Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-18
LEGISLATION ON RAILROADS.
Second Eiition.l


the wants and wishes Of the ssf made land otherwise
strucsed) men Of our tme.-Ed MORNING APPEALl
We notice that Speaker CASTOR has given
notice of bill to regulate fares and freights
on railroads. The bill will doubtless be forth
coming in few days, when We can all Judge
of it's merits Speaker CASTOR is an old res
ident of Nevada, and ought to be able to pre-
pare bill that will be Just. While our reo
pie are greatly and justly exercised on the
question of fares and freights, at the same
time there is not a man in the State who
does not appreciate the blessing which rail-
road can be, and who does not want their ex-
tension. We trust, then that no legislator
will do anything in malice or spirit of re-
venge toward railroad companies. They are
entitled to justice precisely as are individuals.
We say this much, first, because it is right,
and secondly, because just now the great
want of Nevada is two or three hundred
miles of new railroad. There are some hun
dreds, probably altogether three thousand
men, who are idle in the State, and who need
employment. Our mining superintendent
are overrsn with applicants daily, and every
private house in town has daily applicants for
charity. A railroad running south one hun
dred miles from here, or from Carson, would
make work for ten thousand, possibly twenty
thousand men, in places where all now Is ST.
lent. This Is a most important consldera-
ton, and in it's bearings reaches out to the
interest, not only of the poor, but of every
taxpayer in the State. A road north from
Reno is almost AS important as one south
from Carson Such road would reduce
nne-third the cost of almost all the staple ar
ticles of food now consumed by our people
and the dumb helpers, and open up an llllm-
liable tract of timber. A road north from the
Central Pacific to Paradise Valley will be al
most necessity within twelve months.
road to Tuscarora is almost necessity now.
All these roads will traverse deserts, and de-
pend wholly upon local patronage for support
These facts should never be lost sight of by
legislators. They should exact strict justice
from railroads the same as from individuals,
but no more. And when Justice is secured,
every encouragement should be extended to
railroad companies, because there are no
really prosperous countries except those IN
which railroad facilities are abundant, but at
the same time cheap, and how to secure
plenty of roads and at the same time limit
those roads to Just rates, is the problem
which our legislators are called upon to
wrestle with. Enterprise.
The assumption in the foregoing is that
local railroads develop mining centres. The
contrary is the fact. Prosperous mining cen
tres cause the building of railroads.
The experiment of railroad building has been
tried to the cost of the merchants and team
sters of Western Nevada Railroads in this
part of the State have proven an absorbent of
all neighboring industries: Notably the wood
and teamsters interests
In he early days of Nevada everybody
I,L>, ~,
ster, the farmer the merchant, the mechanic.
the toun!:v nan, al had their share. Now
all the best Dn'uo,s oi the State concentrates
in the railroads.
Now the prices are lcIutei "A everything
but transportation.
The railroads have monopolzed the 0usi
ness which used to give employment to two
thousand teams; thousands of mules; great
numbers of prosperous stable men hundreds
of quartz teams; and many industries now
lead
Everything is down 10 bed rock prices but
railroad freights and fares
Look at the determinations practiced by
the V, & 7. Railroad in transporting wood
hiu Au"'ct. we Hiil paTIiCuidTAe, all III
good time
Wherever mining district supports many
teams and large trade, there the railroads |
haze been and Will be pushed.
The Central Pacific Railway has tapped |
the State and given its merchants in bondage |
to the merchants of San Francisco.
Let nobody be humbugged by the spe-
eious talk Of railroad lobbyists, agents and
lawyers.
The Railroad companies w,N nsrer build a
'oad dny,oh"re until they IRE sure 1t ,r,H pan
hea'; and epen then they ,cN try and induce
he people trhose industries t,ey mean to absorb
% .taciiitatr their schemes; and then then uM
'ap" their grading done by Chtnomem
Remember what we have said!
P. S.-We have in preparation succnct
history of the cost of construction of the v
4 I. r. K. also an exhibit (from authentic
igures), of the gross earnings and profits
monthly of that road. The same will ap-
,ear all in good time.
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A STAND