Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-15
No REDUCTION IN RATES.

NAL. This settles tbs question: Sl.l
many persons OF Hunted means. who
contemplated visiting the Centennial
Exhibition. provided the rates az passage
we're reduced. Powerful corp1Taii iiS,
however. care very iittls f1r oIsappcInt-
Inents Of that character. their object
l,-iug to make the most a good thing
The Central and Union Pacific roads
have the people Of the Interior at them
mercy, and can demand c. the p:.h.ic the
Aiehest rates allowed by law. for travel
ing over their reads, 30 long As there is
40 opposition route 10 show that they
Axe no. wholly hcaTtless- goods taken 70
the exhibition AMI remaining CuSo!J 81
It's close viii ne taken back fEee. This
viii be of iucalcElab,c bsLeIt to tbs pep-
pie Of Nevada, not Cu3 q. whom 50 lar
- heard from, contenl Plates exhibiting
ANYTHING at the Ce-:enuial except the
collection OF minerals gathered by Tho
State Centennial Commissioners. HI
managers of the Central Pacific might
with aivautag. to themselves, have tx
Libited mole liberal spin; il the Cen
tennial year. As it Is the MY Gle that
will occur during thsir administration.
they ought to have sunk pecuAla-y CON
sIderations IN rstzi1tism.-!>..r"''.> SUITE
It Is an cas-, thing IS veil a con
slant temptation. 10 vote, IN the some-
what ineftec;a.l way If editorials and
individual resolutions, appropriations OF
money and property ia; OF the hands Of
Tich men and wealthy corporations i.to
hands and places where, according 10
the view Of the vot.T. tlcv Will 20 the
most good. Here, for example. !, ;he
Central Pacific Raiivay Company |, II
II corporation OF a Httle more than :.
dozen years growth The persons ~nosr
present ownership q stock therein IS Of
any pecuni,ry advantage to them,
namely, Governor Stuniord. Mar Hop
kirs. C. Z. Huntington, Charles Crocksr
and few Others have been made i'm
msnsely rich, IL money, by their owner
skip in tina. road. Ii it should perish
out of sigh. and existence, rails, rolling
stock, IMMIGRANTS, bonds anu all. each
OF the gentlemen named would still be q
millionaire. They could afford 10 cary
every man. vonan and child III Calitor-
MIA and Nevada the length of their roal
to and from the Centennial. free Of
charge- large are their dividends from
freish.s and way travel. These gentle
men are each quite as rich in gold and /
ries as any need to be; have each 80;
quite as much Gs they will evec know
what to DO with; and they could Afford
ID do Al act Of splendid generosity such F..
rs We have limited 81, even If /. were =
cost them small, seif-imposed ass-ss- J
Iaent. But they are made OF the str.
which rich men are composed Of, and
therefore cannot DO this thing. II they
had been made upon such plan Is to
be capable Of this great generosity, they
would not have become the rich men
they are. Ard now, la,in. voted it ex-
pedient for Msssrs. Stanford, Croker
( Co. 10 LssiaeaI :nese Pacific Coast
people 70 ard from the big Fair, We
might as we'll so further and suggest
thai inasmucL IS tLey have each and all
acquired a splendid private fortune out
OF the larsa-hanGed hberality Of the
Government. they might, with a rare
and princely generosity emulate the *
ample Sc. forth in tie following. wLi-h
we clip from THURSDAY Enterprise:
The Duks oi Gal.eira, one OF the
riches. noh.sneu IL Europe, has rsc-nt.y
made his nativesiiy tG-E5l 10 ma-
niicent present o.! twenty-five million
francs. 10 be expended IN erla.ging Ihs
port. 4 ioy yesrs ago he presented tle
gorgeous Briguo.e palace II tine city oi
Genoa, together with Its superb SaiiaTy
Of paintings. vGici. iEciudes many nC-s
bIe Vsndyci-s. tie has also bull; L h7.-
pital, chuIcl. ana a whole str-s. IL
model lodging houses for tbs p0eI.
twenty-five millions Of iIares srs
nearly eqIa! 20 four million and a half
of dollars. But tbs noble generosity
might with TO embarrassment to them !
selve. BE fa- ou.shoae ~ the Central Pa
cifc management. They might. ,itaoGt
missing lie thing they parted viii. pIs--!
sent this Government with the trunk !
line Of railway which IVES bniit fo- them !
by the magnificent :iberaiity Of tia. Gov !
eminent. By doing So they would be only /
that which was put Into Their !
hands by tie peopls, and after they have
enjoyed nearly seven years Of the eaos- !
nous profits arising to its proprietor /
ship. We say this might he done and |
themselves be inlmorta;ized and IEade |
no poorer, So far Us the enjoyment 81