Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-02
Items From Tuscnrorn.

hlCs III
how stn,tling, breaking OH the midnight
hour. Lively, how the bells nre clnng-
ing! Herr the whistle: screaming. SEE
NIL the people m. Down the street
the flames mpl' nping, roaring. porping.
writhirg. iioBdlike TRUSTING ort ,htir
liqnid tongues. W.te:! hear tho peo-
pie shouting. Where's the marshall
Where's the tire-boyS7 Bring the hose
cart; hook aad ladders not II one. All
confusion worse confouuded. Must We
helpless stand with shaded fn es
Watching while the cruel fire burns?
Not since tho TuEcarorn wafer
rams.
The people Of Cuscarorn have reason
to congratulate themselves Oh their long
and fortunate escape from destructive
confingration, and nov since m I'D
mirablc system Of water works has been
constructed 10y tho TuSctrJrA Water
Company. furnishing MI abundant sup
ply OF water under II high pressure, but
liitlo damage cou'd result should fire
break ont in any portion OF the town.
With fonr-inch pipes. leading direct
from tho main eisLt-iuch piro. travel
ing nll the streets aud connecting with
fire plugs ut convenient distances, with
other appliances necessary 10 n wsIl-
regulated fire departing mt. T~uscnrorn
may o justly be considered us safe
from destruction by fro MS any city or
town in the State OF Nevada.
The Tuscnrora Wntcr Company do.
serve mnch credit for the energy and
dircctncss they have displayed in piping
the much needed water from the Ban
ner mountains, @ diatunce Of II or 10
mile', to this camp. We are now &c.
cured with au i~nexhnustible supply Of
water sufficient to run oil the mile,
hosting works and COMMENTATORS need
ed In this camp, and the work Of min
ing, milling and development IL
expect d to be pushed forward ut nil
points with good results.
The lniIs mud cu]inmudious conccn.
traitors constructed here this season ARE
now ready Tor business and will 10 put
in operation IN q few days, nft.r which
AN increase in tho bullion output may
be lookol for. The Union mill, now
n~enring completion, WILL TO equipped
with oil the bo,t and latest improve
mcuts for the reduction OF NIL classes OF
ores md will, without doubt, greatly
fncilituts tho manipulation OF tho high
grade oro found in the North Belle
Isle, Nevada Queen md tho Common.
wealth. The companies operating here
hnve spared neither time nor means in
til" work they hive undertaken, mud the
vast outlay Of cnpitnl invested should
be sufficient evidence Of thoir fni Ii in
tho future prosperity Of this camp.
Viewed from tho surface, with the
substantial buildings for mills. h0isling
works aud conrrhtr. tore, furnished
with the best Of machinery aud the
MURPHY ulllOuHN VI IuVi NJ tnO Inherent
mines aud uilIs. aud ether necessary
supplies storel for the Writer, Tusca-
rorn never pro- cnled II more favorable
outlook; ard NO might well fancy that
W" a boar the rumble Of comipu
railroad trhius that must ultimately
pass through this o ,tion, reacliu! out
to the rich timber lands in Idaho,
Washington nnd q tgon mud 30 on dom
to the sounding s,n.
Notwithstanding our accumulated
evidence Of piosl Gritty there nto n few
croakrrs III our midst mud runnors 10
tho ultimate designs Of tho compnny
operating he,e IRE hoard Ia uudertoues
Oh the streets and II the bt-wnys 10 tho
OBJECT that u zig bluff Is being made;
that the Object II TO beat the Jew first
nnd also tho Genlile. eliminating in n
fabulous sOlo mud the Abandonment OF
tho camp " soma foreign IS uuicat