Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-07-12
nw..xns Ar VIRGINIA CITY.

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We extract the following from Mr..
Newlsnds speech at Virginia City on the
4th oil July, as published in the Virginia
Chronicle:
Mr.. Newlands asserted that one OF the
causes of the poor condition Of Nevada
is the indisposition Of the men who have
made fortunes in this State to build and
develop her-unlike the citizen Of Colo-
RADIO, Montana, Utah and Wyoming,
who founded and enriched such cities IS
Denver, Helena, Salt Lake and Chey'
enne.
Another cause for the States poor con-
dition, he said, has been a want OF har-
monious development, all Efforts having
heretofore been directed to the develop
ment Of the mining interest alone in
stead Of being supplemented by agricul-
ture, trade, etc., which would go to
make up a prosperous commonwealth.
To cure these evils Mr.. Newlands ad-
vocated economy in the State and
county governments by the adoption OF
a new constitution, the consolidation OF
county offices and county organizations,
| continued agitation for the remonetlza'
ton of silver, which would renew &C
tivity in the mines, and harmonious de-
velopment Of the State in agriculture.
husbandry and other industries, as well
as the mining interest. -.
He claimed that the railroads consti
tu.ed important factors in this develop
ment; that the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company as well as the Virginia .
rruckee and Carson & Colorado rail
roads. in the latter of which he was IN
terested. had not been guided by an en-
ligbtened self.interest. de contendet
that the valleys Of the Truckee, Carson
Walker and Owens rivers ON the eastern
slope OF the Sierra Nevadas could o.
made as fruitful as the valleys on tn
western slope in California; that a com
mercial emporium could have been bull
up at Reno rivaling Denver, Salt LAX
City, Cheyenne or Ogden, all of whicl
had been built up in the States simila
TO Nevada, and that such a city with 1t
~conveniences for transportation, tn
water power furnished by the Trucke
river, might have been the center Q
commercial and industrial enterprise
the reservoir Of capital from which al
would have been extended to the strug
Cling industries Of this State. He re
ferred to the organization Of the Nevad
State Board of Trade, formed for tn
purpose Of developing the State and in
creasing immigration; that it had nc
received the aid and support from tn
railroad companies which it deserved
that it is impossible to do anything j
the line of development without the &C
operation of the railroads; that self In
terest should prompt them to respond
the assessment roll OF the State ha
diminished from $50, 900, 90, 900 in lS7
to 1927, 900, 900 in 1889, and that the as
sessment of the Central Pacific bad il
creased from 81, 900, 900 TO Sc, SOC, 00t
that if the present policy of the CON
panies continued they would have I
sustain all the expenses OF the Stat
government, and later on the Stat
would have to be abandoned to the coy
otes, gophers and railroads.
He declared the local roads could d
nothing without the aid Of the transcoI
~tinental road, the Central Pacific, I
promote immigration; that the Centri
Pacific had a land grant in this State {
nearly 5000, 900 acres, and it was tim
that the road was making an effort, lik
other railroads. to settle mp the country
that every settler in Nevada was wort
three settlers in California, where riv'
lines seized upon their patronage; tia
Notwithstanding this the Central Pacif
denied to immigrants all stop.over priv
ileges in Nevada, and railroaded Their
through the State to California withou
giving the opportunity to Nevada
showing them the advantages of settlin
here. He declared that these condi
tions were the result. not Of railroa'
hostility, but the inertia of the men ia
distant and aborbed in affairs. He ad
vised not a vicious agitation but the us
Of reason and persuasion which woul'
enlighten the railroad officials as TO tn
reciprocal interests Of the road and th
State.
Mr.. Newlands was free to confess tina
he and his associates had been equal
negligent in the administration Of tn
Carson & Colorado road, but they wer
willing to pursue a wiser policy IL tn
cooperation Of the transoontinental roa'
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