Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-07-20
COMING OUR WAY
Railway Connections May Yet
Make Carson a City

It may be In the fates that Carson
yet will be on the main line of a trans
continental railroad. Who can tell?
It does not necessarily have to be an
east and west line.
To those who have studied the lay
of the country east of the Sierras it
is apparent that there is business for
great transcontinental railroad
north and south. The nucleus for
such road is already built, and it
requires only few connecting links
to make a through line from Los An
geles to the Columbia river. This
might lead in time to the extension of
a road on north into the British pos
sessions.
Such a north and south line would
naturally keep as near the Sierras as
possible to get the traffic from the
mountains. That route has already
been laid out and rails are laid for
more than six hundred miles.
First the Virginia & Truckee runs
south from Reno to Mound House
some thirty odd miles. From Mound
House the Carson & Colorado ex-
tends three hundred miles to Keller
on the shores of Owens Lake. 1t
would require only about hundred
miles more road bed to connect with
the roads into Los Angeles.
1o-C Vol for
nia-Oregon runs $50 miles to Madeline
plains. II is we'll known that this
road contemplates extending its line
on into Oregon by the way OF Alturas,
kakeview and Paisley. It will broad
guage the line the whole way from
Reno. Its new locomotives have been
purchased with the view of making
broad guage This road made con
tract last fall with the Oregon Potash
Company to extend its line from Ter
mo to Paisley. Oregon.
From the Columbia river south the
Columbia Southern road has built
seventy miles Of broad sl!age to San
iko. The first of this year it moor
porated for million dollars 10 extend
the line hundred miles further south
to Big Bend on the Deschutes river.
This would leave a gap OF only about
fiftv miles between Zig Bend and Pal
.ley. Oregon. But the objective point
of the Columbia Southern is Lakeciew
and thus the gap WOu.- be closed.
With the section south Of keeler I'LL
et, III this would make through nora
and south line from the river to the
ocean. more thar a thousand miles.
The Importance o: such line is
al once understood. It is a remark
able fact that such a line would act
uaIly bend to the west. y true norm
and south would bring i by the wa:
Of Wianemucca. Thus such road
would be the direct outlet for all this
intermountaili country III connection
with The isEhinlan canal. 1t is set
tied fact ti2t the canal Will be bUi.t
business like the law OF force fol
lows the lines OF least resis tanis anc
ihe most direct routes TO market J
nortn and south road BY the way o
carson and Reno would draw al tht
trade OF the Great Easin country
This line, too. would afford d:rec
route 20 the east for Southern Cab
fornia fruit.
Ii is wonderful TO contemplate thu
business that in time would be deVel
opeti along this route. keeler is nov
making an annual output OF ten thou
sand tons Of soda from Owens Lake
The greatness of Tonopah is a!read.
established. and the whole inyo rang
is ore mineral belt.
Tfroughout nearly the whole lengtl
are the great Sierras. Hundreds
timber claims are now being lGcate
in Oregon in advance of the building
o. the railroads.
In Southern Oregon at Summe
and Albert axes the Oregon Potas
company owns one hundred and seVe
thousand acres Of lana. These lake
~0--
of carbonate OF soda and more tina
million tons OF suiphats OF Fotasi
business for railroad for Eacre ina
fifty years.
Such & lire would also develop tn
vast agricultural possibilities OF II
country. The new irrigation Ia" WI
be the means of reciairing million
o. acres OF the finest land in the "orl
along the route Of this railroad,
is no exa ggeration 70 say 'saf ". -
the next ten years more tlan q Il!
lion people viii fad homes aicGE L
route Of this north and south ra'
road if irrigation works are provide
to reclaim these desert lands in Or
gon, California and Nevada. 1ndee
there is nothing visionary n belle