Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
AN UNFOUNDED RUM0R. \
The Railroad 60 be Built by the
Original Protectors.


The following letter was received at the
SENTINEL Office late Wednesday night:
EDIToR SENTINEL: You will oblige me
by inserting in your paper that a rumoi
got afoat in town that the Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company received a let
ter from the Eureka and Colorado River
Railroad Company, proposing to sell their
charter. The main inducement held out
by the company was that, under the State
law of Nevada, they can charge 20 cents
per ton per mile for freight and 10 cents
per mile for passengers. 1t is further ru-
mored that the Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road Company nave their agent here, wait
ing for the bill to pass the Legislature,
when negotiations will be commenced for
the sale of the franchise. While | believe
that there is nothing in the rumor. /
thought it would be well to give the secre-
tary Of the Eureka and Colorado River
Railroad Company a chance to place his
company in the proper light before the
community. BULLwHAcKER.
Yesterday q SENTINEL scribe started out
to sift the rumor, and struck a Decline for
Paxton's Bank. Capt. Platter was on deck,
and the genuine look Of establishment with
which he greeted the statement was proof
that he at least knew nothing Of it. He
denounced the statement as being abso-
lutely absurd. The gentlemen engaged in
the enterprise we're acting from a sense of
duty, and none would attempt any step
without a general consultation. He was
warranted in branding the rumor as a
falsehood.
M. D. Foley was the next to undergo q
CT discrimination. He, too, secuted the
idea. Neither he nor his associates in the
enterprise had embarked in it as q specula-
tive venture. He had invested heav-
lily in property in Eureka, and was
naturally deeply interested in the
success of the camp. 1t was a recog-
nized fact that something had TO be done
to prevent possible depression in our in
dustries that would mean ruin TO himself
and many others. He believed that the
building of the road would make Eureka
a much greater camp than it is to-day, and
would develop other esources SO that our
entire population would not be dependent
upon mining. But the results sought
could never be attained should they allow
the road to be built and the county impov-
erished by the exactions Of a foreign cor
poration. The road would be built by the
original projectors, and time would justify
their actions In the eyes Of all men.
Mr.. Hiram johnson was next sought,
and he, too, ridiculed the proposition. He
was for the road first, last and all time. No
proposition Of any kind had been made,
entertained, or thought of. such a course
would subject the men engaged to ever
lasting infamy, and he did not believe
they could ever live in the community
after. He was a heavy taxpayer, and con
s%equently directly interested in the success
of the town. People talked of subsidies,
but did not stop to consider that the sub
sidy would, in a great measure, be paid by
those endeavoring to build the road. The
men directly interested paid 81 per cent Of
the taxes of Eureka county; they were sup
ported and encouraged by the mining
companies, who would have to foot the
heaviest bills. 1t was unnatural to think
they would take any step not looking to
their interests, and their interest in this
matter was the interest of all. The road
did not mean the %pecuniary, personal or
political advancement Of any one. 1t was
designed to benefit q community directly,
and every inhabitant indirectly. There
was no bargain. direct or implied. and the
project as given to the public would be
faithfully carried out.
Mr.. r. Sadler was then sought, but I'M
successfully. A glimpse Of his coattails
was about all to be had, but the foregoing
interviews are sufficient to put q quietus
upon the rumor.