Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-31
THE RUINOUS BUSINESS OF RAIL
ROADING.

IN justification Of the recent Simultaneous
movement to reduce the wages OF their en-
ployees, the managers of the trunk railroad
lines point to the long array Of wrecks which
come within the catalogue OF foreclosures
upon lateral and local roads. IN 2 work emit
tied "a manual for the instruction Of Rings,
railroad and political; with history Of the
grand Chicago and northwestern Ping" etc. ,
Mr. James Parton made & very interesting
showing Of the modus operandi resorted to by
Samuel J, Tilden and his as3ociacos for gain
in- possession Of the lines Of railway which
are tributary to the larger lines 1t Is not
our purpose to review these methods Of de-
spoliation; but it is only too well known that
the zig railroad fish eat up the little ones just
lust IS the Central Pacific swallowed up the
Sacramento Valley Road, ''wrecked' the
VSlIcio line and attempted to gobble up
Jones Santa Monica branch and dictate
terms to the V. &, T r. r. Company
Quite as a matter Of conIse the Sacramento
Record Union pronounces against the strlk-
ers. After presenting certain Figures that
paper comments as follows:
n short all the statistics and all the facts
90 10 prove that a more utterly ine1cusable
strike was never made and that its ultimate
ettac, will very probably be to precipitate the
bankruptcy Of some roads which might have
stood, and TO cause o still further shrinkage
in the values of those which survive. Never
did working men adopt more suicidal
course. moreover, for II is perfectly clear
tn4t in discrediting railroad securities and in
vestments, as they have done, they have
thrown thousands OF their own comrades out
of employment, and have contributed by
their agency in the multiform indirect evil ef-
fects OF the strike to paralyzo trade, manu-
features and industry still further, and to
make the lot of the class TO which they belong
harder than ever.
The Sacramento Record Union represents
the great railway interests Of the capitalists
known TO the public as "Stanford, Croker
& Co Let US sec how they stand affected
toward railroad property on this Coast. Last
month there were held in California elections
for the filing of the directory Offices Of no
less than fourteen railway companies. One
of these is tbs Central Pacific Company.
The rest are branch or local INVESTIGATIONS
TO the c. P. OF these fourteen companies,
Leland Stanford is named as the President
OF no less than twelve, while his associates
in the Board of Directors, with but little vari-
alton, are c. P Huntington, Mark Hopkins
and Charles Croker. Sometimes these are
varied with the names Of D. D. Cotton, B.
B. Redding and E. H. Miller, but the song
is always in the same key and the chorus is
a most dreary monotone Of monopoly. Now
if the railroad business is such wretched
one as to need the lightning Of the thumb
screws upon the workingrnen, how does it
happen that Governor Stanford and his as
sociates Of Mob Hill are willing to take these
damaging responsibilities II railroading is
sueh disastrous business how can these
gentlemen afford the luxury OF the palaces
they are erecting in San Francisco