Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-02-12
THE BABY RAILROAD.
Its Breaks Repaired, and the On.
ward March Resumed-Arrival
of two Passenger Trains Com
nlefe-Etc.

ward March keSumed-ArriVal
of two Passenger Trains Com
plete-Etc.
During the past two weeks M
progress has been made on the G.
and G. r. r., the entire force of al.
most 150 road-builders having been
kept busy repairing the breaks made
in the track by the storms of last
month. For twelve days there was
no comm nication with the Mound
House by rail from any point along
the road. On Wednesday con.
struction train finally got through
and from that time on the progress
in putting the road in proper shape
has been rapid. Thursday evening
the break in Daney canon had been
securely repaired by putting in
substantial culvert, and the construc-
ton train left for the front with the
entire complement of men. They
will repair the road as they go, and
will probably reach the second cross
ing of the Walker river (the present
end of the track) by Thursday Or Fri
day. The bridge across the Walker
will probably require week to
build, and in about another week
thereafter the Walker Lake Indian
Reservation House will be reached.
When this point is attained, one
freight and one passenger train will
be run over the road daily, and the
Bellville, Aurora and Bodie stages
which now leave from Virginia and
Carson will start from the Reserva-
tion House and get to their destina-
nation twelve hours sooner than now.
Two passenger trains, complete,
have arrived for the new road. The
cars are only one foot narrower than
broad gauge cars and contain two
rows of double seats which will com
fortably seat two persons. The out
side of the cars Is painted with East
lake paint, of cherry red color,
the joints are tight (being tongued
and grooved), and the grooves to al
low the water to flow off the top and
sides Of the cars are only an inch and
a half apart. Inside the cars are
perfect marvels of elegant deafness.
The wood used Is not the same In all
the cars. In some South Ameri-
can wood of light color is used,
which in time will darken so as 10
resemble black walnut; in Others the
panels and all the inside work is IN
black walnut Many new features
have been introduced in these cars,
and the plans, drawings and speclfi
cations were prepared by Mr.. YER
ington himself. "The paint bothered
me most" said Mr.. Yerington to a
TIMES reporter at Carson, the other
day; "the paint bothered me most,
a. could not describe it properly.
But, finally, sent for an assortment
of paints, Of various makes and
shades, and painted little pieces of
board. Then | selected the shades
that suited me-, and sent tLem on"
Mr.. Teringtnn is justly proud Of his
"bahy road, and treasured the TIMES
representative that before opening it
to The public he would invite the
citizens of Lyon county to join him
on an excursion to Walker Lake.
The baggage, express and smok-
ing compartments are all in one car.
The seats in the smoking compart-
ment are perforated, and reversible by
new device. They will be the envy
of the occupants OF the ladies cars.
The new town in Mason Valley,
this side of the first crossing of the
Walker is to be called Mason, after
"Hock" Mason. That beyond the first
crossing is not yet named. This
being the case, we would suggest
"Swasey." Mr.. swasey is machin-
list, a successful pioneer of the val
ley, and generally popular-three
good reasons.-ED. TIMES.