Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-24

ley Railroad for Logging.
The distance from Carson City to Glen
brook. by way OF the Clear Greek Pass over
the eastern summit OF tho Sierra. Is IA
ulles 10 the summit Of the Pass but .
miles. A few years ago this range Of
mountains from base to summit were COW
cred with = dense growth Of pines. Much
Of this timber II was believed would never
be available for commercial purposes on
account Of it, seemingly inaccessible loca-
ton. The great demand Of tho mines for
wood and timber supplies soon. however.
swept away the most accessible portions.
and set at work the ingenuity Of man to
devise ways and means for getting at the
rest. n. ". Yerrington. OF the firm Of
Y~errington. Bliss 4 Co., and present Su-
perintendent Of the Virginia aud Truckee
Railroad. was the first to solve the pro-
blem.
raE MO rLrME.
This he done by building . large V
shapsd flume from the summit to the val
ley. which was double boarded inside with
three-ineh plank. and large enough to float
. i6 or eo-ineh square timber with ease.
This dunno Is II miles In length and was
carried down over rocky. rugged portions
Of the mountain. perfectly inaccessible
10 any other method Of conveyance.
Nothing Of the Kind had ever before sue
eeeded IN tnis section Q, ehe cVun.r,.n
,na anma i.Jlv I'm many niaee. hut N
xiye IN in othcr.a fearful pitch or fall,
which was likely to make II choke. u
over, ana cause ,he i"sso ., muen ,um.
~ss. s,s,ionoai Al NJ. mo.t d.nrerous
places. and provided with an instrument
for iiihng u handling Tue umo.ts 80
petise' h ie stIs"ssn anu sn.p. ~.
single MAJ Pctiec'eu '" US eou.u ~
me iafsest ios piecc VI ,,noe s"en ~
motion from ,he nun,e anu anu - ..n.sty
on the srVunu. Vn SUNNI, WIS nunue
IA. been grauua,iy eA'enuca' oo'n norm
n SCUM nh,ii 'he oeau,IuI P,ne io.e,s
tnat eo'ereu 'he uoun'Ah peAAs n'N
Ell away nj nothihs Is now zen. W pt ~
the gaze oi tho eyes sA,e .ne o,'sn, o,ae
SKIES AMI heaps Oh naAeu stah,'e ooN,uo,s'
rms hume ~ = uay sruh. mas o''en Nv
lv.red from 'he sumlni, arson N..y
hall million .ect " luniosr anu .oo
cofds oi w"ou. inc 'uinnh, !. = u~r
tAins once swept 'ne Ionslns ey,sos !,
e,pitaiist wer. soon .u,usu W
Oh ioiesr 'ns' hnns murh''
we oo'ucts y, Wv
I LItN 10 llAht titul ANaAA4bAg
rHE NARROW "AroE RAILROAD
Tho eastern summit was i,5OO feet
,hova 4. Lave, ~ ,he lake. and
~ n--
TO reach tho nat oofuet next inc "A'e''
IL was necessary to descend q steep and
r,,,.j MAINTAIN allie 1000 feet almost
s~,t-.,..,. p,, Az .v.,,.. n, man
Petpehu'ou'AiH' ""' ~
when stirred mp by visions OF weath al
most within Its grasp, pauses at no bar.
rier, and Ia O short time II was announced
that Yerington, Bliss 4 Co. were building
a narrow u railroad from the margin
Of the lake 20 the summit. A few days
since a representative Of the NEWS leaving
the stage al summit station accepted an
invitation from John 4. johnson. the EN-
cient and courteous superintendent OF the
road. TO enjoy the pleasures OF 4 ride over
the rOad from the summit to
| The rad il nine ami = half miles In
length. the steepest part OF tho abrupt
portion 81 the grade being i6j feet and
the least 100 fect 10 the mile. Seated on
| the pilot or COW catcher Of the engine, we
| hal but fairly started before w entered q
tunnel hewu threw solid rock Q distance
Of 500 feet. Emerging FROM that. We
! vlidcl swiftly down the mountain side.
lolgiug anickly and cautiously In
| onr tortaous course around the
| hinge elir. and piles Of granite that
| bloeksL our Way until reaching a cragsed
| mint Of granite along which the road ran,
| The Lake like a grand and beautiful vision
opened tn our view. So delightful and
absorbing was the beanuiui iahdseape
upon which our eyes rested. that we noted
not the route over which We were borne
10 swiftly, until. casting our eyes down-
ward. Nc founi ourselves On = rol
p.n ~, g. t.s, mora wonId have
reached the end and hurled Us over . huge
p~recipiee. hundreds Of feet n : the l.sh,
ing waves OF tee olus ,aAe ,sa ' .s,o ~ AMI
III ,ra.,Is wort an which the road rested
anpsar,d 10 bs giving away beneath
u., tho locomotive whistle gave q wild
shrek. the engine was reversed. a switch
was opened nj the hack end OF tho train
and ", glided gently backward down the
mountain slope for q quarter ot q mile.
hen another switch was opened and we
dasbeI ahead for about the same distance.
tben ayaIn reversed and backed down. and
so continued 20 10. the track % the road
4 describing the exact figure of q letter NJ.
until the moro favorable ground % tho
margin OF the lake was reached. q thou
sand fee, directly below the point from
which Ne started. Til. engines used on
the rad were manufactured to order and
an, model. Of beauty and strength. A
sincle engine hsnls nm the steep grades.
viii appsren, ease. a train Of six or eish,
ear. heavily loaded with lumber OF wood.
which. ON reaching the summit. are
Inmn..i into the fume anil scn, on its way
10 Carson City.
rHs su.Ls.
TN the margin Of the lake at Glenbrook
the company have erected " omcdel saw