The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-08-13
GoULn,s GREAT SCHEME.

lutGI~Ocfa1s sAAA-
avs /: From gentleman well known
in railroad circles as . trusted agent
Of Jay Gould in his Southwestern
scheme Of railroads I got today the
cIearest and newest statement OF the
present status of the operation and the
fullest and comprehensive de-
scription Of the plan of this wonderful
scheme Of railroad development yet
published. Notable among these Is
the statement that the alliance has
already failed between the Texas Pa
rife (Gouid's road. the Atlantic and
Pacific (controled by the Nickerson
interest in the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Eel, and the Utah Southern
Union Pzci6c) to form a junction in
the Paranapha Valley, Nevada, and
unite in the building Of > trunk line
through from that point 70 San Fran
cisco. An opportunity vas afforded
me TO see . cablegram from London
containing information that 81. 000,-
600 worth of bonds for the trunk line
had ali been subscribed TO, and to-day
> cipher telegram went through to
New York announcing that the whole
ground to San Francisco was now
covered By engineers.
The correspondent then describes
1t length the south western system Of
seven thousand miles, costing for con-
struction above forty million dollars.
All roads to the Mexico connections
and concessions OF the Southwest sys-
tenn In Texas and extensions are now
building about seven miles per day.
All our south west system will be fin
ished this year to Laredo. All this
line from San Francisco TO Texas j.
covered with engineers; and the mo.
ment it strikes FL Paso they will com
mence laying steel. On the moment
it strikes Laredo steel will be laid into
Mexico. Speaking more in detail, it
will be laid as follows: Into New
Orleans about October l, where il has
bought immense terminal facilities in
connection with the barge line. The
road to Laredo will probably get in
during September, and the Texas and
Pacific into FL Paso sometime in De-
cember. 1t is proposed 10 build lines
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
Texas Il Pacific, Northwest, all at
once. To build the California line
will take PROBABLY eighteen months,
or perhaps two years, according to
how fast material can be obtained.
1t Ii calculated to complete the Mex
lean line to the City of Mexico inside
Of two years.
These routes are all constructed
under four different construction and
improvement companies that build
them for their actual cost and turn
them ever to the companies. The
cost will average about $2s, 900 per
mile. General g NJ. Dodge is at the
head Of all their construction compan-
les This system, it is supposed,
will have its W outlet by q system
Of e~xtentions about which nothing
definite has yet been made known to
the public, but which | can explain
to you. This system west OF the Rio
Grande 10 an extention OF the Texas
Pacific from Fl Paso north through
Silver City, Prescott, or the Rio Pecos,
TO a connection with the Atlantic d
Pacific. These two routes combined
then extend northwest to the Paran-
apha Valley, In Nevada, where they
r Joined by an cxtention OF the
Utah Southern and a branch Of the
Union Pacific line, and these CON-
panies viii build a trunk line from
Parsnapha valley, passing near
Owens lake, to the city Of San Fran