Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-01
OUR SALVATION.
Standard Gauge Railroad Through
Southern Nevada.

A Chance for Men with Their
Noses at the Grindst0ne to stand
Erect = Competitions That Will
Neutralfze ssCompesitiv We POinis''-
If This II . lack ~ Lantern. Then
May she Devil Take Us All.
There is no doubt that Nevada will be
. great and only scratched-over mining
district when all who live and move and
have their being now on this soil have
passed beyond; but we are getting down
pretty close to bed rock. Had the country
looked so some years ago we would never
have been in it. Few Of US expect to make
our homes here, and o of US want to
be found dead in the ssgebrush. We all
want to make something and "get out"
Hence, while We are here, we are not will
ing to live from hand to mouth. We can
do that we'll anywhere else in Gods
country even.
That We have been handicapped in our
imprisonment in Nevada there is no doubt.
We don't care to stir up the inextricable
things Of railroading, but it is proverbially
plain that with the present rates OF rail-
road freights into the interior Of Nevada
the principal industry Of the State will be
dormant indefinitely. 1t may be in the
mathematics Of the Central Pacific road
that our sufferings along its line have been
the result Of the memorable in railroad
traffic, but its hand has been heavy upon
US, nevertheless, and we are exhilarAted
by the prospect Of relief. The dispatch
which we publish herewith indicates
rather plainly that we are going to have it.
The great problem in this State 10 the
working OF low grade ores at . profit. It
need hardly be stated how competition in
freights and fares will repeople Nevada
and cause her to take again the first place
in silver mining in the world.
A competing railroad through the min
ing camps Of Southern Nevada will re-
~vitalize that section, and it will do the
same to our portion Of the Silver State.
1t will give Ms our choice between the San
Francisco market with all Of its bristling
horrors) and the market Of the East. We
want cheap food, cheap clothes, cheap
mining ~tools-cheap everything. This for
. while. When started again, money may
be picked off the adoriferous ssgebrush IS
of yore. But we have to get under head
way again.
We give the dispath to readers as we
get 1t. The names it puts forward are
familiar to the public. The scheme looks
genuine. The Union Pacific must have,
sooner or later, An inlet to the Pacific
Ocean. The very strong probabilities are
that the first and sure step in that direc-
ton is this:
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81. Articles Of in
corporation Of the United States Central
Railroad, capital SIS, 900, 900. wa filed
to-day in Denver, Col. The head business
offices will be in this city. This road will
be. when completed, said Chief Engineer
Col. Lyman Bridges to an Associated
Press representative. the most important
event to the people Of California since the
Central Pacific was opened. Among the
shareholders are w. W.. Walker, President
Of the St. Louis l. Hannibal Railroad;
John Sharp, President Of the Utah Central;
Richard King, Of the National Bank Of
Commerce, New York; John L. Beverage,
< -Governor Of Illinois; John @. Short,
President Of the American Finance Com
pany, New York; D. e. Garrison and
Alvsn M0nsuci Of St. Louis; E. Randell
and Isaac Cooper, Denver; r. H. McDon-
AID, Jr., President Of the Pacific Bank; A.
L. Bancroft, NJ. 8. Kelly, Charles Kohier,
A. D. Sharon. Of San Francisco, and other
prominent business men and capitalists Of
this coast and the East. The company is
q consolidation Of the San Francisco i
Ocean Shore, California Central Il Denver,
Hot Springs Il Pacific Railroads. The
compsny's road will be q standard gauge,
and will run from San Francisco to Denver
Santa Cruz. crossing the Southern
Pacific at Minturn, through the foothills
OF Fresno and Mariposa counties TO Big
Trees and Yosemite, over the Sierras at
the head waters OF the San Joaquin river,
tapping on the eastern slope Of Candel-
aria Belleville. Benton, Aurora and other
mining camps; over Columbus and the
Borax Meadows to Crystal Springs,
Nevada. From there . branch line will
be nj south to junction with
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad continu.
ing on from Crystal Springs. The main
line will 60 to Iron Springs, Utah, from
where . second branch will be built to Mil
ford, the Southern terminus Of the Utah
Central, making connection with the
Union Pacific. From Milford the railroad
runs in an essterly direction via Halls
Valley and Morrison to Denver. It il
already located 800 miles east from San
Francisco and 2OO miles west from Denver,
and will be, when completed, shorter and
the easiest over the grades between the two
cities. The terminus 10 this city will be
on North Beach. and should there be moth
ing to prevent an entrance into the city, 1t
is expected that this new rosd will prove q
competitor to the Central Pa
cific. II the city authorities refuse to give
the company . franchise they are prepared
to purchase the right Of way; determine
ton being to avoid, II ct ali possible, the
necessity Of crossing the bay. 1t is pro.
posed to commence work At both ends. and
push on the construction az rapidly a.
men and money can do it. On the re-
ceipt Of the telegram this afternoon that
the articles Of incorporation had been
fled, . meeting Of the Board Of Directors
called. at which w. w. Walker, Of the
St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, wal
President; John Sharp Of Salt
Lake City and E. T. Wells Of Denver, Vice
Presidents.