The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-12-07
The Western Pacific
Nevada'S Deiiverer Will Soon Be Laying
Bands OF Steel Across State=--Advan-
tages Set Forth i'm Real Estate.

The Real Estate Record, a San Fran
cisco publication in it's November num-
Der prints the following ABOUT Ine " est
ern racine. II polnts out tne advantages
Inc line viii be 10 Iadofrnia. Inc saw
thing applies to Nevada. only more SO
than 10 California. Inc people OF ..4ls
State are anxiousiy waiting the time
when construction work VIA conimeAee
ia this commonwealth. wAen tie " est
ern Pacific lIne of steel across ,..-s
state the people wln eel Out from unue.
the Ioaa tlley nave naa 20 carry for l4444
ty-nNe years Tor Tue sodLaeln Pac.nc.
1ne necord ar,ieie as louo"s.
points in this state Tor the constl W ton
Of the Western Facinc railway. with lne
ofneiai announcement tnat IL mas az.
quired 400 acres OF land near IslaIs cree.
for terminal purposes. nas brought INA.
great transcontlnental PROJECT 10 the az
tention OF the California public in CON
crete and practical form. Our peop.e NJ.
fuzzy realize Tor the nrst time tnaI IA,
Western Pacinc IS fact. ana that "a,
nent by the Gouids Is only mater ..
comparatively snort Tine. Ihey can DC
gin to appreciate in vague fashion SOME
of the advantages that viii accrue 20 .oAn
Francisco from new. and tvs ti'ae. a
direct, railway line from the Pacnc ~
the Atlantic. with the opening OF IA,
trade OF this ciey with the great soulii
western country covered by a net OF iron
rails under the control OF the same man
Nsement as the owners OF the Western
Pacific. Tney also are coming with Tess
definiteness TO understand that the con
saqction of the remaining gap in the
ttangcontinentsl road viii nave lis effect
on our oriental commerce by the placlns
Of new and large steamers ON Ine paell.e
between this port and the principal port.
of both continental and insular Asia a ne
Importance OF all this TO the growth 0.
the business, wealth ana population oi
San Francisco will ali become more APP
parent in the minds of our people as time
advances. and 1t VIII only De few years,
perhaps less even than that, when tne
realization will be forced upon them thai
Western Pacific mark the starting point
OF new era i'm the history OF this city
and port. We have spoken OF the West
ern Pacific as a direct line from the At
lantic to the Pacific. In itself this wouio
be a trunk line of 300 miles in length,
but it Is much more than simple trunk
line road. Through the many ramihea-
uons of the Gould system, Of which tht
iron rails from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco will form part five times the
distance across the continent will be COW
cred. or 5000 miles Ia all. AS yet neither
the merchant, nor the farmer. nor the
lumberman, nor the horrculturalist can
comprehend the benefits of the simultane-
Gus opening of the Mississippi valley. the
sulf States. and the central Atlantic sea-
board will have for san Francisco anu
%sslifornia in the growth of trade with
Atwo-thirds o fthe Union. on tho one
hand our fruits, wines and timber will
find new markets. and on the other hand
this city will be made the port of sn-l,-
ment OF cotton and other products OF the
south to the orient. In the conduct OF
this business the Western Pacific and lts
connections will have many advantages.
one of which, and that not the least, is
the fact that 1t will not be burdened by
profits In construction which have to be
met. principal and interest, by higher
freight and passenger rates IN order 10
meet fixed charges The Gould system,
radiating throughout the southwest, ex-
sending to the Gulf OF Mexico on tho
18th and the great lakes on the north. |
"A with its termini at Baltimore ana
san Francisco, will be in better condl-
ton to make and meet competition than
any railroad system In the United States,