Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-28
EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
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1t has always been our pleasure to
point with pride to the present pros
perity and future hopes Of u rapidly
advancing town; and when we are as
sured Of the bona fide commence
nent Of any enterprise which will add
TO its wealth, or assist in the develop
ment Of the riches contained in the sur
rounding hills, it becomes our duty as
faithful chroniclers of all which inter-
ests or affects people, to advocate
such an enterprise and render such aid
., may be in power. Ofthe two
schemes before the last Legislature for
building a railroad which would bene-
fit our section, we were the earnest adj
vocate for that which would make con-
nection at Palisade, believing, as we
did, this to be the only practicable
route, and knowing that should a road
be completed the future permanency of
Eureka must be assured. We found
opposed to us at that time many Of our
best citizens, and among them the rep
~resentatives Of some of our most en-
tensive institutions with their heavy
capital and large amount of taxable
property. Time, however, has proven
we were correct, and we say without
egotism we knew such would be the
result, and to-day there has been com-
pleted, upon the road-bed marked Il
by us, a portion of a railroad which
must in time bring to Eureka the en-
tire freight necessary to supply the
rapidly increasing population Of South
eastern Nevada and Northern Arizona.
There has been so much talk and so lit
Gle action in connection with this road,
that we are not surprised at u read
ers being skeptical upon the certainty
OF its competitions; but we feel gratified
in saying positively that at least twen-
ty miles will be finished and in run
ming order by the first of March, and
the remainder pushed forward as rap
idly as possible; and as a reason for
our faith we have the assurance that
large capitalists are already interested
III its success. These hoarders of gold
are never anxious to make any invest
ment which does not promise large re-
turns, and the fact of their putting
money into this scheme is to our
mind one Of the plainest indications of
the opinions which the outside world
entertains of our importance. 1t is
unnecessary to recapitulate the many
reasons why this road will be profit
able, but certain it is that such it will
be, and there can be no doubt that
each mile Of track will increase the in
come in a ratio entirely disproportion-
Ate with its cost. To us as a commune
ty it can make little difference who fur
nishes the mean to carry this
thing through, as the end to
be obtained is all we need
consider; but it is, nevertheless,
gratifying to our pride to know that
we have among us men Of sufficient
brains and energy to perform the work,
and who have that confidence in our
mines which induces them to subscribe
their money as an evidence of their
faith. We predict for this enterprise
entire success, and we hail with JOY the
day when the iron bands of advancing
civilization shall bind us more firmly
to the outer world, and when Eureka
shall take her place as the great mining
center, marked out for her by Natures
prodigal hand. We are not of a very
sanguine temperament, but we can but
feel that after long and patient waiting
our hopes are at last to be realized. and
though the u~nquenchable element of
destruction shoulc again sweep away
our abode, yet would we as often re-
new it, strengthened and sustained by
the conviction that with a railroad con-
nection there can be nothing ephemeral
or tansitory where Providence has
been so lavish in those gifts which
make permanency and importance.