Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-11
THE RAILWAYS.
Territory Through Which
the New Road Passes.
NIB. Il. WHITE DESCRIBES IT.
Its Agricultural and Mineral Re
s0urces-CsnditiOn of the South
ern Pacific Track.

ern racine TRACK.
III. White, who lives in the southwest.
ern part of Lincoln county, Nevada. is at
the Natick house, making short stay in
this city. Lincoln county is the extreme
southern county of Nevada, and takes in
the section of the State where it comes
TO point between Arizona and Califor-
mia. 1t extends as far north as Phoebe,
and covers most of the territory through
which it is believed the route of the
Utah Central extension will be laid out.
1t is nearly 200 miles north and south by
about 100 east and west. The adjoining
county to the east is Nye, which runs
down to point along the California State
line to Locust valley, which is nearly 100
miles northwest of the lowest corner of
Nevada.
Mr.. White lives in the Pahrimp valley,
which is near the State line, and also
near the southern corner of Nye county.
Two parties of surveyors have been at
work, he says, in the vicinity of his ranch
and several of them have stopped at his
house. Messrs. Mccartney and Bogue,
the Union Pacific surveyors who were in
this city last fall, also stopped at his
place on their way from Salt Lake to
Barstow'i in wagon.
Mr.. White was seen yesterday by a
reporter of this paper, and questioned
about the nature of the country through
which the new road will pass, and which
will become tributary to this city. He
said that there is in the vicinity of the
Pahrimp valley much valuable agricul-
tural land. The valley itself is about
sixteen miles wide by one hundred long.
Its climate is very much like that of
some sections of Southern California.
During q term of thirteen wears
he has kept record of the temperature,
and has never found it higher than LOG
degrees or lower than 16 degrees above.
All kinds of fruits, including figs and
other semi-tropical products are success.
fully cultivated. The soil is fertile, and
there is plenty of water. AS there is nc
railroad within 200 miles in any direc
tion, there is no market for the products
and hence the land is not much of il
under cultivation. The moment the
new road comes through the land will
rapidly increase in value, and q consider
able population will enter.
There is a good wagon road running
down to Daggett, and it is generally un-
derstood that the railroad will follow
this very closely. The mining country
is divided into districts, and beginning
with Phoebe, and going south along the
proposed line, they run as follows: Frev-
burg, Tybo, Groom, Bromide, Sterling,
Yellow Pine, Resting Spring, Arma-
goea, Borax Fields, Irawatz and Soda
Lake. In the first three of these
districts are large deposits ,of lead (ga-
lena) and graphite. In some of the 9TH
ers are gold and silver ores, copper, an
timony and variety of other valuable
minerals. The great borax fields of w.
I. Coleman & Co. are near the projected
line. The Yellow Pine range of motin-
tains is wooded with an excellent quality
of lumber pine, which can be cheaply
milled and brought to this city. The
whole section, in short, from Mr.. Whites
account, is rich in variety of products
which will materially help the progress
of Southern California whenever the
close connection by rail is established.
MIR. White says that the work of build.
ing the road involves no very consider
able difficulties. The steepest grade is
only ninety feet to the mile, and in many
places the line runs for long distances
over perfectly level country. No trouble
will be experienced by the raen engaged
in the work of construction from the heat
until they cross the State line into Death
valley. Most of the work on that part
of the road will have to be done during
the winter months. From the way the
work is progressing at present, the build
ing through the desert will probably be
undertaken next fall.
John Lang, of Lang's Station, on the
Southern Pacific, was in town yesterday.
He says that the most serious injuries
to the road in Soledad caflon are be-
tween Lang's and Saugus. Beyond that
point, although portions of the track
were washed away, the fifteen iron
bridges put in six years ago by the COM
pany are all uniniured. This side of
Lang's he says the company has good
deal of work to do to repair the ravages
of the storm.
The Southern Pacific pay-car disbursed
nearly 100000 on its recent trip to this
city.
F. B. Henderson, the new Chief Clerk
of General Manager Wade, of the South
ern California, arrived Yesterday and be.
gan his labors. Mrs. Wade, the wife OF
the General Manager, arrived yesterday
in a special car.
Two small accidental injuries to en-
,ployees of the Southern Pacific were re-
ported yesterday. Fireman Calder, while
coupling an engine at Beaumont, had the
end of one finger caught and crushed so
that it will have to be amputated.
James Kirkpatrick caught his finger in
the door of freight-car and cut it off. at
Wilmington.
The Price of Oranges.
Nhokhar tho oxr1,urnrn -. :. l=- 50. a.. a.. %..l