Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-24

Tin and Battle Mountain road AMI like benefits
sud blessings would accrue to the people. and
all of the people. If Lander county We're thcy
u, rmitted to construct tlcir road. More cons-
uicuous evidence. perhaps. of what railroads ar-
campli-h may hr shown 10y a brief allus.n to tho
Californian southern Parihc which passes Tor
prcat distance along the course uf me Sah
JOAQUIN and other valleys. Why, l am cred
IDLY informed that lands in some Of those
southern countits that would not sci Tor Two
dollars and fifty cents per acre pritr To Tue con
struction of the railroad are eagerly sought az
sixty to seYenty-hve dollars Ter acre. hhd
why Simply because the farmer 'ss or ~"
milo, from market now 81 JOYS almost equal nd
ysntgg.s with the tiller of the soil who rcsid
within ten or twenty miles of lnhfktt. Inc
same thing applies here with reference 20 dtai-
ers in lumber and woud. and it ~ precisely the
same thing which We dtsfs 10 Apply 10 "or ht''
tiGn Of the country.
The old North West owes its prosperity 70 ~.
admirable railroad systcm. 1t was railroads
that developed the great Sranefi,s gu tnht
re- zion Railroads were there Constructor ny
direct aid-.ubsidi,s if you please-and have
vet to hear Of the first instance where country
or municipality suii, RID or lost money thfEuGh
aiding railroads. The people acted wisely
there ms the results abundnutly prove. VII.
derncss was speedily transformed into garden
But WHY 20 abroad for evidences OF ihc great
benefits which flow from railroads. Look OF TIE
virginia and Truckoe road. SOC tho hourishlhS
condition of every point at which 1t touches
Vi-riuia CITY, Gold Hill. Silver city, Carson
and Reno ali prosperous and each daily increhs-
ing III wealth, population amt cuinnercial M
poriancc. Contrast the Carson city q tour
ypors ago with the Carson City OF to-day why
Fir | remember that along your pr!nyilallsti't
there was scarcely house north OF tue PIAZZA
four years ago. Now shops and stores compact
" built line the street to TIE depot ald 'Nvhh'
and all of this wonderful change - du'' "t"lll
due to the construction o. thr 'ngna ana
Trurkce Gailruad. A. have before stated. the
taxable wealth of all the places NAMED has by,
auEIut uty1 in ratio commensurate Win lhe
greatly improved order Of thnss, as We now
find them The extra tax imposed for raiircai
purposes is hardly felt 80 great is the g,n' raj
ura-pority. only a few days ago ! hollr'd
paragraph in a newspaper 10 the th-et thal III
colorado Territory last year but fifty cents on
each one hundred dollars was l,Nyd l9f i'itl.
torial and county purp Isss, owing t. The graf
number a miles 81 railroad that ar now hrlnF
operated within the limits of that vigorous 'u-
Iryo state.
Now sr. ia conclusion | desire 70 iinpr'ss
. mon tho minds of senators that this bill doe
not pr7yiI lie for a subsidy in tn" most Objection
able form. True . clean gift IL contemplated,
bat then it should be borne in mind that three.
nfths Of all the people of the county are n
( duired to sanction it. They mnst all" Itlft-
soat A IN .iurty of the taNahls properly. Ihtio
/ is nothing mandatory about the proposition.
! We do not direct the Commissioners OF Lander
| county as We might If We desired, to issue ina
/ bond, of the county without consulting The
| people. Under the proposed law the people a.'
! iorruinp II = whole matter for themselves. We
| leave It to them to decide. We are giving away
| no mans money, We only extend 10 the people
| of Lander a privilege which they may pas
upon favorzbly or the reverse. II all the men
| in that county. AZ believe they do, favor TINS
| bill certainly no injury can result 10 anyone.
| The people concerned are unanimous Tor tho
law, They ask thing from any body. THIS
sill is of their own creation and hope to zee
| il ussscd lust as it was sent here. We simply
ask the privilege of doing as We please with CUT
! own money. That is all there is in this propn'
! sitinn. and il is for YOU to say, gentleman,
! whether or not We shall be accorded that right