The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1907-05-23
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MADE PUBLIC
FOR FIRST
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| E. G. Mcclellan arrived in Wells
from San Francisco last week
where he had been engaged in ar
bitrating the differences between
the Central Pacific Railway CON-
pany and the Western Pacific
Railway company through Ne
yada. The two companies con-
cluded to submit their troubles to
a board of arbitration rather than
leave the complex matters to a
court. So a board was created last
October. Mr.. Mcclellan was Sc
lected by the Central Pacific COM
pany and the Western Pacific
company selected j. L. Romer to
represent its interests. At the
first meeting, in Elko, they Be-
lected Governor John Sparks for
the third arbitrator. Messrs. Rom
er and Mcclellan put in the time
till Christmas in making a thor
ough examination of the Western
Pacific's line of railroad, within
the twenty mile limit of the Gen.
trail Pacific land grant, and then
adjourned to San Francisco to
complete the report. The gentle
men first appraised the laad own
ed by the Central Pacific Railway
company, that is crossed by the
proposed new railroad end fixed
the values on the numerous pieces.
After that came the harder work,
that of deciding what should be
done where the two lines came
very near together, or cross each
other. The Western Pacific line
enters the G. P.'s .wenty-mile limit
about ten miles southeast of Silver
Zone pass, and leaves it about
thirty miles west of Winnemucca.
The two roads come close together
at Wells, first; and from there to
Winnemucca, where they separate
again. There were over dozen
places where the Western Pacific
line came within 400 feet of the
right of way of the Central Pacific
and seven places where there were
to be crossings of the two roads,
most Of them grade crossings.
The first thing done was to elm
mate these crossings, all but one,
and that was made an overhead
crossing, where the Western Paci-
fic line will CROSS to the north side
of the Central Pacific track. This
point is about five miles below
Palisade, in what is known as
Twelve Mile canyon. TO get rid
of the other six crossings it was
necessary to give the Western Pa
cific permission to construct its
line very close to the Central Pa
cific track; and at some points be-
tween Wells and Winnemucca the
two lines will not be over fifteen
feet apart. There is only one
place where the two tracks will be
over half a mile apart, between
Wells and Winnemucca, and thai
is east Of Iron Point, and north.
west Of Battle Mountain. At Wells
the Western Pacific company will
need the land at the present new
cemetery is located for its side
tracks and it very likely will have
to be moved. AT Elko the int
runs through the town on the frs
street south of the Central Pacifi<
track. The line is to be on the
south side of the valley, at Carlin
while that town is on the nortl
side and half a mile away. JUS
below Palisade both lines are t.
run through tunnels, and thes'
will be about 100 feet apart. Th,
Central Pacific tunnel is now com
pleted and the track will be chang
ed to run through it as soon as tn
bridge can be built over the Hum
boldt river. At that point boil
lines will cross the Eureka & Pail