Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-05

Speaking Of the extension OF the Utah
Soathsrn to Los Angeles. by way Of the
projected Independence road. the San
Diego Unioa says:
All Southern California wants the road !;
and IL We are not mistaken, the people
will have il. 1t will be San Diego's best
chance for an overland connection; II
will make Santa Monica an important
ocean terminus; IL will secure Los Ange-
les against the possibility OF being "ieft
out in the cold" by the Southern Pacific;
il viii give San Bsrnardino q weapon
Of defense |" against tho T" great monop.
oly;" it will develop vast mineral re-
gion, which will 10 . great extent, con-
sumo our homo products; Il will give
Utah the very best outlet to the ocean;
II will .mancipats the Union Pacific
from species OF vassalsgs 70 the Cen.
trni. Southern Pacific, which Is destined
II not stopped to grow exceedingly
calling. eg q33 t,.i#
Next TO the "heathcn Chinee." Of all
persons, natural or artificial, railroad
oompauies are given to the ways thAtare
DARK. They resemble hogs as we'll In
habits ~ nature; they GO to war side
ways. They rarely. If ever. advance d.
rectly to the attack; they prefer. tiger
like. 10 crawl noiselessly until close 10
their prey. then make the final, powerful
andfatal spring. when usually all is over
with their opponents. Now. one would
think that the Union Pacific. with over
thousand miles OF. road. would seize
every opportunity Of making that prop
srty moro valuable and independent Of
its competitors. In the division OF the
rates for passengers and freight. the
Union Pacific. with longer line. has TO
be content with receiving much less than
the Central. The latter taken The lions
share. and tho Union Pacific has 10 be
satisfied with whatever portion the Gen.
trail chooses to allow. When il Ia rtool-
lected that the Union Pacific isposse ssed
Of vast resources; that among those
heavily interested In Its success are some
Of the shrewdest heads and heaviest cap
italists In the United States; when these
facts are considered it must always be Q
source Of wonder, at any rate to the unini-
tiated. that such powerful and wealthy
corporation has not emancipated itsolf
from The irksome and costly thraldom Of
its INSCRIPTIONS ally. By building. at
the utmost. four hundred and fifty miles
Of road over country that presents no
great engineering difficulties the Union
Pacific would secure an outlet to the
Paclnc Ocean that would treble in value
The property and franchises which IL
possesses. Not only that, but it is to be
remembered that ere very long railroad
must and will be built through the
Southern route. That line will have SO
many natural advantages that il will
surely take the larger share Of the trans
continental travel and freight. II that
lineis secured By tho Central Pacific.
which that company 10 making gigantic
Efforts TODD. the o., p. il left out in the
cold altogether. All these powerful in
ducsmsnts. which Of course are a. we'll
and better known to the U. P. managers
than to others, render the fact more in
applicable that they are not busily at
work making On outlet for their own
line. which will at least give them a
living show in the coming contest for the
traffic between the Pacific and Atlantic
seAboards.