Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
NOT FOR THE PrBLIC, hit Fur
ruENSELvES.

State. tho chief organ OF the Central
Pacific Railroad Tho Sacramento he
cord. Unioa-has bsen in q state border
ing on desperation. It frantically ap-
pesls to the Senate not to pass the bill.
and claims that IL Is designed. not to do
Justice to shippers and passengers, but
Inn, ,o cripule railroad management and
railroad building in California, and
Tim. Aid Tom Scott In building the
Texas Pacific. The logic OF the Record.
Union IL not very apparent. but its
FRIGHT 1. manifest. How a bill which
will compel tho mos, outrageous mo-
ro,o,v in .xi.tsne. 40 deal fairly by its
,.,,on. ram sfy.c, Ina construction q. a
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p.c;a. p.,,ro,a nov him, bu;i, bv Tho
ovn.,, az /. Central Pacific. n being
v,uno from Tho peonls Of this
co..t NV e,,ortiopa,e cbarces. and
,h.. An. hin In ou.ution. by
,.on,.,;no and modifying the rates Of
frsiohts and fares will so cut down the
profits Of the Central Pacific manage
men, tina. they will not have so much
surplus4o expend in building new rail.
roads. The Record Union says that the
strife between the Texas Pacific and the
Southern Pacific Railroads ia n con.
test to determine whether California
shall hold her supremacy rs the Queen
Of tho Pasiic. or whether she shall be
degraded to the position Of q mere way
station for tho traffic Of the Orient"
It IL nothing Of the sort. 1t is a con-
test to determine whether fsur men who.
BY the generosity OF tho General Gov
eminent md the f~orbearanee OF the peo-
pie. have been enabled for years to levy
szsortiopass tribute upon the industries
Of half q continent; who, from stingy
retail merchants. have grown up to be
soriid railroad millionaires. and who are
endsavoring. with vast wrung
from the citizens Of the Pacific coast. to
80 extend their network Of railroads rs
TO shut out competition for all timo to
come, and perpetuate the most tyran-
nical monopoly Of this or any other age.
shall succeed. II Is. in short. a contest
wherein on one side are arrayed the in
forests Of the people and the direct bene-
Ats Of competition. and on tho other the
psrpstuation Of a monopoly odious. ex-
acting and fast growing insufferablo.
Tho Record Union may fume aud froth;
may appeal to the s~slishness and clan.
nishness OF San Francisco; may urge. In
its best vein Of sophistry. that Califor-
mia should control tho management Of
all railroads leading eastward; but to
every thinking person the pretense Is
too thin. II Is not for California, not
for tho Pacific coast. that the Record
Union ID soiicitous. but for its masters.
Stanford 4 Co. Does California own
the Central Pacific Railroad and its
branchesi Do the people receive the
benefit Of It's vast revenues, Do not
four or ave men monopolize the carry
ing trade OF the coast, and e1tort ruin
Gus rates for tho services performedi
Archsr's bill Is intended to regulate this
evil, and the railroad organs cry out
that q law which will 10 justice to the
public. cut down tho rates Of freight AMI
passenger transportation to reasonable
figures. and thus perhaps diminish the
princely revenue Of tho Central Pacific
magnatss, IL favorable to SCOTS project.
Perhaps Il is. Bot II a more equitable
adjustment OF railroad charges is to fol-
low. vs do not acc WHY the public should
not favor the bill. II tho Texas Pacific
Railroad shail to constructed We sxpec,
such a result will flow from competition,
and 10 the California Legislature an aid
that road by refusing to allow Stanford
4 Co. 10 contest il with none stolen
from tho public, II will have done some
which will entitle il to the commend
alton Of 4 much abused public. The
R.corL- Union claims that the Sonthern /