Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-16
RAILROAD FOR
ROUND MOUNTAIN
TO RUN DOWN SMOKY VALLEY
FROM AUSTIN TO
MANHATTAN.

In last weeks issue, n houhu
Mountain Nugget says:
The best news that has ever
reached Round Mountain was that
brought by James Travers, one of the
publishers of the Nugget. this week
and it will certainly cause rejoicing
not only in our rich camp but
throughout Smoky valley, for MI.
Travers states that a railroad from
Austin south to Manhattan and which
will later be extended to Tonopah
will be built during the year of 1907.
Yes, | have grand news for the
people of our great camp" he sail
upon his arrival Tuesday. Round
Mountain is to have a railroad and
it will have it right away This
can state authoritively.
while in Philadelphia, | had sew
eral talks with the men who are
backing the new enterprise and they
told me positively that the road will
he built and that work on 1t will
commence about May l and it will
be rushed to completion as fast as
men and money can build it.
"Chaley S. Lemon and Harry Over
man, of Manhattan, who have sue
cessfully promoted the enterprise, are
now in Philadelphia and about March
Is, they and some of the men who
are furnishing the coin for the build
ing of the road will start from that
city for Nevada to inspect the route
of the proposed railroad. One of
these men, the president of a Phila-
delphia bank, a multi-millionaire and
a gentleman who stands high in the
financial world, asked me many ques-
tions as to the possible tonnage, the
necessity for a railroad down Smoky
Valley, etc, all of which | answered
to his evident satisfaction for at the
conclusion of the interview the gen.
tleman said: Well, Mr.. Travers, ]
can assure you and you can announce
it in your newspaper that the road
will be built. We have all the money
necessary for the purpose. We have
the final surveys and will leave fol
Nevada to inspect the route about the
middle of March, in fact we would
go at once If the weather conditions
out there were better. We will star
work about May ! and there viii
be no delays after the start is made
The road will be standard gauge anC
after the main line is completed, WI
intend building feeders to several o
the rich new camps tributary t.
Smoky Valley that can furnish sufi
cient tonnage to justify the under
taking. We have had the report o
competent engineers and in every in
stance they have more than con
frmed the estimates as to the earn
ing powers of the proposed roat
made by Mr.. Lemon and Mr., Over
man..
"The gentleman then told me
great man. other matters connected
with the enterprise such as terminals
rights of way in different sections
etc. but asked as a favor that W,
do not publish or make them pub
lie at this time and also that tn
names of himself and associates b
not published at present. We CAV
our word so our readers will have t
be content with the information
above divulged with the promise t
-. them that in the course Of two O
three weeks we will give them ful
Their particulars.
THE people of Round Mountain
Manhattan and in fact of all of tn
section of Nevada should feel undo
lasting obligations to Messrs Lemo
and Overman, who have worked S
hard and successfully to give us raj
road communication with the on
side world. and the Philadelph
monied men who are behind Il
project with the sinews of war, ms
rest assured that the road will
a big paying proposition from Il
day it is put into operation and
wish to say right here that viii
Philadelphia has for years be-
called a slow town, | consider it o.
of the best cities in every respect
- the United States. Its financie
might be conservative and slow
q get started, but once they take no
a proposition, no matter how giga
tic, they bend all of their energi
to making it a success and they
not know the meaning of the wo
failure. Nevada extends them t
glad hand and will assist them
all times in any and every possit
way"
1t is very probable that this no