The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-06
TIE MEAT SHIPPING BUSINESS.
Views and Suggestions on That and
Other Matters Of Tntereet.

Buta short time since there was q
proposition made by San Francisco
corporation to the people of this coun.
ty. and moro especially to the stock
raisers, proposing. under certain con.
siderations
TO ERECT A sLAUGHTER HOUSE AT THIS
PLACE
For the purpose Of preparing meat
prior to its shipment to the San Fran
cisco market in refrigerator cars. The
proposition did not fail to meet the ap-
probation Of the people of this county
because it was not deemed feasible to
ship dressed meats in refrigerator cars
to any point east or west, or where the
best market could be obtained. 1t did
not fail because the managers of that
incorporation We're not deemed compe-
tent to carry out, and perhaps success
fully, the proposed plan of shipping
meats to the San Francisco market.
1t did not fail because of the lack of
willing capital sufficient to warrant the
contamination of the desired end.
But It did fail to meet the hearty coop
Grafton of stock raisers because the
San Francisco market. to which place
ths energies of the California Fruit and
Meat Shipping Company were more
especially directed, is too limited to
consume, at remunerative price, the
surplus stock of middle and Eastern
Nevada. Consequently it is fair to
presume that any legitimate enterprise
that hos for its object shipping of
dressed meats to Chicago and other
markets east. will meet with hearty
and liberal response from stock men
whose herds graze upon the meadow
lands Of our valleys, and roam upon
the many hills east of the great Hum
boldt desert.
Rejecting for moment upon the re-
sources of this county and taking the
conclusions as fair basis of other
counties, We arrive at q legitimate re-
suit that demonstrates the necessity of
united action upon the part of stock
men and others who are interested 10
the prosperity and growth of our
State and county. So far as the
MINING RESOURCES
Of our county are concerned, we might
With justice accord greater praise to
other counties of the Great East"
Not because our mines do not equal in
richness other counties, but because OF
the unfavorable beating of the public
pulse that has much to do with the de-
veIopment, or rather acknowledgement,
of our mines. The feeling being very
much similar to a etate of affairs that
existed in Missouri many years ago.
An energetic. well-to-do citizen. who
had credit wherever he was known
for any reasonable amount, leased
saw mill for term of years. On the
day when he proposed to make bis
6rst run" of logs be called on the
merchant with whom be was accustomed
TO deal for an outfit of supplies:
Merchant understand you have
leased saw mill2
Mill man-Yes; have for five years.
Merchant can't let you have any
more goods on time. Any man that
will go into the saw mill business is
bound to "bust.
II is not matter of record that
the man busted, but this il about the
feeling 10 regard to our mines. and as
result they are unproduotive. and can
not at this time be considered as
great a resource Of wealth to the
county as nature evidently Intended
Yet it is true that the prosperity of
our agricultural interests and the
thrift of our farmers depend to u great
extent upon the results growing out Ct
the development of our mines. With
an area of
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND ACRES UNDER
CULTIVATION.
Producing over two hundred thousand
bushels of cereals. fourteen thousand