Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-21
IMPORTANT RAILROAD CONNECTION
STOCKTON REACHING OUT FOR THE TRADE OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC MONOPOLY.

| PACIFIC MONOPOLY.
The question Of . narrow guage railroad
from Stockton to Nevada is one of great i'm
portance to this State. If such 3 road is bull
it will put an end to the exorbitant tariff rate
which rule between here aud California. Gen
Hatch of this city is one of the leading spirits
in such an enterprise now being discussed il
Stockton. The following from the Stockton
Herald will be Of special interest here: 'Il
response to Invitations about dozen citizens
and business men met Attorney Genera
Hatch of Nevads and the Hon. H. A. Castor
of the same State in Judge Buckley's Court
room, last evening, to hear the prDject of a
narrow guage from Rene to Bodie discsssed.
Mr. Paulsel called the meeting to order and
introduced Gen. Hatch. ts s.......r
fs asNERAL HATCH ON THE PROJECT.
General Hatch explained the desirability
of the railroad project. He displayed map
Of the existing and proposed railroads Of Ne
vada, and the territories lying east and north
of Nevada. Besides the Central Pacific and
the Virginia & Truckse road, Nevada has the
Eureka Il Palissde, running from Palisade, on
the Central Pacific, southeriy to Eureka, Ne
vada, a narrow guase road built by d. O..
Mills. This road, il is said, mas paid for itself
annually since its construction, or for FIVE
years successfully. Besides this, Nevada has
a narrow guage-ths Nevada Central-run
ming south from Battle Mountain to Austin.
This road was built last year, partly with the
defunct Stockton land lone material This
road is being extended. In addition to these.
u road is projected northerly from Winnie
mucca to Silver City, Idaho; one north from
Reno to Quincy, Pamas county, California,
and another from Reno to Susanville, Plumas
county, California. There is also one pro-
jected from Wadsworth, son the Southern Pa
ci6c Railroad, to Columbus, in Nevada,
point almost directly east of Stockton The
General stated that the Virginia & Truckee
folks, anticipating this road, had already be
gun narrow guags to the same point, from
Carson, and the Wadswsrth Il Columbus
Company were about to take new route from
Reno southerlv to Bodie and Columbus
NoioASA
is now in the East arranging for
this change Of route, else he would be in
Stockton assisting in laying the matter before
our people. 1t is to connect with the pro- |
is proposed to be built General Hatch |
seemed to have sanguine expectations that all |
the roads spoken of, not already built and in |
operation, would be built this season, and he |
thus emphasized the desirability of having the
Stockton road built to connect with them,
md thus divert the trade of Nevada through
stockton. He also speaks of having read in
ZONE Colorado newspaper of q ''suppesitien
# an intention" to extend narrow
,uage that is now being pushed west
ward from Pueblo, Colorado, to Gunnison,
hence eastward indefinitely, perhaps. to
Frisco, in Southwestern Utah, where valuable
ron mines are found, whence it would be but
short distance across to Columbus; and with
'leted, there would then, he said, be mar
ow gauge system from Stockton to the Mis-
issippi river. .si~ = 49,.
Elk SPEAKER GAsroN.
After Gen. Hatch closed, Mr.. Castor took
he platform and went over the same ground,
ut in some respects more infinitely. h as
nred the people of Stockton that if they -,
'ould form company the money would be
aised in New York. He said he had no per-. :
onal advantage to gain, nor had Gen. Hatch,
kept to promote the prosperity of Nevada.
10 described the Topography Of Nevada, q =
accession of isolated mountains and noun
lin ranges, each surrounded by fertile val
vs. all we'll adapted to grazing how :,
I the trade and commerce of that State and
Idaho and southern Utah could be diverted
Stockton. He enlarged on the growing ;.
Importance Of Bodie. Candelaria and the other
ines Of southern Nevada, and showed to
bod advantage the desirability of the pro-
osed road. He said that it is now ques. a
on: Will the people of Stockton accept the t.
onanza that is now being forced on them, o
will they, like ST. Louis, wait and lie su .
nelly upon their backs and see it pass them IL
" go a~a.si .T-. 81
Captain ]. w. Smith spoke ON the question, b
1t did not seem to think that Stockton, just il
present, had much encouragement to 60 st
lead with the project. A. G. Paulsell was al
mewhxt surprised to see 30 much apathy
and said that he would be one of 4