Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-17
THE E. & P. RAILROAD.

cation of the K. Il p. Railroad, and because
we made remark the other day regarding
that much abused according to the Enter
rri,e) road. But when the Enterprise says
that 1.-TWO or three bastard politicians are
bucking against the road who have no promise
of promotion except by an appeal to mems
rneaner preiudces;" the Enterprise only, like
Dogberry, asks some one to write US down
an ass" 1t does not speak "by authority,
by any means, when 1t says that the tax
payers of Eureka are not finding fault with
the e. & P. r. r. and the Enterprise knows
when it makes the assertion that it is wrong.
An editor in Carson does not ego out of his
wsy" to assert truths about the road, nor
does he needlessly Insult its owners he
only protests against the ownership of this
State by few men like Mills, and few
sharp tools like his superintendent, who have
neither public spirit nor patriotism at stake,
and who would sell Gods sunlight for a mess
of potage-a mansion outside the State, and
the glory of feeding some celebrity as an ad
vertisement, who would afterward laugh at
their folly The worst feature is, that news
papers pretending to responsibility can lend
their influence to such men. Eureka, as a
mining camp, has been benefited by the
railroad. We concede the point, said
in the article objected to, that railroads de-
velop country; but if the Enterprise will
interview the merchants of that camp, 1t will
find very different feeling from what 1t
assumes, and it viii find also that the men
who petitioned the Board of Equalization,
are not "bastard politicians" but the tax
payers and solid men of Eureka. The state
ment of the years work on the road will be
published in few weeks, says the Enterprise;
but when Justice demand ed at least an APP
proximate statement of the business of the
road, the public was met by duplicity and in
science: not very promising outlook for any
fair statement of the business of that little
monopoly. Does the Enterprise believe for
a moment that Mr. Mills, or any other capt.
talist, would invest dollar towards develop
ing Nevadal The whole business is a specu-
latien, and if the K. d p. ceased to pay Mr..
Mills would soon rid himself of the incubus.
But the road has the monopoly Of the carry
ing trade from Palisade and merchants must
submit to their terms or quit. And what
man or set of men, can hang out against a
monopoly of that kindl A friend said to us,
when they drove Fred Fisk out of business,
and the people of the State took an interest
in him, ut will only last till the first six
months subscriptions have run out and they
will drop him, and the railroad can cinch
him at every point" He was right, but we
did not think so at that time; and now he is
forced out Of his paper, and they would
force him out of any business he might
establish in the camp. And this is the public
benefactor which the Enterprise holsters up.
If the Enterprise will scan the signatures to
the petition to the Board of Equalization
it will find that there is no list of bastard
politicians" there, but the solid men of the
camp, who know just how much justice to
expect from the f. & P railroad, or how |
much faith can be placed upon its annual state
ment. AS we said before, we believe railroads |
to be the best means of developing our re-
sources, but we have no faith in the men who
manage these concerns for us, simply because
they do just what they please, and we have
to grin and bear it, and the Enterprise knows