Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-13
AT LAKE TAHOE.

IT'D TklM SdIP - HOf SPRIN(iS
STATION-EOnD PLACE-GURSTS-
ytNIsHiNG FOR RSTS-THAT RAS-
CALLY Won SCHMiDT, AND WHAT
TIIs LAKE pEOPLK THINK OF
HIM-STEAMERS on THE LAKE,
PLEASURES = HOW To GIT TO
HEAVEN.
A member Of our reportorial staff,
who Is afflicted with the liver com.
plaint, (the restaurant keepers say tape
worml has gone out OH predatory
tour to Lake Tahoe. His first raid
was upon Glenbrook, where he found
plenty of Gold Killers and yirginians
enjoying themselves under the liberal
tatherly care of Uncle Vesey, at his
famous hotel. He had good time
there for day or two, and Il now ut
Hot Springs. near the foot Of the lake.
We received a letter from him yester-
day, without any date, from which We
condense the following:
|, As I was leaving Glenbrook for this
place OH the steamer Governor Stan!
ford. | saw a man In n small boat with
auburn whlskers. who proved to be
my old friend MaiSh from Carson, and
with him were Rev. Mr.. McGrsth OF
Virginia, aud H. Sweetapple. Esq. OF
Silver City. bound for Sugar Pine
Point. the other side of the lake. -
we left them In the distance the last
We SAW Of them the reverend gentle.
man, with hat and cont Oft, WAS row.
Ing. Sweetapple was steering, and
Maish was asleep In the fore c,lddy.
We stopped at a saw mill mud took
In tow a boom 750 feet In length,
stretching out behind Us like a huge
sea serpent in our wake. 1t consisted
Of a number of sticks Of timber l2
inches square and 80 feet long, fast
ened together at the ends BY chains
aud Used for holding RATS Of square
timter together to be towed OH the
lake. We towcd the boom some dt+-
lance down the lake and fastened 1t to
what is called by the boatmen on the
lake the "stub," which is n curiosity.
1t consists of tree standing pcrpen-
dicular in 1907 eighty feet of water,
halt a mile from shore. fastened so
firmly to the bottom that 1t affords
safe moorage to the largest crafts on
the lake. It projects tlO) ten feet
above tho surface. How It came there
Is mystery
There are other queer facts connected
with and confined to this lake. First
Owing to its great depth probably.
tho smallest bay or Inlet does not
freeze. The water near the shore l. II
loft pea green. AS Its deepens It
changes to an azure blue, aud at lts
greatest depth to a beautiful indigo
color. There il not anything that de-
serves the name OF Island la tile whole
lake. The bodies of persons drowned
In it do not rise to the surface again.
Nine men were drowned near Tahoe
City, and not vestige of amy OF
them has ever been found. This, how
ever, Is accounted for BY the tempera-
TUE of the water, 1t being TOO cold to
admit Of putrefaction taking place.
The water Is said TO contain but few
species of animaicuig, and but slight
traces Of foreign matter, and Is claimed
to possess the least spaciiic gravity Of
any water on the coast, making swim
ming any distance out Of the question.
Among the passengers were Gen.
Davis, wife and sister. Alter dinner
the General lay down to take n nap.
was on deck viewing the lake. when
the Captain came and requested ME to
70 below and ask Gen. Davis to sleep
Oh the other side of tho boat, other
wise he would be obliged to move a
cord of wood over to that side to trim
ship. When made the wishes Of the
Captain known. the General clieerfully
complied, and all went OH us II nothing
had happened, aud we arrived at Hot
Springs station in due time.
The hotel Is run IN iirst.class style
By Rev. K. E. Kicker, aud Is just the
place for pleasure.seekers or those in
pursuit of health to spend a few weeks.
IL Is situated IN one Of the most de-
sirable localities OH the lake. beipg In
the midst Of Its best fishing grounds
aud near aud easy OF, access to White
Pebble beach aud Cornelian bay. with
boats, fishing tackle and hot mineral
baths free to the patrons Of the honsc.
Among the guests were Captain j. a.
rodman aud wife, Carson; Miss Alice
Maynard, Carson; Gen. z. ). Davis.
Virginia. New; Geo. W. Waters and
wife, W. C. Waters and r. j. Waters,
Gold Hill.
People wishing to visit this fine lake
should do so soon, ns the timber l.
being cut OF so rapidly that before
many years roll round, what are n>w
forests will be changed to
bleak, desolate and unslghtly noun.
tuins.
Thi, station was formerly in Douglas
county. Nevada. but by Won Schlnldt'S
new boundary survey H. Is now In
Placer county, California. AS TO Won
Schmidt's project. the people on the
lake tnke but little Interest In It one
way or the other; they swear he
shan't drain 1t, but as his plan OF pro-
ccdure will only make more OF the
lake. they don't care. So says Mr..
Kicker; and while In conversation
with the reverend gentleman yester.
day, he informed ME that, 80 far as he
was personally concerned, If they
didn't interfere with the lake, the
'rruckee could 60 into the hands of
Won Schmidt and be id, aud the
water all turned out OF 1t, II the
along the Truckee valley
were so blind to their own interests rs
to allow their rights to be gobbled up
In that manner.
The little propeller Truckee Is to be
launched near here shortly, after
II thorough oyerliaullng by Its owner.
Capt. Todman-making three steamers
on the lake, viz: Gov. Stanford, Gov.
Blasdel and Truckee. The Emerald.
y little propeller. owned by Bliss s.
Co., Is being oyerhauled at Glenbrook.
The time Is spent here by the guests
In promenadlng on the beach. rowing
on the lake, fishing ard gathering peb-
bles.
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