The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-05-31
CHEAP POWER.

The Virginia Report has entered upon
a most enthusiastic advocacy OF cheap er
power for the Comstock lode, and
pi'tnres wonderful results. | predict
that it's fondest hopes will be fully real
lied in the near future. Jules Verne
was dubbed a liar Tor describing a trip
around the world in eighty days; it is
not long ago, but eighty days is already
consider'd slow time for such a trip.
Electrical power has been transmitted
l05 miles and 20 per cent of its original
developed energy was landed on the
tools that distance away. Much more is
possible with the transmission of %electri-
cal energy. 1t is now predicted that
power can be developed at Victoria Falls
on the Aambezi and carried 800 miles 10
develope the mines at Rhodesia. There
Is no necessity to speculate about the To-
cation for the development of power to
transmit to the Coinstork. Power can
be had at any point on Walker, Carson
and Truckae rivers. 1t makes no practi-
cal difference where. There ought to he
a scramble and a rnsh among the farm
ers living and cnltivating lands on the
boarde RS of the rivers named to go in
with the mining men and share the bur-
den nf the establishment OF such a plant.
A Nevada company or corporation
should be Immediately organized and
work Immediately begun TO take power
at the | eadqnarters of the Carson and
distribute power and light all the way
to the ranchtrs and townspeople from
the headwaters to the Comstook. 1t can
he nsed for turning grindstones sewing
machines, harvesting, mining machines
and the reduction of ores. There is
enough TO take up the power of the Car
son and the Walker rive RS in this Sec
ton alonr, and to repeat that develope-
ment wherever available. 1t would not
absorb or waste u drop, and would in
nowise interfere with farming opera
tons. The timber growing on the side
hills, now used for iuel, would be spared
and in a lew years would serve the pur-
pore OF conserving the snow and prolong
the irrigating season late in the fall. 1t
would bring within the profitable line OF
reduction millions upon millions OF tons
OF low grade ore all the a. from Mark
leeville 10 the Comstock, and from Bottle
to Wabuska. This would create a home
market for farming products. and one
home market is worth half a dozen
others. The stock should be taken up
bv Nevadans. 1t should be a Nevada
corporation, and the money should be-
kept at homr. Ii Il farmer owns 100
acres he wants 200 and ii he owns 1000
he wants 900. There is not enough
water to satisfy his ambition. Why,
then, will he not go into a proposition
that will treble the value OF his acreage?
Why not take advantage OF the scientific
development of the century? Why sta,
by the old tallow condle? Why lift a
stone by muscle and ignore a lever at
hand? These conditions cannot remain
with us long. There are too many
school houses in the land for that.-Alf
Chsrtz in the Genoa Courier.
The Comstock Pump Company has
secured the water right for three miles
of the Truckee river above Floriston.
1t is designed to he used for the creation
of electric power To br used on the Com
stock and perhaps in other places in
Waslioe and Ormsby~ counties journal.