Year: 1875

though already yielding very large
sum monthly, cannot be worked to
anything like their capacity until
they are connected by railroad with
the ocean. The highest effort yet to
haul out the ore has not in a month
reached more than one-fourth what
the company can ship every day if
they had railroad. These mines can
now turn out 10000 tons a year if
they had transportation. Within six
months they could turn out enough to
load 1900 ton ship every other day
the year round. That is not as much
as we do in wheat during the season.
but taking the total of the year is not
very much less.


RAILROAD CHEEK.


OF course, in this State it is we'll
known that Leland Stanford and asso-
ciates have patent for building rail-
roads, and when any body of men be-
lieve that q railroad will benefit their
section of country, delegation is sent
to "talk to the Governor The Pam
amint people wanting railroad very
badly, and having the means of load
ing hundred cars a day with ore, be-
sides an enormous merchandise and
mahinery freight the other way, dele
gated one of their company to talk
to the Governor The Governor re-
ceived the mining magnates politely,
repeated his stereotyped phrases about
his company's desire to aid in devel-
oping the resources of the country,
said he was very much interested in
Panamint, asked several questions,
put in a few side appeals for good will
to the Central Railroad, and finally
came to the point. The railroad from
Panamint to Spadra ought to be built,
and built at once. Unfortunately, at
present this conipany's bonds were not
sought for in Europe, and it became a
question of means. The railroad COM
pany might make beginning, but if
the road was to be completed rapidly,
1T would be necessary that the mining
magnates, who wanted the road,
should cash its bonds. The mining
magnates did not quite see it. If he
and his friends were to find the money
to build the road and furnish all the
traffic afterward, they might as we'll
dispense with the services of the Con-
tract and Finance Company. OF
course, if Mr.. Stanford owned the
road, built with the miners money,
he would not charge more for freight
on ore and merchandise than the law
allowed. And after the insight given
by the examination into the Califor-
MIA Pacific affairs, the mining mag
nate felt quite sure that if the Pana-
mint railroad was built and did
paying business, the interest on the
bonds would be regularly forthcoming
unless the railroad had other uses for
it. Still, Oh the whole, as they had to
furnish the cash anyhow, just for the
pleasure Of the thing, he would prefer
to own the road. Besides, the South
ern Paciiic's ocean terminus is not the
best place in the world for business
that will bring two hundred long voy-
age ships year to the cars. So the
Truxton ranch was quietly bought,
with its landing at deep water, now
called "Shoony."


THE CAJoN PASS.


General Beale, any time this ten
years, has let his friends know that in
the control of the Cajon Pass, he held
the key to the future Southern Pacific
Railroad. But Stanford would never
see it; and according to him and his
engineers, of all the Southern passes,
Cajon Pass was the worst for railroad
purposes. This was the Panamint
chance, and before Stanford could say
Jack Robinson, the Los Angeles, Pan
mint and Independence Railroad engi-
neers started out, found the pass Just
what they wanted, and went to work.
Stanford telegraphed to his employees
to mount their horses and gallop to
the pass. They rode hard, but were
just one hour too late. Mr.. Crawford,
the mining magnates' engineer, had
driven in the stakes, and in the mar
row defiles of Cajon Pass, there was
no room for another road. Then Gov.
Stanford got wroth, forgot his impe-
and his inability to sell his
ponds In Europe, and swore, as usual,
that he would build q parallel road
ana ruin the owners of q bonanza
Digger than all his railroads. The
mining magnates did not scare worth |
a cent; they controlled q traffic that |
would make their road pay more than |
handsomely If not another soul nat
ronized their iron-way. On second