The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-05-08
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAY
EXTEND THE n. & {.

What is apparently at this time only
trip of inspection by William
Sproule president, w. r.. Scott, vice
president and general manager, and l..
0 Rhodes, general purchasing agent,
Of the Southern Pacific company, over
the line of the Nevada & California
railroad, the narrow gauge which runs
between Nina, this state, and Owenyo,
Cal, may result in a decision to con
truet Immediately a broad gauge line
between those two points, and thus
opening up a short line between this
city and Los Angeles, and giving Reno
larger distributive territory, says the
Gazette. Sproule, Scott and Rhodes ar
rived in Reno early yesterday morning
and from Sparks went to Nina by spe-
cial train.
The party wired to J. NJ. Fulton, dis.
trict freight and passenger agent, call
ing him from projected trip to Al
turas, and he accompanied the party.
Whether they will return by way of
Reno had not been determined when
the special pulled out of Sparks. Os-
tensibly the trip of the railroad offici-
ais is one of inspection only, but i'm
portant announcements are expected
from the general offices of the South
ern Pacific in San Francisco shortly
after their return there.
The Southern Pacific acquired the
Nevada & California railroad at the
time it purchased the Carson & Colo
RADIO, which was owned by the estate
of d. O. Mills. The Nevada & Califor
& Colorado which ran from Tonopan
- Gol r.
purchased about the time of the Gold
field boom.
1t was the intention at that time to
broad gauge the entire road, which
would provide for a short line between
Los Angeles and Goldfeld, and which
also meant a quicker route between all
northern Nevada points and southern
California. Inability to secure money
prevented the broad gauging north be-
yond Oweyno. Afterwards Goldfeld
and other southern Nevada mining
camps became more settled, and it was
figured that another line into that ter
ritory would be extravaganza The
plans have rested in the office of the
chief engineer of the Southern Pacific
waiting, apparently, until newer and
bigger camp was discovered in that
section, and until the Owens river val
ley was further developed
The development in that valley has
been remarkable in the last three years.
The building of an aqueduct from
Owens Lake to Los Angeles, to carry
an adequate supply of pure mountain
water to the southern California me.
tropolis was only an incident as com
pared to the advertising the lands of
the valley were given by Los Angeles
who saw not only an OPP
portunity for personal gain, but real
ized that the territory when settled
would be tributary TO Los Angeles.
Lands all through the Owens River
country have been purchased and the
prices are now rather high. 1t prom
ises to be a big field for agricultural
development and the railroad traffic
undoubtedly see much freight
and passenger business in and out of
there.
To broad gauge the road to Tono-
pah Junction, to connect with the To
nopah & Goldfeld, or possibly extend
the broad track up to Nina and have
an all Southern Pacific line from Hazen
through to Los Angeles, is apparently
the objective of the railroad officials.
II opens. up a new field for railroad
traffic and at the same time promises
to open up a new territory for Reno
business men, which must be developed
quickly so that when the Owens val
ley is opened up more extensively Ne
vada shall have the big share of the
business of that section 1t would be
a much shorter and quicker route into
that territory from the Southern Pa
eific's main line in this state, than
from Los Angeles