Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-10
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When q new railroad or q new town 10
built. its future 10 always bright and
promising. Even II the requisite com
m.rcs ani trade Is not Immediately sus.
tanning. IL can be seen iu the not far dis
tan. future. and everything looks hope
fol and prosperous. The much coveted
prosperity does not always follow. yet
frequently l, does. to far greater degree
than wss ever anticipated. The great
cat problem for the future to dstsrmins
IL psrmsnsney.
Small towns and cities have been. and
still are being built. depending for per
msn.ney upon local circumstances and
predictions, like mining communities.
The builders Of them signify the degree
Of their faith In their future By the char
setsr Of the buildinss they construct.
Yet II often happens that after two or
three free have easily swept away all the
original temporary structures the new
town or city IL rebuildsd far more per
msnsntiy and Substantially than ever
before. II 10 natural to progress and to
rebuild more p~srmansntly IL rebuilding
at all.
Some Of the most noted and ancient
elites known to history we're evidently
bull, In . style Of substantial parma
nsncy intended to last through all future
ages. yet. thousands Of years after they
are literally dead and buried. We dig
down and and their ruins: Va excavats
and bring to the lish, Of the sun once
more their paved streets and massive
buildings; their monuments. They
were built for all time. yet history and
tradition tells when they we're built. and
the degree Of their decay indicates when
sven these storisd rslios Of ancient
human enterprise and skill ahall Ansily
be oblitsratsd by the always working,
always moving hand Of time.
The pyramids and obslisks OF Esyp'
we're built for all time. bat their begin
ming 10 recorded. and their ending ID
merely limited to the ear and tear oil
ag.s. the slow but inevitable erumblipe
and destruction Of material. Yet those
Who built them evidently intended thai
they should last through all time, or q,
long - time should carry any record.
AL Of which brings rs around to the
following. clipped from the Reno Ga,ett'
Of yesterday:
Ths'fact that Q thing 10 to last forever
afvss 10 an interest almost amounting Ia
solsmuity. The old familiar hill north
Of town will never sesin be the bare and
unintsrssting object u has been In the
past. The bright ribbons Of iron that
sdorn Ito brow are destined to be theirs
% long 80 the solid earth remains. The
whistle Of the little engine uwoks the
echoes today for the frst time. never
again to b. silsncsd. Tbs road has GO,
90 far ahead nov that II will 60 through
OF its own weight. whether those snsi.
pssnng IL live through or not. and
whether IL 10 profitable or not II will
never BE- abandoned or closed up. II
will Wind lie way through the noun
tain passes and along the productive
vsiirys with hardly perosptibl'
change. while the people Who No.
Il, aud thoss who run IL, come and
no like The Agur.s In . dream. It viii
Be- 10 lite youth when all Of rs who hsv,
worked for Il and watched It being built,
have gone from earth. II will bear III
daily burden with monotonous faithful
nsss, while esnsrstion after Rsnsrstlor
comes and goes. !, will see the valleys
full Of homes. and the wsstsy dessrt'
under Improved methods OF tillags. 4
will zee . city Ut Reno. and others slopl
its path. Il will live to be enc Of
swarm OF railroads that will develop IN
thought OF resources. aud make . new
empire. full Of bright people. Of high
Development. Of noble character. In the
dusty desert that 10 nov considered Z
useless soar on the beautiful lace Of the
earth.