The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Long Waiting Project Completed
C. c. Goodwin in Sal, Lake Telegram of November s.

y AcAekiam " ANONcHDef ..
they were several thousand dollars
ahead. With every mile completed an
addition to their wealth was made, so
that the inner company, the corporation
within the corporation which had the
contract for building the road-ihat is,
Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins and the
Crockers, composing the Central Pacific
Railroad Company-gave a contract to
Crocker. Huntington, Hopkins and
Stanford, under the name. il we re-
member rightly. of the Contract and
Finance Company. to build the road !;
and when they reached PromontCry.
Huntington, Hoy ykins. Stanford and the
Crockers were not out cent. The road
had been built for nothing. except what
had been given them, while Stanford,
Huntington, Hopkins and tie Crockers.
under the name Of the Contract aud
Finance Company. had all grown rich.
But they made a mistake in not fol-
loving the advice OF the great engineer.
II would have saved the lifting up of
every freight train and every passenger
train that has come over the Sierras
since the road was finished, ia 1869, 1850
feet. 1t would have saved them miles
OF snowshsds, saved the immense wear
and tear on rolling stock; it would have
enabled one locomotive to do what on
the Sierras it has required two or three
to do; and there was no difficulty build
ing the road up the Feather river except
about % miles Of heavy rock blasting.
But il was good rock to blast and the
Feather river below supplied plenty of
dumping room for the debris.
And now the Western Pacific has
built that road over the very line that
the first engineer who made q prelimi.
nary survey declared ought to be the
route, and the first train is coming to
this city to day or to morrow.
IL ought to have great welcome, be-
cause it opens another artery across the
continent-we believe it is the sixth
transcontinental road. IL opens road
through new territory, and people who
want next Summer to find about the
loveliest mountain retreats and to spend
few weeks where it is cool, need but
to take train over that road and go to
Quincy in Plumas County, and there
find a valley about three miles across,
with magnificent mountains all around
it, which in Summer is never too hot
and never too cool, and which is a glory
OF the earth all the year round.
And. returning to business. the South
ern Pacific will have to build that deep
tunnel through the Sierras with all dis.
patch. to overcome the advantage which
the Western Pacific has by its lower
grade. IL the spirit OF Judah still
hovers over the earth. we can imagine
il sitting unseen beside the engineer.
riding up the deep canyon OF the north
fork Of the Feather river, and whisper
ing in voice inaudible, II told them so
years ago that this was the route for the
road"
Judah died shortly after the road was
completed to q connection with the
Union Pacific. His death was great
loss to the company. because our belief
is that. had he lived five years longer.
he would have persuaded the company
to build that road that is but just com.
pleted for he had the exactness Of the
perfect engineer aud. when any mistake
was made. he never rested until it was
rishtsd.