Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-12-27
SATURDAY, DECEMBER y, 1902
APPROACHING RAILROAD.


plying the great mining interests of
Tonopah and her surrounding dis
tricts, collectively fast developing
into one of the most noted mineral
sections of the Great Basin, is being
thoroughly worked over and planned
out by the leading American trans
portation magnates. Some of the
field Investigators, appearing osten-
sbly in the pursuit of other informa-
ton and objects, have been zealously
collating all the data bearing upon
the subject for the benefit of the Sc
cret archives, maps and filings of the
railway corporations. Engineers
have spied out the lay of the land
with special reference to the annex
alton of this territory to the domain
of the Southern Pacific common
wealth. That their findings, reports
and recommendation as the advisa-
ability of linking Tonopah with the
Carson and Colorado are favorable
to that project cannot be ques toned,
the only debatable point being as to
whether it is easier to gouge this
community by exhorbitant tariff on
traffic that can be handled by teams
or doa vastly greater volume of bus
mess on rails IA longer haul at pro-
portionately less rate per ton. All
the while other combinations in the
same line of interest have been.
quietly taking in the situation and
observing the vantage and natural
superiority OF several routes which
will eventually tap this center by
roads extending from the east
The entire interior, from SaltLake
to Jos Angeles, il and has been IN
hearty sympathy with the enterprise
Of the plucky multi-millionaire from
Montana. Who has SHE'D his castor
into the railroad ring. In the con
strueiion Of -bis grand cutoff from
the East to Southern California Sen
atQr Clark will at once enter upon
an era Of competition with tie Far
riman power that will oil the wheels
or industry all over the West, as well
as furnishing the prime factor Of de
yelopment to the most varied and
extensive mineral region known. AS
Il trunk line the location of the road
has been fixed and as an incident to
the enormous business an ticipated
sidings are to be placed every eight
TO ten miles, in order to allow freights
to get out of the way of flyers. Spur
tracks or feeders to control the traf-
fic Of every important, or tributary
are within the scope of its system and
, plans as is well understood Such
e roads can be built almost anywhere
through most of the central portions
Of Nevada, and connecting rails Of
about one hundred miles In length
would reach Tonopah without the
preliminary expenditure Of engineer
ing science However THAT material
fact is undergoing velification by a
competent authority now here Mr.,
Samuel StorrBwEwho ispromihent in
the staff Of boating engineers EN-.
ployed by Che management of the
Los Angeles, San Pedro& Salt Lake
railway, as well as a confidential
friend Of Senator, Clark, Mr.. Stor-
row isenot ebshrvfngand noting down
all the existing conditions as u mat
T. ter. Of amusement It means that
the vast future transpof tation bust
ness anti general trade of Tonopal
will be c3rlaaled ~ Salt Take, ;lnt
That acaqlnpliSltd AT "a day 50 fdl
ahead Of The Sontherg Pacific tina
the latter Will be left in..~tie con
summe, to reflect upon the fatal de
laws incident to its own ponderosity
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The appointmentof the postmaste
in Tonopah, in the place of VIM. J
Sinclair, who has resigned, Will D
made IN u fe~ days. 30 adsires frot
Washington aa.E. ~ 7..-..--s-stas,.s
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