The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-07-31


wise damaging the track. Work
men have just spent one hour fixing
one bridge, and now we are atanother
which is in worse condition than
the former. Let patience have her
perfect work" We are in Colorado;
our engineer is free coinage man
as are others on the train. In fact
the air is full of silver talk and old
lunar from an almost cloudless sky is
shedding her silvery rays on noun
tain and river.
When moving we are steaming
along on the banks of the Grand
river. which, uniting with the Green
river flows into the Colorado and on
to the Gulf of California. Some OF
the scenery already passed along this
river is very beautiful. For about
twenty miles | should think we came
up deep gorge that nature has CHS
eled out leaving two massive walls
on either side that would seem to
defy anything. Suddenly our view
is cut off by plunge into the dark
ness of tunnel-darkness and light
are both alike to our iron horse.
Emerging from the darkness our river
is lost to sight and open country
greets us. We soon swing around to
the river again and into the Grand
valley of Mesa county. This county
am informed, along with Delta,
Garfield and Mount Rose counties,
formed about twelve years ago the
great Ute Indian reservation. Since
it was thrown open. an evidently en-
ergetic, enterprising class of peo-
pie has come here to make their
homes and develop the country. In
the Grand valley there are already
$4,000 acres of land irrigated by
means Of large ditch varying in
width at the bottom from 35 to 80
feet. There are four large pumps,
each capable OF pumping water suffi-
Gent to irrigate 5000 acres, now at
work pumping water from the river
onto the land. | am told that three
of these pumps raise the water to a
height OF So feet to get it unto the
higher land, and that the other raises
it Is feet. In addition to this the
state intends constructing another
ditch by convict labor. 1t is chiefly
a fruit country and the peaches
grown here are declared to be very
fine. From ten to twenty acres of
the land planted into an orchard and
well cared for yield good profit. The
great West will yet come to the front
and be the home OF a very large pop
ulation.
Nine thirty p. NJ, and instead OF
moving on we are RUNNING back to
get more material to repair damaged
bridges.
THURSDAY A. M.
Still we are here. There are bould-
ers on the track that will have to be
blown up with giant powder. My
ticket says: Continuous trip only,
stop over not allowed" Railroad
companies have the power to regulate
the privileges of the passengers they
carry, but necessities sometimes arise
that they are powerless to control.
Here we have an illustration of the
exact and limit of the power OF the
united English and American gold
bug combine. The privileges and
even rights OF the people have been
regulated by this combine for a long
time, and perhaps they will extend
it little further. but there are ne
cessities growing out OF this un-Amer-
lean regulative legislative procedure
that will bring together the fast &C
cumulating dynamite of public
opinion and the lightning force
OF an enlightened public conscience,
and at the American ballot box the
fuse will be applied, and with
laundering noise that will be heard
all over the world the institution of