The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-07-26
ANOTHER OVERLAND RAILROAD.
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The California and Nevada Railroad
has been started and is progressing to-
wards completion in very energetic but
quiet way--so quiet that but few, even
of our business people, are fully aware
that such road is really in process Of
construction. The road is already under
contract to be built to Bodie, which town
is situated almost directly upon the east
erIy line dividing California from Nevada,
at which point it will be met by road
coming this way from the Denver and
Rio Grande. The latter road is already
constructed to Salina, a point about 2l0
miles due south from Salt Lake City.
From that point to Bodie the distance is
only about 800 miles, overa country very
favorable for railroad construction.
The entire road will be of a uniform
narrow gauge, corresponding to the Den
yer and Rio Grande, to the eastern ter
minus of the road. Starting from Oak
land, the road runs northward to San
Pablo, thence eastwardly and southerly
over the Coast Range to Walnut creek.
From that point branch will probably
be constructed directly to Stockton,
while the main road will be continued
southwardly and eastwardly across the
San Joaquin valley to Modesto, thence
to Sonora and over the Sierra by way Of
the well known Sonora pass. 1t will
cross the summit at point about So
miles north of the Yosemite valley. At
Bodie it also connects with the par.
TALLY constructed Carson and Colorado
Railroad, which will soon be completed
along the eastern slope of the Sierras to
connection with the Southern Pacific
which runs from Mohave to the Colorado
at the Needles. The California and Ne.
vada Narrow Gauge will be in full and
close connection with the extensive and
rapidly growing narrow gauge railroad
systems in Nevada, Utah and Colorado,
and with its connecting roads will be the
most direct and shortest railroad between
San Francisco and New York.
Its route through California passes
through superior portion of the State,
without really paralleling any other road,
thus developing for itself new and rap.
idly-growing field Of traffic through Ala.
media, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stan.
islaus, Tuolumne and Mono counties
AS already stated, the grading of the
entire road is under contract, to be com.
pleted in four years from March last.
Contracts for large amount Of rails have
also been made; also rolling stock. The
rails have already been laid six miles from
the landing, and the first locomotive is
now on its way to San Francisco. It is
expected that cars will be running to
Walnut Creek by January lst, 1885.
The track is already graded distance Of
over twenty miles. The Oakland ter.
minus will be point near the Judson
Iron Works, and the landing in this city
has been temporarily fixed at the Sau-
celtic ferry slip. This road will proba.
bly, form the trunk line to complete
system Of narrow gauge railroad, which
will probably be extended throughout
all the important interior portions of the
State. Its connections with the Rio
Grande OF Colorado, and the general mar
row gauge system Of Utah and Nevada,
together with the unlimited amount Of
capital at the command Of these roads
will insure for this fairly competing
transcontinental road, which is one o.
CALIFORNIA; greatest needs.