Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-24

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Railroad was completed to Alpha, for
ty miles distant from Eureka. At that
time the principal owners Of the road
were Edgar Mills, ID. O. Mills and w.
l.. Prlichard. Mr.. Pritchard was the
General Superintendent as well as one
of the principal owners. At Alpha he
determined to stop the road, build up a
town and continue the road no further
until it had made enough money to
pay for its building. This policy did
not suit Edgar Mills, who desired to
com leie the rotd to Eureka al once.
IN, led To a Disagreement between
~Pritchard and the brothers Mills. which
eliminated in the purchase of the in
tereSt OF the former in the road by the
brothers. Immediately upon the re
tireunent OF Pritchard. The Mills inaa
gurated the most energetic measure for
the completion of the road tn Eureka.
> eel rails for the balan:e of the dis
lance were ordered from the T. tst, of
the heaviest character for narrow
gauge roads, and all necessary prepa-
IA Ions were made TO grade aud lay the
track. In the selection of ssbordnales
10 perform this work the owners ex
hibited Sonne Judgment aud di~crimin-
alton. Mr.. Everet, was selected for the
chiet manager. How we'll he has per
formed his arduouS duties * attested
by The fact That the road has beer CON
pleted sooner than the day originally
set for its occurrence, a thing almost
unheard of upon works of his magni.
tude and character. Mr.. e. erets has
been ably assisted by George Royal. a
gentleman of great experience iii rail-
road building. The en- .ineer-, those
pioneers OF All railroads upon whom
SO much depends in the seiec ION OF
the best route, were, at the commence
ment of the work, MIR. Norton and
Mr.. Graham, but upon the
last part, including the difficult
route up the canyon, Mr.. Ora
ham and Mr.. Ellis have conducted
tiiat work The chosen aite>ts
The skill OF those gentlemen. Mr..
Marshall, formerly Of the Central Pa
clfc aud other California roads, has
bad the construction of the road here
uuder his charge, aud the fact that
with a limited force of laborer~ he
graded five miles OF road in one day
d mpnStra'e s that none better could
have been chosen for that work. Sys
taflHttt II ~ iG itAA ~ IT. III ! AZ
t -nlinn to The work. understanding the
character OF his workmen chiefly CHI
namen-N heuevrr they became re-
fractory and refused 10 WORK, he did
nos quarrel or resnrt Il violence, bat
simply cut off their supply OF water.
All OF the wafer for drinking, cooking
aud for the stock had to be hauled
from five To ten miles. The Johns
soc found that work with water was
decidedly preferable to no work and
no Aie OF "A dry alkaline plain, witu
The thermometer at 30 degrees, and
they Weakened every tune. Mr.. Mar
shall's depulies, Mr.. llelmer, MIR.
Dunn. the Mcdonnell brothers, Mr..
Andrews and Mr.. rro>sor. were all ex-
perienced railroad men and had learn
Ell how to handle The Cele~tials on the
Central Pacific, and all entered heartily
Into the work uf completing the ROAD
Last, though not least. OF the builders
were Mr.. Jile> and Mr.. Woods, with
their pioWS and scrapers. Few hill
sides were too rocky or too steep for
them to work their cams upon. and
the Iapidity with which they made the
heaviest fills WAS almost n marvel.
Mr.. r. aceywe believe was brought
here specially to supsrinlend the lay
ing of the track. The per day
that he coult. lay With his Cinnamon
only seemed limited by the quantity oi
iron that was brought To him by the
trains. a mile and Il quarter being a
common days work. Jas. Sharp, well
known in Eastern Nevada ~ one OF
the best mechanics in this section of
country, and a splendid fellow withal,
had all the bridges and ~rulverts built
on time, and in the most substantial
hammer
Take it all in all. Eureka may con.
slider herself extremely fortunate; for
inmate to have attracted tho attention
Of capitalists who had sufficient iaith
IN her future to hnild a road costing
over i million of dollars To connect
her with the great continental line.
and for innate that in the selection of
agents to carry out the enterprise " no
have not permit e ! the work to drag.
A MARROW EscAPE.-Last Thurs
days Carson Tribune contains the fol-
lowing account of an accident which
recently occurred Ia Jack Grant, the
well known musician aud former resi-
dent of this place and AUSTIN: "Our
Ofh ltltIN si~fiiifNs b'''tl Rib'iAs Ia
ano tuner and musician. met with a
severe accident on Tuesday evening
last. He was walking along the side
track OF the V. Il Il. r. X. leading to
the Clear creek lumber tiume, when he
met n train bound to the flame. Being
partially blind. Mr.. Grant became con
fused. and in getting eff the track fell
into a hole and against an iron rail,
breaking a rib on the left side. He
managed 10 get home, and was kindly
cared for 10y Major Brophy. Although
suffering much pain. Mr.. G.. was ena-
hled tn get into town To see his medi-
cal attendant. We hope to be able to
record his entire restoration to health
in a few days"
HuRRAH % Nc UEARY.-lt is with
more than ordinary pleasure that we
announce the tact that "a dividend has
been declared by a mining company of
McGeary district. The McGeary Min
inu and Tuppal (tomnapy rpcppIlV de-