Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-15
SURVEYOR GENERAL DAYS RE
PORT.

Not i'm any sense to make an inyidi-
Gus distinction, but, rather, to do JUS
tice to an officer whose inconspicuous
attitude before the Legislature and the
people is calculated to cause him ana
his duties and performances to be los:
to the sight of the public eye, we max
special mention of the Report of tie
Surveyor General, directing ate
thereto as to the most interesting and
readable Report yet presented {" tn"
Legislature. We regret that our space
precludes an extended resume "f tbi
excellent Report, and that we must
confine ourselves to the reproduction
Of a few short extracts from the body
al the same. Under the head al isaac
boundary" we find the following
statement OF the vast extent of the
acreage of our State. After giving the
lines of boundary, the same are spoken
of as " containing seventy one million
seven hundred and thirty seven
thousand seven hundred and forty
one acres. or one hundred and twelve
thousand and ninety square miles"
The General states that "therc have
been no surveys of county boundaries
made by this Office during the last two
years." and he makes the sensible
suggestion that county boundaries be
on the township or section lines Of the
Government surveys. adding that it
lis much better here lines have been
established be'nra the Government
surveys were made Ia make them
conform to the r,i'et States surveys,
when practicthla, after such surveys
are made" Speaking Of the crafty
ing results s,l ..i.l!uad construction in
this State he SAY 4: "But seven years
have passed since its completion con-
Meeting the two oceans and affording
communication with the East and
West, and making valuable what was
before comparatively worthless
towns and settlements are springing
up aud ranking among the solid in
stitutions of the country, and mining
sphere of its influence prospecting, and
the State made easy of access to those
DESTROYS of seeking home among us
or visiting the mines for pleasure or
investment. The Virginia and Tue
kee Railroad connects Virginia City,
Storey County, via Carson City, Orms- |
by County, with the Central Pacific !
Railroad at Reno, in Washoe County, |
was completed in September, 1872, and
has not only added much valuable as
property to these three coun-
ties through which it passes, but in
the renewed activity of all kinds of
business, the development of resour-
ces and the drawing to it of a vast
mum Der of business and laboring men,
has benefited the financial condition Of
.hese three counties to a very large
Concerning the capacities
md possibilities OF Nevada the Cen
.ral says: The resources of this State
ire, perhaps, more varied than those
If any other in the Union, with the
of California. Its extensive
lIea, its geographical position, and
he elevation of its mountain ranges,
i've it climatic advantages of the high
st order. In the extreme northern
'ortion of the State, the temperature {
5 never so low as to necessitate the
and Inconvenience to {
rhich the Middle and Northern States 6
re subjected neither is the most
Outhern portion, on the Colorado r
liver, of SO high temperature as to r
ropagaie either the malaria of a trop- r
al country or the lassitude and indo- |.
,nce of its inhabitants. Ever swept q
v winds, fresh from the mountain
.nges and from the Pacific Ocean, the ).
xtremes of heat and cold are IN
nown to Nevada. The soil on land
,ported by County Assessors as fit
n cultivation, Is as prolific in its
laracter as it is varied in its adapta- !"
on; producing with equal facility =
10 vines of continental Europe, the .
ardier cereals of northern America, =
I'd the luxuriant fruits and flowers ="
own in tho tropics, in all localities
here water can be had for irrigation, ::
ION the moist bottom lands of the -.
vers, and upon the mountain sides .
jacent to melting SHOWS and living =,
rings" We have been constrained =,
, stress of limited space to omit NJ
my items from this valuable Re- cd
1T but we recommend its careful an
rusal by our readers, as one of the ~,
1t public documents ever prepared
this State. WI
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