The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

Less Thar 900 People Along 800 Miles OF
Rmirond-1SOcd Used for Fuel-The Cro-
ton Valley Tn Competition with n Nevada
Casis-Cnrs That ARE Used ms JnNs.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 30.-The tourist who
wishes to visit Death Valley and experience
the hard ships of desert journey has choice
OF two routcs-one from tho south and one
from the north. In wintor 10th are not alone
practicable: for hardy traveller accustomed
to camp Iife in the open air they arc delight
full. In summer no matter which he takes or
what his experience in outdoor life may have
BEEN the tourist will wish he had taken the
other. IT he lives to return to civilized homes
he will wonder how in the world he ever hap
rened to take either. But there Is one reason
no moro why he should take the northern
route at any season. and that is that he may
see tho Carson and Colorado Railroad.
In Journey made among the borax deposits
OF tho Pacific coast first entered tho great
desert region in which all but one Of these
beds are found in n car Of the Carson and Col
orado Railroad. The tourist who travels that
way is not unlikely to wonder which is the
more Interesting. tho road or the desert re-
cion He is not unlikely to wonder. too what
tho road was built for until he is told some
what of tho ways Of Nevada legislators and
lobbyists. when he will conclude that it was
built for tho subsidy. 1t is said that tho road
cost $4,000 per milo to build and that the
subsidies much more than paid the cost.
The Carson and Colorado is in one respect
unique and in several respects remarka bic.
it doe, not start at Carson. neither docs it
terminate in Colorado or at tho Colorado
River. Its initial point is an arid mountain
side. so arid. indeed. that water for use in the
little settlement there has 10 be imported in
big tank cars built for the purpose: the road
runs thence 300 miles to terminate at SAL
! soda lako in California. The settlement at
| ono end is known as Mound House. Ormsby
| county. Nevada. That at the other is Eeeler.
| on Owens Lake. 1nyo county. and 1t Is in Inyo
| county that Death Valley lies.
| passenger train. a freight train and milk
| train run each way over tho northern division
| from Mound House to Candelaria) Of this road
| every day. but in order to economic one en-
CINE is made to pull all three trains The pas
| senger train includes one coach and COM
bined smoker. mail. milk. baggage. and OK
prcss cor. The freight train is not unlike
other freight trains. save in length; it is a
short train. l left Mound House in coach
one bright morning In November. There wore
fvo passengers in all besides a newsboy whom
| the conductor called Peanuts. Peanuts car
| rled bundle Of San Francisco newspapers
| one day old. u basket Of fino red apples and q
| box Of Chinatown cigars. BY tho time he had
reached Clcaver. whore we met tho trnin
| bound north. he had sold two papers and ono
| apple on the train and had smoked one OF his
own cigars. At Cleaver he boarded the Other
train and found not single passenger on it.
Tho train stopped for dinner ut Wabuska
and Wabuska is o station located on an oasis
1t is In valley that Is novel In the topography
OF Nevada, for 1t is we'll irrigated. Hero we
annexed tho milk train-perhaps 1t would b'
| moro accurate to say annexed tho milk outfit
Tho ranchers in Wabuska run somewhat t.
tho dairy business and supply the villages ant
camps along the railroad rs far as Candelarin
about 100 miles away. with fresh milk Mill
cans arc u familiar sight In the East, and par
tlcularly to the people OF the metropolis Tht
tourist from tho East has. therefore. no din
Guilty In recognizing the milk cans on the Car.
son and Colorado Railroad as milk caps. par
| ticularly II his eyesight ia good. Tho milk can.
Of the East hold from ton to thirty gal lons
Those on tho Carson and Colorado Railroad
| arc exactly OF tho Same shape and hold from
| one pint to four gallons each.