Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-02

our immunity from disastrous con-
f~agrations to the spirit that has ami
mated these companies. The town
has been threatened by the fire fiendr
and considering the frail nature OF
most of the buildings, we have been
very fortunate. In 1872 eight houses
were destroyed on Main street by fire;
in 1874 six more fell before the fury OF
the flames. The most disastrous fire
occurred in October, 1874, in which
twelve buildings, including the SEN
TINEL office, and a large amount OF
property was sacrificed. In July, 1876.
| five houses were burnt on Main street.
This list includes all the principal
fires. The town is 10Y well supplied
with water, both for municipal and
family purposes. There are thirteen
miles of pipe laid, and fire plugs dis
.ributed thro ugh the town. In March,
1873,
The County of Eureka
Was organized, and the following
county officers appointed by the Gov
ernOr:
These we're: County Commission
ers, l.. w. Cromer, d. Fl. Hall. and T..
+. Phillips; Sheriff, j. d. Sullivan;
Clerk, T. II. Harmon; Recorder. A..
S. Campbell; District Attorney, Geo.
w. Baker; Public Administrator. f..
Hanson; Superintendent Public
Schools, Rev. S P. Kelly; Surveyor.
W. A. Edwards. We were represent
ed in the Legislature by Geo. w. Cas-
sidy, who held ove under the pro
visions of the bill creating the county.
In 1874, Thomas Wren and NJ. d.
Bartlett wereselected to the Assembly.
The project of a railroad to connect
Eureka with the Central Pacific had
been agitated since 1871, but no work
was done until 1874, when Pritchard
and associates
Broke Ground ut P0siSacsr.
And completed the road by the lst o!
November, 1875. The road passed out
of the hands of Pritchard and ON
pany into that of a corporation styled
the Eureka and Palisade Railroad
Company, with Edgar Mills, Presi-
dent, and p. Evarts, Superintendent.
The completion of the road to this
| point made Eureka a distributing cen.
ter for freight and passengers to all The
mining districts south and greatly eli
HANGED the prosperity of the town,
The charcoal and wood interests are
deserving of mention, but it is impossi-
ble to collate any statistics on the SUBJ
ject. The daily average coal consump-
ton is 1900 bushels to the furnace,
and the grand total consumed in all
will reach $1,000 bushels daily, all OF
which is burnt on the neighboriBg
mountains.
Tho Odd Fellows
! AldbO u hhO SLOIo 1tA IL Wv
voted to their order, and the Masons a
brick building, used for the same pur
pose. Other secret organizations hold
their meeting in the same halls.
A substantial stone church was built
by the Protestant Episcopal denomi-
nation in the early part of 1871, al ex.
ample followed by the Roman Catho-
lies later in the year. The Presbyteri
an Church was built in 1874. The
Methodist Episcopal Society is or
ganized and are now building a fine
ediiice.
The County Jail is a substantial two.
story stone building, we'll adapted tc
the needs Of the county. We have
not much to boast of in the way of q
Court house, but our tax payers have
preferred a healthy state of finance,
to elaborate county buildings. Good
building stone abounds in the vicinity,
and several stone quarries have been
opened and utilized.
We have sketohed what may bt
termed the opening chapter in oul
history, and it will be seen that we hat
made rapid progress. From a few pic
neers the population had increased te
1900 souls. The
Canvass and Log Houses
Were being rapidly replaced by bricl
and stone structures. Bullion flowed
in a steady stream from III furnaces
and the evidence of permanent wealth
and stability was found OF every
mountain side within the range O
vision, and n would suppose tina
with all this testimony in M favoi
there would he few doubters. Their
certainly were none among those wht
had examined our mineral resources
1t is true that none of the mines hae
attained any great depth. To offse
this, was the known fact that all owe,
the globe mines that carry base meta
ores have proved to he the most per
manent, but San Francisco SHOUTED