National Republican., 1874-05-20

places at lilo degrees, and that IL is so hot that
the perspiration runs over the tops Of the miners
boots
GAS perspiration to this extent Is physically
weakening as well as destructive to boots, Mr.
Sutro intimates that his tunnel would effect q
saving to the miners Of s500,000, in doctors
bills aud 500, 900 in leather. We do not feel
Ls 5ossInT Es sasE.s ss fsSRj9 assss EaSEs
is first consideration remarks Abercf6m-
bic. Mr.. Sutro says he can preserve both to
the extent of $500, 600 per snnum. The gen.
tlemeu is public benefactQr, and the Govern
ment should construct dozen tunnels for him.
"Mr. Sutro lies when he says the stock gau-
blers own every paper in Nevada; but he tells
the truth, aRd = ysTy ;2ls@n Fg.h, when n. he
dollars per ton as a royalty upon all ores raised
from the Comstock after the connection Of his
tunnel with it, would alarm the moneyed men
of Europe, and prevent him from selling his
SHAM AND FRAUD.
The San Francisco Spirit of the Times speaks
of the Sutro scheme as follows, and gives some
new points
"The veriest sham and fraud that was ever
attempted to be foisted on the people of this
coast directly, and incidentally the people
throughout the Union, is that which Adolph
Sutro has in hand at Washington. There was
o time when his Scheme met with some favor,
but as its impracticability became apparent,
and its deleterious effects demonstrated, those
that interested themselves In its behalf with.
drew their support, until now the feeling !:
unanimous against it, and the hope expressed
that the United States Senate will destroy any
idea he may have of putting q stop to al
mining developments in Nevada for years tc
come: for should the demands he Is making al
Washington be complied with, what would be
the result of such legislation
"It must be borne in mind that the Sutrc
Tunnel Company of to-day is an entirely diff.
ferent institution from that which went into
operation when the work was first commenced
The stock of that corporation Sutro has re.
pudiated, and has issued new stock in its stead
The whole scheme should be abolished and
bauished from sight, unless Congress desire:
to see fourishing and growing State like Ne
vada irretrievably ruined and bankrupted. Tht
hundreds and thousands of miners, who, with
their families, are dependent upon their daily
labor for their bread, unite in asking Congress
not to pay any heed to the false issues which
Sutro has set up. His defeat would be of in
calculable benefit to the mining and all othe
interests on the Pacific Coast"
PREPosTERoUs MOVEMENT.
The Carson Appeal says:
"0fall the preposterous things ever done IN Of
about any legislative body the removal of the Su
tro bill from the hands of the Committee on Mine:
and Mining, on the plea that two of the mem
bers of the committee entertained views ad
verse to the bill referred to them, is the most
remarkable. Taking this action for q pre-
cedent, hereafter when any number of lobby
lists fipd that committee to whose hands any
measure of theirs has been referred are adverse
to their scheme, all they need do will be tc
demand It's removal from thence, and the
reference of the same to q committee of their
own choice.
'It is a mere act of courtesy by which any
solicitor is permitted to address Congressional
committee; and when the lobby has become
strong enough to dictate the complexion and
acts of committee of that body, 1t is high
time that Congress were doing something to
protect itself against such unwarrantable en-.
croachments. And the fact seems apparent
that Sutro has overplayed his game at last
This outrage upon the Mining Committee oi
the Senate has drawn attention to the enor.
nifty of the fellows pretensions, and to his in.
tolerable effrontery. The question now is,
Shall Senators and Representatives be the sport
of this impudent adventurerl Shall this fel-
low, who no revenue hath, beard the Con-
gress and spit upon its committeesi
REVIEW OF sUTRo's SCHEME.
The Sacrs mento Record, in its issue of thu
9th inst, has a very interesting and forciblt
editorial on this subject, which we quote in full
"a man who, like Adolph Sutro, undertakes
to impeach the charac ers of all who oppose
his Schemes, should possess uncommonly strong
claims upon the country, should be in posi-
tion to prove that he is a benefactor to the pub
lie, that he is the victim of an unhallowed per-
secution, and that all his aims are pure and
unselfsh. The facts in Sutro's case, however,
are all against, and not for him. In the first
place, he has no standing whatever before Con-
gress. He appeals to that body, not as pub.
lie spirited protector who has been deferred
from the completion of a much-needed enter.
prise by unforeseen difficulties, but as a projec.
tor who is attempting to force upon the owners
of q large mining property the burden of sup
porting an enterprise which Is not and never
can be of the least use to them.
"When Sutro first conceived the idea of hi:
tunnel It was generally believed by miners that
IL would be q good thing. He proposed to drive
the tunnel through Mount Davidson below the
lowest drifts, or at depth Of 1000 feet, and
be supposed that in this way ventilation would
be secured, the expense of hoisting obviated
while the water draining from the mines would
suffice to run all the mills required to work the
ore. The conception was pretty and seduc-
tive one, and, naturally enough, it took won
derfully. Most of the miners on the Comstocs
lode agreed to pay Sutro royalty on the com.
pletion Of the undertaking, and by the contract
then entered into the tunnel was to be opened
by 1859. Congress granted him the right oi
way, gave him q large tract Of land at the
mouth of the tunnel on which to build the city
that was to rival Virginia, conveyed to him the
right to all veins which might be struck in max
ing the tunnel, between its mouth and the Com
stock, and required every miner on the lode tc
pay him q royalty, as condition precedent tc
acquiring patents for their claims. But despite
all these apparent aids and advantages the Su
tro tunnel enterprise failed, and for the best
possible reason, namely, that time showed the
conception TO be
WHOLLY FAILAcIoUs.
The mine-owners had learned better how Il
work their property. Improvements had beer
made in machinery. The railroad had solveG
the difficulty of transportation. The water haG
satisfactorily adjusted. At the same time al
the leading mines on the Comstock had reached
lower point than the level Of the tunnel, and
consequently IL had become incapable Of sery
ing them In any way. Up to this time It wa
fair presumption that sutro had been acting
in good faith, and as an honest and enterprisine
protector, but at this stage II became apparent
that he was determined to make mis- enterprlse
pay him and his hackers, without the least re.
gard 10 the interests Of those whom ne mad SCI
out to serve. He found that the tunnel was :
failure; that the time had passed when coa,c
serve ary practical purpose, and that It could
never Be worth five cents to the Comstock. Nc
doubt the discovery Of this operated as heavy
disappointment, but there was only one course
omen 70 an honest man under the circumstances
and that WAS to abandon scheme which had
ceased TO be practicable. He did not do this,
and from the position of an honest protector be