Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-18
NIX. woonusn~ IN RAILROADS.

showing the disadvantages inflicted
upon his constituents bV the Central
ra,.i!ir I:ai.rIai. II il io I've regretted
that Ii> arguments could not have
teen ,irliy.r,.,j - 4 better audience
than the nlra..rt. and lis:.r-S assent
hlage which attends the ii"r'>. o.:
..swash huck'er days, when nothing
Iha. il in or.ls= that may require n
vote. ami when the temporary chair
man: lonesome deputy clerk: 4
.,r,rr ri reporters aud half 4 dozen
congressman whose Turn il * To-
.lr.lGim - ou,n;y galleries on HAT
,isy, uSus.lv s-omprise the assem-
hiage.
In the course nr his remarks M-.
Wooiburn >.r'i:
The following treigh, tariff for the
vrar u.s., indicates what the people of
The Pacific ,-.-.~s n!ay expect If The
soUles by lanai md sea are controlled
hv the Central Paciiir-
TN The tariff ~ February =, lS.".
their rates NrGr. per one hundred
rraunds: I'ir>r class. So: second
class, s.: ;hirt class, Sl.Sb: fourth
,-!t>>. S,.>1. with special classes -
asain>. sailing ships around Cape
iiu-n for loss grade freight running
1rnm ST." ,u Si-;n.
On the, itit %. March. !S.J. the day
congress adjourned, they advanced
;heir tariff i.,- First class. 81 !: second
lass. 81 E: shir,i class. 81: fourth class.
s:..o: showing an advance or from 10
Ir lb per cent.
ON the 18th OF March. 1873. they
male their ra,es-FirS: class. s.: see
md class. s. third class. 81 fourth
.'llss. 81.
owing To the establishment OF this
tarih. though forty millions of pounds
-! through freight less than IN 1874
;,a~Sed over the road, is earnings
were SI2,:eo per mile; an increase
al - per cent
FROM Virginia City We connec, by
local railroad ff:y-one miles IN length
with the main stem OF the Central Pa
.iiic az Reno. two hundred and ninety
eight miles from San Francisco. Our
merchants living in the shadow and awe
al this graspin@ monopoly dare not
have their merchandise purchased IL
New YORK consigned to the city of Viz
sinia, toy the freigh: rates are higher
than they are clear through 20 San Fran
cisco and back again.
Ii a merchant desires TO ship one
hundred pounds of goods from New
lcrk to n local station on the Central
Pacific road III the State OF Nevada. say
Winnemucca, which is four hundred
and sixty miles east Of San Francisco.
he is compelled to pay the through rate
10 san Francisco. Sc per hundred, and
III addition to TINT the local rate from
San Francisco to Winnemucca. 81 %,
making IS ~ per one hundred pounds.
Eut discrimination in freight is not all
the people OF Nevada have to suffer. The
iare from San Francisco TO New York is
SI5S. We IN Nevada are from three
hundred to live hundred miles east. vet
If We desire 10 take a trip to New York
We are compelled to pay at any Of the
way stations on the line the full rate of
fare, Sl3S.
Such is the brief outline Of the sys-
tenn of Discrimination that is preying
upon the yitals OF out people and eat
ing ont their substance. For years j:
has been veLemen;iy Int vainly de-
nounced by every journal in the State.
Judging by the past AMI the present,
there is no shadow Of hope in the fu-
tire if this measure be defeated.
We have been told by Leland Stan
ford, the President OF tie Central Pa
ri:ic and the head and front OF the South
efn Pacific. tina: the main feature of his
grand continental railway system is dis
elimination in favor of the city Of San
Francisco.
We Of Nevada are principally old Cal
in no
of the Queen City of the West, and be- |
Hevo the day not far distant when she |
sill rival In magnificanee the greatest |
commercial mart in the nation. Half
Of the life-blood that circuiates in her |
veins comes from the bone and Muscle
IF the hardy miners of Nevada. The
most costly OF her garments, the most
brilliant OF the gems that sparkle in her
laden. and the most palatial OF her
have been purchased by their
industry. They will pour into her cof-
fers this very year a stream of gold and
silver bullion which, if properly d.
rec;ed. wotld in short time sweep
rom the land al, Of our fractional cur
rency. Bat we protest against the poll
cy which builds up great cities at the
-ailroad termini at the expense OF local.
ties of the interior.
Owing to our geographical position
re cannot expect TO be an equal partici-
,sfcr with the people of California in
he blessings that must spring from the
of the Texas and Pacific
DAD: but We claim the right to sound 4,
he tocsin of alarm TO tine countless
thousands that contemplate settling in I
ne rich sections Of country through
hitch it passes. and to the people OF