Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-24
THE RAILROAD WAR.
Construction is Being Pushed
From UVada.

son to the Orange Groves" is the
slogan down here, and there is evil
dence on every side that railroad con-
struction is being pushed 10 earnest by
the Short Line and Clark people, the
former with some 200 men are track
laying and bridge construction, and
the latter with half that mum Der and a
score of teams with scrapers, widening
the grade and leveling up ready for
ties and rails. Each side has men
stationed at intervals upon portions of
the old grade and tunnels where they
first got possession and have drawn
dead lines, which so far have been re-
spected by the representatives Of the
respective interests.
The Oregon Short Line company
has many carloads of material Of all
kinds on hand, and at the rate ties
and steel are going down it will be but
a few days before they will be up to
the.point where the Clark people are
holding their grade work. What may
occur then is predetermined, but it is
safe to say there will be no serious
clash. There will no doubt be more
serious resistance by the Clark repre-
sentatives when the tracklaying force
reaches a section near tunnel No. /.
The Oregon Short Line forces are 10
possession Of this tunnel, and the APP
pearances are that some well devised
strategy has been planned and engin-
eering methods devised to prevent the
track being carried through it.
Both companies have men strung
along the old grade at Intervals for
thirty miles or more: first one will have
men patroling a space of a few miles:
then the other. Although the effort
for advantage of possession has been
pushed with energy by both sides from
the first, there has been no show of
physical force on either. and none is
anticipated, as far as appearance indi.
Gates.
NO ARMED MEN THERE.
There are no armed men on the
ground, and none will be tolerated,
either, by the companies officials or
the Sheriff of Lincoln county and
force of deputies who have been vigil.
ant to see that the peace is maintained
Two rival trackriders met at the dead
line yesterday, and after wordy wal
over some personal matter, dismount
ed and engaged in mixup: after q
few lively exchanges the Clark repre-
sentative went down aud out, leaving
the Short Line man the victor. They
then remounted their horses and re
sumed the patrol. each on his beat
Among the men this is called the frs,
| OF the war.
The Clark people have shown some
commendable enterprise in purchasing
several miles of the old Phoebe & Bull
lionville railroad rails that did serv
ice back in the '7Os, and have hauled
in and laid about 100 yards of track a
tunnel No. 4. They also have pusl
car, secured from the same source.
1t can now be correctly said that tn
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt LAX
company has railroad in operation i
Nevada. The Short Line tie teams ar
distributing ties some distance in ad
vance of the tracklayers. 1esterda
one of the teams drove upon the grad
claimed by the Clark men: the drive
was promptly informed not to unloa
there. He claimed he had to obey OF
! ders, and made preparations to di:
: charge his cargo, but the Clark guard
: kept his team moving. Finally tn
fellow proposed to drive his load Q
: the disputed grade, but when SON
distance away stopped and hurried
!. dumped the ties off his wagon and
out. before the guards got to hin
The ex-policemen soon gathered
force and carried the ties couple
, hundred feet off the grade and seattle
= ed them in the sagebrush. No furth.
attempt has been made to unload ii
on that grade, and the guards a
again serene, as manual exertiOu
that kind is unusual and too fatiguin
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