Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-23
TIE .BORAI MINER" on THE
COLUMBUS WAGON ROAD.

COLUMBUS WAGON ROAD.
IN its issue Of September IS the Bordz
Kiaer Publishes what We had to say by
way Of comment upon some remarks
upon an article in the Reno Journal
about the Columbus carrying trade. and
comments, upon its own part, as follows.
As seen through the spectscles of the
APPEAL. the curley road through the
White Mountains is most inviting thor
oughfare 1t is "well watered and &C
cessible at all seasons of the year.
Miehels, the plain truth of the matter is,
sonnebody has been "stuffing you. The
road from Techs marsh to the junction
with the old Carson and Aurora road is
almost impossible for heavy teams at any
season Of the year. 1t is for the most
part cut in deep and dangerous gorges.
The teamste- who ventures into it is in
imminent peril Of losing his property and
perhaps his life in one Of the cloudbursts
which are SO common in that section, and
there is not even . possibility that any
teamster could make his expenses haul
ing freight from Carson over that road to
Columbus at the rates ruling for freight
from Wadsworth here. The distance to
Carson is at least thirty miles greater
than tc Wadsworth. The road to Wads-
worth is never closed at any season OF
the year. The road from Teei's to the
junction is liable to be closed fo- months
together, for in many places the canyons
are 50 narrow that even few inches Of
snowfall would furnish material enough
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never succeed in getting the Columbus
freight at Carson, because nature has
provided better road another way. But
II you should get influences to force it
over the '. 4 I. road you will run into
q new difficulty: We all know what an
CnHodly set of cormerants the managers
Of the Central Pacific road are: but if our
clippers ever have the Virginia and True
kee bills to pay, they will learn that the
Z. p. crowd are angels of mercy when
compared with the V. & T. people.
What there is about bors1 to produce
scch generalization as is here exhibited
We confess We do not know; but that the
editor Of the Ai,,er is suffering from .
diseased state of mind ia not to be aues-
toned. That condition is partly natural
and partly the result of artificial causes
mainly bora1. We cannot trust his
statement. There is kind of insane.
not to say semi-malignant tone of glee-
some cussedness running through what
he says in the foregoing. We under
stand his enmity to the Y. 4 T. Com
pany. II grows out Of the Superintend-
ent's refusal to grant him . perpetual
pass. We do not blame him for being
angry at not having one given him. Al
editors should have one. Patient as ace
are. We incline to rebel against tho hu-
initiation Of having to buy . ticket when
ever We travel that road. But it never
occurred to Is to get even by lying about
the freight charges exacted under its
But there is future. and
il is we'll enough for the company to bear
il in mind.
Reasoning from analogy and from our
of facts, we suspect that
Barnes ecmity to the Columbus Pike is
born of Mr.. Holmes refusal to deadhead
him over that road. In fact there is no
doubt that that refusal is the cause of his
and bora1. The treat
ment demanded by his case is plainly
indicated: He should be invited to ride
free on all roads leading from Columbus
10 Reno and then be retorted-for borax.