The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
DREAM OF YEARS
Will BE REALITY


joined by north and south railway.
Prominent capitalists of Nevada
and California have become seriously
interested in the proposition and
judging from the enthusiastic reports
of the Winnemucca papers and Col. E..
II. Place, the much-needed line will
become reality in the near future.
Col. E. r. Place has just returned
from Winnemucca and in talking to
a Tribune reporter, said:
The road, which will connect
Caldwell and Winnemucca, will bring
San Francisco and Sacramento 600
miles nearer. 1t will open up a vast
empire now without railway facilities
and bring the San Francisco iobbers
within hailing distance.
"The wool growers and stockmen, -
continued Col. Place, 'under present
conditions are obliged to negotiate
long distances in order to reach their
shipping point-this road will obviate
this necessity and will prove the great
est blessing to our community since
the reclamation act.'
Thousands upon thousands of acres
of virgin soil will be opened to settlers
by the advent of transportation ia
cilities and Caldwell may expect the
greatest influx of. homeseekers it has
ever experienced.
Between this city and Winnemucca,
sleeping in its virgin state, is mil
lions of tons of low grade ore-South
Mountain, Delamar, Silver City and
National will be brought into close
shipping distance of the new road and
the untold wealth of the ages will be
brought to the light of day to enrich
those who are wide-awake enough to
recognize and promptly seize the great
opportunity offered.
"This proposed cutoff said Col.
Place, lis no new idea to the people
of Nevada. As early as 1875 it was
a live issue, as is seen by an examina-
tion of the files of the Silver State, a
Winnemucca paper.'
The railway history of the west will
easily disclose the reason that this
Take a map of California, Nevada and
Idaho; glance at the territory covered
by the present railway systems and
note the territory not touched by any
railway. Then bear in mind that from
the vost tracts not traversed the pres
ent railway systems gather a far
greater tonnage than could possibly
be imagined as coming from what was
"a portion once of the great American
desert.
With transportation facilities the
output would be 20 times greater than
it is now, for there is land for settle
ment sufficient to support a population
far greater than the present census
gives both Nevada and Idaho-and
ore enough to employ thousands in
the mining districts.
Col. Place has long been identified
with what he calls "a dream which
will one day come true. He built
the Golden Gate railway to the Snake
river and would have accomplished
much more had not the panic of 1907
hit him amidships - Col. Place did
all he agreed to do, however, and
every man who put dollar into the
enterprise received his money back in
full when he disposed of his interests
to the Oregon Short Line. Trains are
now in operation on the Golden Gate
road and when the CALDWELL Winnie
mucca line is completed, will continue
to Winnemucca and San Francisco.
Col. Place informs us that Winnie
mucca has population of $500 and is
peopled by hustling, wide-awake peo-
ple.-Caldwell Tribune.
Col. Place Will Be Here Next Week.
A wire received by the Silver State
this morning from Col. Place states
that he will arrive in Winnemucca
next week. He has rented the Rail
road street residence of M. Reinhart,
and undoubtedly intends to make this
town his permanent headquarters.
In appreciation of his great SER
vices to Caldwell and Canyon county,
the people of that section last night
rendered Col. Place a farewell ban
quet, which was attended by hundreds
of citizens.