Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-27
4, ONCRESS STAYS THE CARSON
MINT.

When the advocates of the Carson Mint
were first compelled to struggle for Its
life in 1870, they encountered then as
now the open opposition of the powerful
Committee on Appropriations. which was
determined on reducing expenses. and
which vas Indifferent to the necessities
Of distant and feeble community.
There was also. then as now, the quiet
but effective antagonism OF Wells. Fargo
/ Co, Who desired to carry the bullion.
and of the Bank of California. whose
officers owned the San Francisco Retin-
cry. which hoped TO refine and part
II. The frieni5 o: tine Mint silenced
Wells, Fargo ! Co. by threatening TO
introduce a biz. to prohibit the transpor-
tation Of letters outside of the Inited
States mails they quieted the Bank
people by promises Of vigorous prose
cution OF the war against Sutro and Nc
Garrahan they combined and Iabored
with members in private, fought vigor-
ously on the floor of the House. and
when the final vote was taken the Car
son Min, wa sarel by majority OF
eleven. Ii Was the first time for many
years that al appropriation passed the
House against the efforts Of the Appro-
priation Committee, and the victory was
so sigma anu thorough that the Mint
was thereafter unmolested and the an
nual appropriations for its support were
made through FIVE successive years with
ont even a ripple of opposition. When
the Committee on Appropriations this
yearreported in favor of lowering The Mint
to IN assay Office We hoped that combat
in behalf of our pet local institution
might have been productive of similar
results to those achieved IN 1870, but
the telegraph informs US that in spite OF
the efforts of Mr.. Woodburn, the Mint
has for the present "gone overheard"
We deplore the result, but feel sure that
our Representative cannot therefore be
Justly charged with lack of effort or
ability, for in addition to a.. other in
,iuences he was compelled to meet the
rag baby crowd, who fought the Mint
this time. because they yearn fox unlim
tied supplies of paper money and cannot
abide the jingle O. coin. Perhaps the
Senate NAV yet save the Mint, but the
outlook is not promising.
Two problems have been solved before
the feasibility OF tunnel and railway
under the Straits OF Dover can be es-
tablishel. One is the geological for
nation Of the bed Of the sea between
Dover and Calais. Ii chalk. all right; il
not. all wrong. The other problem is
the practicability Of driving current of
fresh cir through the tunnel at the rate
Of at least twenty miles an hour. This
will he necessary to clear ont the smoke
and bad air. In the meantime, pending
the solution of these two questions by
science and practical experiment, the
estimates are being presented OF the cost
and probable profits of the work. The
lowest cost is placed at Sl25, 000.0 600,
and the highest possible profits of the
investment ten per cent per year. The
Directors of the london and Dover and
Folkstone railways are are applying to
Parliament for authority to aid with
their funds in the enterprise, which
shows that is something more than
mere talk.
LAsr year the postal appropriation was
$50, 800, 600. The committee report for
but SEA. 0OO, 900 this year, a reduction of
SO, 800. 600. The building of railways
don't appear to cheaper the trnnsporta-
ton of the mails as much as was e1-
pected. Indeed the expenses Of the Post
Office Department have increased during