The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1900-02-15
SURVEYS EXPLAINED.
General Resume of the Railroad Situa
ton Hereabouts.

The Southern Pacific r. r. Co. is
said to have bought the Carson &
Colorado road running south from
Mound House near Carson to Keel
er, in California, and to intend to
soon construct the remaining 100
miles necessary to form connection
with the Southern Pacific in South
ern California. 1t is probably true,
and in commenting upon it the San
Francisco Examiner sums up the
railroad situation hereabouts in the
following article, just about as thoes
who profess to know, here, under
stand it:
"The Union Pacific owns the
Oregon Short Line and the latter has
q road running from Salt Lake to
Milford in southwestern Utah. From
Milford to Uvada, point in Nevada
close to Phoebe, an extension has
been built under the name of the
Utah & Pacific company. Under the
name of the Utah, Nevada Il Calf
ornia company a further extension
is to be built from Uvada southwest
across Lincoln county to Vanderbilt
in San Bernardino county in this
State. Marvel, near by, is the
northern end of the California East
tern. 1t starts from Blake on the
Santa Fe just east of Mojave. Sur
veys for distance OF eighty miles
south west of Uvada are now being
made.
1t is by this railroad project that
the Union Paciic's entrance into
Southern California is to be secured
before many months. The Santa
Fe and Southern Pacific have a
monopoly in the south at present,
The Santa Fe is the strongest line
from the southern part of the State
to the East, because it is the most
direct route. The Southern Pacific
has two very circuitous routes, one
by the way of El Paso and the other
via Mojave, Lathrop, Sacramento,
Reno and Ogden. The two roads
evenly divided the business of the
south, so the Southern Pacific does
not find itself handicapped by its
roundabout lines.
Things will change when the
Union Pacific gets direct line from
Los Angeles to Salt Lake. 1t and
the Santa Fe would then be strong
roads in southern California. A Salt
Lake-Los Angeles line will place
tuc SeHtEal dClnC Ut u very SiVde
disadvantage on business between
southern California and Eastern
points. By filing in the gap be
tween Moiave and Keeler and utiliz-
ing the two lines of D. q. Mills
already mentioned, Huntington will
oonsumate a cutoff that will practi-
oally put his company on an equal
ity with the Union Pacifc's forth
coming line into Los Angeles.
The Union Pacific is not the only
threatened competitor for Hunting
ton in southern California. The Rio
Grande Western is heading that way.
1t is operating already line as far
as Marysvale in southwestern Utah
and has run surveys from the latter
poiut into southeastern Nevada to a
point 27 miles due south of Phoebe.
The Rio Grande's projected line is
to connect with the road now run
ming from Kramer, on the Santa Fe
east of Mojaye, north of Johannes
burg in San Bernardino county, this
State. The Rio Grande Western is
one Of the connections of the Central
Pacific at Ogden and great rival of
the Union Pacific.
Huntington last summer had sur
veyors all through southwestern Utah
and in the southern part of Lincoln
county in Nevada, They prepared
voluminous data relative to the
routes that both the Union Pacific
and Rio Grande Western must trav-
erse in order to reach southern CAL
ifornia. At that time it was suppos-
ed that Huntington intended joining
the Rio Grande Western in building
between Mojave and Marysvale in
Utah, so as to have in conjunction
with it Salt Lake route from Los
Angeles in competition with the
Union Pacifc's Forthcoming road.
The request for a right of way be-
tween Mojave and Keeler indicates
that any contemplated combination
with the Rio Grande Western has
been abandoned.
FIRE WATER.