Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-23

A Flying Trip Along the Line Of
the II. d G. r.. n. H.,

the II. d G. X. H.. II.
walked up yesterday morning, at the I'M
seemly hour Of 10 o'clock, the s~ESTISEL's
mar hastily removed the cobwebs from his
eyes, dressed, put himself outside a dish
OF ham and eggs, and sat down with Mr..
Contractor Perley behind a pair OF Ne
vada's best stock to take in the new rail-
road ION the fly" Did You ever drive
out on the road such q morning as yester-
day? Try it. There is one young gentle
man in Eureka who appreciates a fine
team, a fine road and fine weather. Mr..
IL. And he knows that these are but half
enjoyed without q companion TO smile on
him. But, reuenons a nos moutons. The
road is finished and ready for the rails to
a point two miles and a half out Of town.
Thence to Fitzpatrick an immense deal Of
work has been done along the entire line.
were the frost not in the ground to con-
siderable depth the whole of this distance
would be finished and ready for the ties
within q month. Some men have been
discharged lately, but there are still over
l0O hands at work, with the necessary COM
u Wo6Ohd IL tChLlb Ii
weather is unusually good for this season
OF the year, but the frost is at least a foot
desp in the soil in most places, which rem
ders scraping very difficult and expensive.
The remainder of the Winter will be spent
mostly in such grading as can be done
effectively with the shovel and
pick. Mr.. Goss has spoken in the highest
terms OF praise of the mann or Of the con
struction, which is very gratifying to Mr..
Perley, as he knows that Mr.. Goss is not
given to blarney, and not less 50 because
this is the first r~ailroading Mr.. Perley has
ever undertaken. The overseers Of the
work are familiar with the business and
see that the labor is lone in good shape.
They have some ugly customers to deal
with at times, and their lot in this respect
is not a happy one. They have held their
own 30 far, however, and they all live.
Several days ago q big "duffer" was dis
charged by Mike Kearny and he rent away
growing. In two or three hours he re-
turned, and, walking close up to Michael,
delivered himself thus: give come back
here, you Irish --- to mop the
ground with your carcass" And no
seemed big enough and brawney enough
to wipe out several such bosses
as Mike appeared to be. But he
had rather mistaken his man, for
he had hardly finished his speech before
he measured his length on the ground,
sent there by a couple Of blows from
Mikes "gun" well aimed at his skull.
This little episode caused Mike to be dis
cussed, whereupon the boys learned some
facts OF his previous history. They think
now OF the extensive graveyard that Mike
for himself, and they shun the
-" holy terror" The ride home from the
four-mile station is worth mentioning.
There were three teams on the road.
Abby and Mcintyre OF the engineer corps
we're ahead in a two-horse- rig.
Harry Goss and Hill Of the same
behind in a one-horse buggy
drawn by a ginger-cake-looking horse,
but which knows nothing but trot, while
Mr.. Perley and the SENTINEL man held
the middle ground. 1t was from the Jump
a race for position between the two double
teams on the run and a single plug trot-
ting square; yet places we're changed sew
eral times during the race. At one time
would have been a grand smash-up |
II the prudence OF the eldest driver OF the
outnt had not made him rein up In a mar
place where the three buggies would
been piled up together in a mass Of
little pieces. Nobody was hurt, though,
and Master Goss came in down Main street
quarter Of q second ahead. Distance. 4
time, Is minutes.