are be-
wailing the absence OF coal. and are
looking with alarm at The diminution
Of their fuel in some portions OF the
Stste; and to add to the dilemma. ge,l-
ogists tell them that coal Will not Toe
found within her borders. In other
words, the presumption is that she
will by-and-hv have to depend on adj
Joining Territories for her supply OF
fuel. the demand for which is rapid
~ increasing. When we consider
that Nevada produced over twenty
five million of dollars worth
Of precious metals last year., and t.lat
her mineral productions are on the
increase. it il mani;es'ly sound
policy to seek her business acquain-
lance As rapidly as possible /; aud. in
order to do SO with beneficial results
to Utah. further railroad enter prises
are demanded. What Nevada lacks
in coal and iron our southern country
is abuudantly able to supply.
The Tribune then proceeds to show
how the facilities for bringing Utah
coal to our reduction works may be
permanently established by the con-
struction Of railroads:
The inspection OF map will show
thai q narrow-gauge road connecting
our southern coal field with Phoebe.
Hamilton. and Eureka. and thence To
some point on the Central Pacific
road, would not only be the Means OF
opening up an immense coal trade,
but would also develop the entire
central portion of Nevada: and it is
safe to say that the local traffic of such
. road would increase with surprising
rapidity after the Southern Trans
continental routes shall have con-
nected with IL Utah Southern line.
A project is already on foot to build
q road from Piociie to Pdlisade, on
the Central Pacific Railroad, by way
OF Hamilton and Eureka, a distance
OF about 275 miles, and the organiza-
ton of the company is complet-
ed. That it embraces such names as
Gen. Page, Gen. Connor, John II.
Ely, Henry Raymond. and other
wealthy and influential men. il 4
guarantee that the road will be built.
It remains. then. for Utah to build
only from IS to 100 miles Of road be-
tween Cedar City and Phoebe TO open
up the asst coal and iron mines in
that region. There is much OF COM
mon interest growing up between Ne
vada and Utah, and We confidently
expect the day to arrive when our ag-
ricultural and manufacturing pur-
suits and mutual interests in railroads
will create q strong financial bond
between our respective territories. At
no previous period in their history
has 70 much disposition been mani
tested to invest in enterprises affect
ing the growth of Utah and Nevada,
and certainly non can more surely
tend to the development of the gi-
gantic resources of each than the in
PRODUCTION Of railroads.
The Tribune claims that the coal OF
Southern Utah is anthracite, and vast
ly superior to the Rocky Mountain
coal. In another article, the same pa
per says OF the prospects Of the iron
business in Utah
In addition to the coal trade, which
is the basis Of our article, we look for
ward with confidence to the time
when the vast deposits Of iron ore al
iacent to the coal will be so utilized
that in manufactured forms it will
supply the whole interior basin with
failrrad iron and mining machinery.
making hat region the Pittsburg OF
Utah.
From all of the above it will he
seen that the railroad is the one indis-
pensable thing to Insure the prospect.
ty Of Nevada-and a narrow-guage
road, because of the cheapneSs in
cost of construction and operation.
Legislators and the people Of the
State at large must now unite all their
energies and means to accomplish
this object, without stopping to quib-
BILE ver trivial matters which do not
affect the mainquestion. 1t is the right
OF the people to build railroads with
their own means. in their OWE way:
and the duty of their representa-
tives in the Legislature to give them
the opportunity by the necessary
legislation. Delaying action only in
the inability OF the people to
carry the project into execution, by
diminishing their means and exhaust
ing their resources. We must have
the railroad.
THE PUNISHMENT OF BRIBERY
The telegraph conveys to us informa.
ton as to what is the statutory urO.