Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-02-13
BUILD UP CARSON.
SOME GOOD READING FOR
ENTERPRlsING CITIZENS.
Practical Men Give Their Views
on Boom Methods
EDITOR APPEAL:

having reau your sundays editorial
how the country and Carson should be
improved l here with take the liberty OF
sending you a somewhat lengthy com
m~unication.
Having lived in Arizona, New Mexico
Old Mexico, and California for the last
eighteen years and particularly places
that have been doomed for THEN climatic
~dVantage and wish to say a
few words in reference to the resources of
Nevada and the surrounding ountrv OF
Carson in particular.
During my stay here of eight months
have had many a talk with citizens of
Carson as to the advantages that this
place and the surrounding valleys have
for the investor and health-seekers Doth,
mere is no part of southern California.
Arizona, etc, any altitude so favorablv for
general health as Carson. In southern
California during the summer months it
gets so warm that people go to the sea-
shore and during the winter months it
continually rains and there are often
nights that the oranges are blighted hv
the frost. 1t has long Deer recognized
that people having any pulmonary
trouble can only be cured at an altitude
of about 1000 feet and in a drv. fairly
warm climate.
IL Is therefore apparent there is no
oetter location for such people hunting a
clllnate on account of their health than
carson and its surrounding country.
L VIII mention a town that is located
similar to Carson and tit
teen years ago n of the dullest on the
Pacific coast. 1t then had about 1000
people 1t now has 10000 and that MANY
more in the surrounding country This
place is the town of Phoenix. Arizona
which was then forty miles away from
any railroad communications Tho
place is "A Very no one: over one hundred
IN the shade j. considered very co,nf,rt-
abie and where the three month, winter
are about the only agreeable months. as
after the month of April people leave
thai section of the country for cooler
chimes. The drinking water has ALWAYS
been considered very poor. The water
Ior irrigation, coming from the Salt River
contains salt. The Salt River Valley WAS
all of alkali, but in spite of all these
enormus drawbacks the people went to
sether ana begun to boom their town
hrst by advertising in their local papers
ana eastern magazines and further NV
making donations of laud to such people
as Armour of Chicago, Fairbanks. Ferrie
the greatest seed man of Detroit etc. II
was always said that nothing would
grow or no one could live in that climate
but 1t was found that after the citizans
had pulled together for five wears tb,,
flrst the Southern Pacific then the
Atchlson Topeka built branch lines into !
lheir town n to-day there is no town
on this coast where property is held so !
nigh and sold for such ROOD figures as in
fhoenlX, Arizona. This was in spite of
All the climatic disadvantages and other
drawbacks, but was accom-
olished solely by the citizens pullinp
None OF these disadvantages exist i'm
arson and the surrounding
56t on the contrary we have a very fine
which is easily shown by the
amount of visitors to u mountains
have the finest drinking water which
'Ihclal stastics show to be almost tho
'urest III the [. :. IA winters are ey-
mild. We have already ono
abroad here, which undoubtedlv will
very easy concessions for easterp
IL ifers ana other to come here, and
you'd also help make lower rates for any
lihs we could produce and ship out of
his State and also for things imported
NO thIs State, if these companies would
'hat the citizens are doing the right
'lhg TO populate and enrich Nevada
18th what little Nevada has done in the .
'ay OF showing what she could raise in $
ie way OF beet, potatoes. and apples
very one acquainted with the product {
Nevada mere and abroad knows that il
mt be eXcelled. Our wheat Received
ie hrst prize for being the best in the
>. at Chicago. AS TO mining it might p
T a great surprise to the people of -
evada thai We nave to-day a minino =
mp, Virginia City. whose payroll is
'ore every month than any mining
IMP in California. Angels Camp the -
%@eSl IN California, can not approach j.
Ifgiila as their payroll does not exceed
''oo0 per month, while Virginia's paw :
ii last month reached 1861 900 and there
ho doubt that with proper showing I
ltside capital could be made to come TO =
evada and open up new mines.
what ought to be done is for the citi-
ms to Immediately come together and y
trt such clubs or societies as will adj D
rtlse to the outside world our climatic 4
Notwithstanding what /.
have and that investments of any =
nd Will pay better or as good as in y
y other State and further particular c
ention should be paid to improve the r.
by improving the streets and real -
ate. K
Us no one so far has addressed any
nmunicatiOn to vOur valuable manor =