The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-01-28
AN ASSURED FACT.

80 much has been said about the build.
ing Of road from Salt Lake City TO Los
Angeles, that it is a relief. says the San
Francisco Examiner. to he able to give
some tangible data about the project.
Alexander Badlam, q San Francisco pro.
motsr of the scheme. has been inter. |
viewed by q reporter of that paper, and |
this is what he said:
81 can state definitely that new rail.
road from Salt Lake City right into Los
Angeles 10 now an assured fact. It il
not going to be q continuation Of the
Utah Central Railway that runs from
Provo City on the Denver and Rio
Grande road to San Francisco in South.
western Utah. 1t will be an indepen.
dent line. In = general way II can be
said that it will run from Salt Lake City
west, along the southern shore Of the
Great Salt Lake, and then southwest in
Utah. very close to the Nevada State
line. for q considerable distance. The
Nevsda State line will then be crossed,
and the line will run southwest through
Nevada to the south Of the Meadow Val.
ley range. On entering California the
Calico mining district will be pierced,
and the Atlantic and Pacific road will be
crossed ct Barstow. From that point
the line will continue southwest through
the Arroyo Seco canyon. back to Pasa.
demo and thence through the latter town
to Los Angeles. The whole length Of
the road will be cal miles. At point
north Of the Calico mining district
branch will hc bailt over the Moiaye,
which will make the distance from Salt
Lake to Mojave AL miles"
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The circulation Of campaign literature
is beginning early. A list Of Senators
and Representatives shows . subscrip.
ton for upwards of 100000 copies of
Senator shermsn's speech in reply to the
President's message on the tariff and re.
venue reduction for distribution in the
Northwest. Senator Sawyer alone takes
10000. and Spooner and Stanford each
5000. 1t will also be translated into
i the Scandinavian tongue for use among
that class Of voters. Another 10000
/, will be circulated in Virginia and tn,
tobacco growing States.
!. A young woman runs passenger Gle
!. vator in one Of the large buildings o.
il Chicago; there 10 also one in the building
J. occupied by the Woman, Christian AZ
d ISOLATION Of Boston.
BY bis will flsd for probate, the lat
:. William Hilton Of Boston left nearly
!. million dollars in public bsquests. rang
b ing from $50, 600 down to $4,000.
= The latest thing in "trusts" 10 tn
= formation Of ''lard trust" in New York
:, II includes five Of the seven lard manu-
7" facturers in that city.
4; The City of Mexico received $1,000
! in licences on bull! Gghts last year. TIL
license is Is per cent Of tho gross re
ceipts.
IF Msssrs. Rippeto, Hampton and Ray
!. bold, the mining experts, departed 70
. Salt Lake City last Monday.
!. The dogs dead and the old SOW he
dsvoured her litter Of pigs. Look on
~ for Hail Columbia.
, Our young ladies are somewhat back
ward in getting up their leap year party
10 From present appearances Phoebe
= doomed to Gil an untimsly grave.
d C.B. Ball is laid up with that painful
% disease rheumatism.
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p A clergyman Of South Norwalk. Conn
II rscsntly preached sermon in which h
compared the Newspaper with the Bib,
. The following passage 10 peculiarly stril
:. ing. The Bibles criminal news dos
not differ much from that which we ma
read tomorrow. II contains no displs
!. head lines, yet il records in the can
!. realistic way murder, such ~ that (
" Absl, or . suicide like that Of Samson
or Abimelsch. or Saul. or SAul,a armc