Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-14
RAILROAD MATTERS.

There is little strife in Austin about who
is the father of the Nevada narrow guage,
John D'Uno came down, not hard, but In a
denunciatory manner on M. J. Farrell for
smashing pledges, etc. but Johns communi
cation being mere tissue of vituperation and
ipse dirits, didn't amount to much. Some of
the papers, however, swelled 1t into large
proportions, and now Nike comes to the
front and indicates himself. 1t does not
seem to us worth all the noise and hustle
made over it. Farrell is interested in the
building of railroad which shall develop a
vet undeveloped region. Unfortunately,
railroads have fallen into disrepute because
they have been and are managed by thorough
ly INSCRIPTIONS men who care nothing for
the development of the country, or whether
men succeed or fail, so long as special trains
can run and palace cars, for the benefit Of
managers and rich stockholders, and railroad
magnstes promoted from the brakes can
build palatial residences. The development
of Nevada or California is of no account to
men of this class. But it strikes us that out
side of all this, men who live on the spot,
and have the energy and talent and means to
build road for the benefit of a certain re-
gion, should get credit for their efforts in the
direction of developing the hidden resources
of our distant vallies and argentiferous de-
posits Mr.. Farrelrs efforts, we have no
doubt, were directed to this end, and not as
a. g., he
could, like any other citizen, derive benefit
from investment in the road and increase in
value of any property he might hold. No
good citizen can conscientiously oppose rail-
ways, because they are the means of develop
ment; but every good citizen must look
with distrust, created by the grasping cor
porations who have first fastened upon the
peoples money and then cinched the people
to such an extent that the crime "smels to
heaven" Such grasping, impudent and
grinding thing as the E. Il p is enough to
raise in arms the people OF any State, and
create suspicion against any new enterprise;
and so the Nevada Central has it's enc
mics; and its aiders and it's abettors
monopolies, and Mr.. Farrell as one of the
promoters of the Central is of course de-
nounced for his part in it. We have conf
dence that Mr.. Farrell means well for his sec
that in trying to develop the resources of the
State he deserves credit, but we have at the
same time suspicion that the control of the
stock will fall into the wrong hands, and 1t
may become after all, after having obtained
entire control of the situation, just such
load to the men who nursed it into life, is
the tape-worm, with its base at Palisade.
which is sapping the life of Eureka; and men
who have not a single dollar invested, will
by and by say to the people of Austin, our
road is eur own private business and you have
no more right to examine our books than we
have to demand an inspection of the business
Of Page Curtis Il Co. Now we do not say that
this is the case, nor do we say that Mr.. Far
rell or the other Austin managers and stock
holders will, so long as they are interested,
engage in anything that would njure the camp
Or permi. the road to become oppressive; but |
there is a probability of road which under
honest management would not pay exhorbi-
tant rates, falling into the hands of men with
put interest in either the State or camp, who
night inaugurate just such state of affairs as
causes the general dissatisfaction with the
,ther roads of the State, and at the very best,
he Nevada Central is none the less at the
mercy of the C. p. and its determinations
Who can wonder at the suspicious of the peo-
lie while such bloated, constituencies and
public outrage as the G. p. and its tools, are
permitted to rob and rule, thwart justice, and
augh at common honesty. We have ne inter
st in this individual matter, except SO far as
70 know Mr.. Farrell to be honest in his con-
lotions but in saying this, We are not sup. {
osed to assert that the Nevada is whit in
dvancs of the other local roads.
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