Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-26
THENEw OVERLAND RAILROAD.
Jay Gould's Scheme for n Trunk
Line to the Pacific Coast.

Line to the Pacific Coast.
A Chicago dispatch under date Of thu
22d inst. has the following Of interest II
the local readers of the SENTINEL: The
Inter-Ocean has a long dispatch from
Council Bluffs, the salient portions Of
which are as follows: From q gentleman
well known in Railroad circles as the
trusted agent Of Jay Gould in his South
western scheme Of railroads / got to-
day in Omaha the ~clearest and newest
statement Of the present status Of opera
tons and the fullest and most compre-
hensive description OF the plan Of this
wonderful scheme of railroad development
yet published, notably the statement that
an alliance has already been formed be-
tween the Texas Pacific (Gould's road) /,
the Atlantic and Pacific controlled by the
Nickerson interest in the Atchison, Topeka
q Santa Fe road), and the Utah Southern
union Pacific) to form q junction in the
~Paranahgat Valley, New, and unite in
building a trunk line through from that
point to San Francisco. An opportunity
was afforded me to see q cablegram from
London containing information that the
$25, 000, 900 worth Of bonds for this trunk
line had all been subscribed, and to-day .
cipher telegram went through to New
York announcing that the whole ground
to San Francisco was now covered by en-
gineers.
As to the reliability of the information
in this interview / will say, first, the gen.
tlemen who consented to give it to me is
one who is more prominent than any other
in the active work Of all Gould's railroad
building in the Southwest; second, he gave
the unqualified assurance that this state
ment Of the plan Of Southwestern railroad
development and the alliance for q new
trunk line was absolutely correct.
The gentleman described the Southwest
ern system of 1000 miles Of railroad which
is in course Of construction. He also de-
scribed the Mexican concession, and said:
The line from Mexico to San Francisco ID
covered with engineers, and the moment it
strikes Ell Paso they will commence laying
on steel, and when it strikes Laredo steel
| will be laid into Mexico. 1t will be built
into New Orleans October /, where it has
bought immense terminal facilities, in
connection with the barge line. The road
to Laredo will probably get in by Septem-
Der and the Texas d Pacific into Ell Paso
some time in December. 1t is also pro-
posed to build from San Francisco east,
from the end Of the Utah Southern west,
from the end OF the Atlantic & Pacific
northwest, and from the end Of the Texas
& Pacific north, all at once.
To build to California will take probably
eighteen months, or perhaps two years, ac-
cording as to how materials can be OBJ
tanned. 1t is calculated to complete the
M~exiconyline to the City OF Mexico inside
Of two years. These routes are all con-
structed under four different construction
ap1 nprayan,apt anunpaniaq fbot hrsll
them for their actual cost and then turn
them over to the companies.
Each line will have its own outlet by q
system OF extension, about which nothing
definite has been made known to the pub
lie, but which / can explain to you. This
system west of the Rio Grande is an extern
sion of the Texas Pacific from Ell Paso
northwest through Silver City, Prescott,
or to the Rio Pecos, to connec with the
Atlantic 4 Pacific. These two lines COM
bined then extend northwest to Paranah-
gat valley in Nevada. There they are
Joined by the Utah Southern extension
branch of the Union Pacific, and the three
companies will build a trunk line from
~Paranahgat valley. passing near Owens
Lake, to San Francisco.
Bonds for S25, 900. 600 for this line were
negotiated in Europe the other day. This
line 10 california Ii a shorter line Tor the
Texas Pacific, and for the Atchison, To-
peka d Santa Fe and Union Pacific than
any other now built, and rum almost its
whole length through the mining regions
Of New Mexico. Arizona, Utah, Nevada
and California.
"This line" continued the gentleman,
' tunnels the Sierra Nevadas, thus avoid
ing the heavy SHOWS. 1t will drain the
pick of the Western mining regions. The
The Southern Pacific built their line right
up to Gila Valley. We strike right north
west, entering nearly every mining camp
through there. This plan, when COM
pleted, will leave the Central Pacific sys-
tenn without any outlet East, and the
Northern Pacific will then have its indie
pendent way to the coast and be a compel
ing line with the Central Pacific. There
is no doubt but that the whole wheat and
grain crop Of every State west Of Missouri
will find IN outlet to New Orleans. We
expect to take every bushel Of grain raised
in California over our line to New Or
leans and ship it from there to Europe.
1t can be done within sixty days, and the
haul is not SO long as ii is to-day on grain
from here to New York.