Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-01-02
TONOPAH R. R.
COMMENCES WORK
Regular Trains Will Be Run
ming by First Of June
Superintendent Trip Gives Carson
Appeal Editor a Very Inter-
eSting Interview.

Inc lOnOpan railroad IS a go, II Is
not a question of railroad now, but
Just when the trains will commence
to run ove 1t.
Colonel AlonzoT Trip, the gentleman
who was sent to Tonopah by the
Pennsylvania hackers, arrived in Car
son Sunday on a hurried trip and
returned the same evening. Colonel
Trip made a visit to the great camp
of Nevada something over a month
ago. He looked over the route, sized
up the amount OF ore in sight, figured
the life Of the camp, estimated the
cost OF material laid down in the
desert land, figured out the amount
of traction power needed and then
left for San Francisco where he met
several of the promoters and a gen
eral conference was held. The result
is that the road is to built as soon as
material and men can be hurried to
the scene.
Zone feature that we are going to
offer the public and the patrons Of
the road will be that parties will take
the train at the Mound House in the
morning and we intend to land them
at Tonopah that night. The Southern
Pacific is helpng in this matter ard
will run its trains over the G. & G. in
order that close connections a be
made. As for material we have or
dered thirty miles Of rails, which will
be delivered in q short time, or as
soon as the contractors care for that
material. On my trip to the coast
this time the contract for the ties
will be made. We have ordered three
35-ton engines Of the mogul type.
They are calculated to be heavy
enough to haul all the trains that
will be necessary for the section that
we are TO travel through. All of the
other equipment will come from the
coast manufacturers, such as coaches,
fat and box cars. These will be
built inside Of a few months. 1t is
now the plan to have the road in
active operation by the first of June,
and II we are favored with rapid con
%struetion in material and equipment,
the service will be there at the APP
pointed time.
I'm my trips to and from Tonopah
! have caught the western fever aud
a now appreciate the general
desire for mines, their bullion and
the fascination of life in the sections
that go with it. In truth, | am be.
coming enamored with Nevada and
California and hope to be with the
people here for some time to come.
OF course II is the railroad that
brings me here, for that is my bust.
ness, and everywhere | look, there
seems TO be a chance for q great
industry and improvement in this
section.
when j return to California, |
hope to have everything closed as
far as the construction is concerned,
and hope to rush the work to an
early completion.
Colonel Trip is an old hand at the
business and has followed the man
agement OF railroads for the past
thirty years and always with sue
cess. He was sent to Nevada from
South Carolina where he was the
general superintendent of a road.
The eastern people selected him not
alone on the score Of general ability,
but from the popularity that he bears
wherever he goes. His short stay
in Nevada has made him many friends
who hope to see his project finished
on time and plenty business to keep
it humming for years to come.
Just received a fall and winter
lin9 of suitings. Have a suit made
at home to fit " MARKS q "a