Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-24

Some other good things msy come
Reno's way. In fact there is a pretty
strong assurance that one in particular
Is headed mtherwards. II is the West.
ern Pacific Railroad.
For a year or two there has been talk
OF Gould liue,- Western Pacific Den.
yer and Rio Grande Ee~xtensiop,- etc
Surveyors for a long time have been III
the field and various Nevada towns have
announced their presence in glowing
headlines in the local press. Meanwhile
there nave been vague rumors OF survey
ing parties ~ the desert down in Cen
trail Nevada. There is no nyth about
these desert parties. That they have
been :her re- and have been doing thor
ough work is evidenced by a map that
yesterday for a brief time under peculiar
circumstances.
This Is an accurate map Of California.
Nevada and Utah and was drawn with
the greatest care. IL shows the South
ern Pacific line traversinR the northern
part ot the state. the Clark road cutting
across the southeastern corner and there
is also Il dotted line showing the course
OF the Western Pacific railroad.
Now. mind you, this dotted line joes
not represent Il track Of steel and ties,
but Is merely the hne tia; the surveyors
nave followed and which is the shortest
aud best route to the California
liue.
The Gould line, or the Western Pa.
citir, is simply an extension OF the Den
Yer Il Rio Grande railroad, winch is
owned by Mr.. Gould.
At Green River Utah. the line, which
has trended almost Gue west fnm Dem
yer. turns abruptly to the north and
traveTses one third OF the north aud
south dimensions of Utah before it
could cross tie line into Nevada from
Salt Lake.
This would make IL very roundabout
line, something that Mr.. Gould Is trying
to bvOid. The tortuous curves of the
Humboldt ALEC increase the distance to
the California liue no little amount
To leave tie Humboldt would mean to
encounter hills that nothing but the
NEST costly construction work woul |
enable it to pierce.
However, to the southwark there is
a succession o! plains over which a
ease.
The map tina; lies III front OF the wri.
ter shows the proposed line to extend
due west from Green River to Salina.
whcrr il crosses tile Marysvale spun OF
the ID. & X. @. ihenre its course is
west 10y northwest Ia 4 Nevada line
and only a tritir north OF west to
Reno.
From this city thc road will run north.
ward to ilcUkwith summit. where it will
cross the Sierras. The course through
California is via. Oroville, Sacramen.
to, Stockton, Lathrop mi Oakland.
The road according to the map de-
scribed would open up many Nevada
aiming camps that need only trauspor-
poriatiuu facilities To render the pop.
ulOus AMI pros. erous 1t is "a course
along winch water can easily he obtain.
ed and it cuts of Il couple Of hundred
miles from the course along the Hum
boldt and via Ogden and Salt Lake.
1t is a much shorter line to Los Angeles
than the Clark road and shorter to San
Francisco than the Southern Poetic
and, be.: Of all. it passes through this
city.
II might not be amiss to say that the
Gould road will absorb the NC O. The
latter line is holder Of "a right Of way
:lat the Gould line most certainly
needs. In fact negotiations for it's pur-
chase by Mr.. Gould were nearly con.
cluded several months ago. i! rumor is
to believed.-JonrnaI.