Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-06-13
SOMETHING OF OUR TIMBER INTER
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many hundred children coming here from the
Comstock for days junketing, we get an
impression of the growth of this population,
by natural processes. The other day We
stated the fact that the Census Marshal, III
advance of his final statistics was Of the opin-
ion that there were twelve hundred minors,
who came under the provisions OF the compul-
sorry school law, in the Carson School District
These facts and figures mean the conditions OF
permanence Of population, lIaa greater or less
degree The natives OF the soil are most
likely to live and die upon the soll-the
greater part of them-wlthout some extraor-
binary events or phenomena take place to
compel or induce their removal. We are
constrained, therefore, to look about Us TO see
what are the conditions Of this growth and
probable permanence Of the native born popu-
lation, at present, and what they are likely to
be in the future What are the forces upon
which we must rely for the perpetuation Of
our present activities! What is to be our reli-
ance for future prosperity and permanence OF
home life The answer seems ready at hand.
We have but to look back over q space Of less
than score of years to see an absolute will
derness where now there are frequent inter
walls and spots of civilization. A school pOpu-
lation numbering thousands would have been
as wild dream and as insane a rhapsody of
prophetic thought under the shadow Of Mount
Davidson twenty years ago, plllared tenn
pie of the Arts standing upon the utmost sum-
nit of the Pine Nut hills would be at this
moment But God dis2oses, says the French
axiom and God only knows what is in store
for us all. But we who live at the base Of
the ComstOck and acknowledge ourselves sub
urban to its cities and dependent upon its in
terests look in vain in any other direction than
to the cause of these settlements for their flu
ture sustentation. Carson is here because OF
the eligibility of its site as depot Of supplies
for the great silver mines up yonder. The
valley lands lying north and south are occu-
pied by farmers whose supplies never so be
yond the lines of this State. Home products
have found a ready home consumption. The
denuded hills lying west OF Carson tell of the
many days of work and the many busted hands
employed in the falling OF a once vast forest
all long since gone into the insatiate NAV Of
the all devouring Comstock. Time was when
the Great Lode seemed almost hOpelessly
abandoned for want of the courage and power
and genius adequate to its developing, Then
came the incompatible genius of Ralston. He |
made all the commerce and capital and indus !
try OF the Pacific coast secondary to and par
ticipant in the risk of developing the Com
stock He swung the almost limitless power
and influence of the Bank of California to-
ward that stupendous venture. The courage
of the man was equal to the matchless grasp
and comprehension of his genius He smote
a principally of present opulence and made II
yield an empire of hidden wealth. One man
alone, under that inspiration, has seen the
Comstock produce to his hand, for himself
and fellows, forty seven millions of dollars of
bullion. That is James G. Fair. In 1868
the Chollar was almost the only mine on the
lead that yielded any profit to its workers.
Supplies could only be got at exorbitant rates
and the further development of the great
ledge seemed an impossibilty. Then came
he new birth of 1871. But the building of
the most important tributary to the Lode had
been completed between Carson and Virginia
City in 1869-10 We refer to the Virginia I
md Truckee Railroad The inspiration of
courage which made possible the discoveries z
II the Crown Point and Belcher III 1871 were :
econded by the facilities of steam transpor- c
alton Of wood and timber over this line of |
allway. We need not point any Carson Y
eader TO the brilliant consequences Indus /
ry sprang, as if by magic, out of gloom, des- s
,Ondency and business stagnatiOn which had 7
ettled down upon Carson and all the country i
ound about like a pail. Worthless lands Il
'hlch no man would pay the taxes on became !
aluable building lots and real estate grew n
nto fact and possibility among our actual c
alues In the meantime the projectors and Il
ullders and owners of the Virginia and 4
'ruckee Railway, seeking for an enlarged Il
eld of tributary supply to their investment b
cached out into these mountains, bought Ii
Lrge tracts of timber lands, built fumes and o.
It thousands of men at work Doubtless n
hey prOspered. If heroic risks entitle men W
grand successes they deserved to succeed d.
ut if they have succeeded they have not a,
one so without encountering obstacles and eI
oposltIons. Even now there is an effort ac