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NEVADA TRANSCRIPT DECEMBER 1 & 5, 1865 607
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1865
SNOW.— Yesterday was the coldest day of the season. Snow commenced falling about 10 o’clock
and continued until 1 clock P.M. At night the hills around the city were covered with snow.
BAD CONDITION.—The new bridge recently erected over Gold Run, at a cost to the city of
nineteen hundred dollars, is in a very bad condition. The City Trustees have expended about $150 on it
since it was finished. The walls of the abutments of the God Run bridge have started out, and there is great
danger that one end will come down. The cavity formed by the abutments and breast walls, was filled in
with dry dirt, and as soon as this earth became saturated with water, the wall could not sustain the weight.
We should not be surprised if the whole structure will have to be taken down, and the work commenced at
the foundation. The job has not been accepted by the City Trustees yet, and probably will not be until they
are satisfied, that it is what the contract called for. A good bridge built on this plan, is one of the strongest
and most permanent kind, but this work comes very far from filling the bill.
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGE.—Since the explosion of the boiler at the Pennsylvania Company’s
mill, the ledge has not been worked, as the Company was so much embarrassed that they could not
raise means to repair the damage. The shaft has filled up with water, and it will take some time to get
everything in working order. We learn that the property has been purchased by four gentlemen of this city
and that they purpose going to work immediately to repair damages and work the ledge. The mine is an
excellent one, and it will pay well in the hands of its present owners.
THE RAILROAD PROJECT.—The surveying party which recently made a preliminary survey
of a line for a railroad between this city and Colfax, have made their report and it has been determined
to make a careful and complete survey of the route. The plans, specifications and estimates of cost will
be made up, and everything done necessary to show the cost and advantages of such a line of road. The
surveying party will start out as soon as the weather permits, and will be under charge of G. F. Allardt.
... No places where heavy work was required were encountered, until within a mile of Bear River. From
this point to Colfax the line passes over the gulches and abrupt slopes along the river, and for a distance of
about four miles will require considerable cutting and filling. Mr. Allardt is confident that the grades will
not exceed the maximum adopted by the Central Pacific Railroad, and that the general curvature will be
much less. ...
LIVERY CHANGE.—Saxby & Lancaster have purchased the stock and livery trade of Harvey
Helm in this city, and the business will hereafter be carried on at the stables lately occupied by Helm, on
Broad street, opposite the National Exchange Hotel. I. T. Saxby, is an old resident of this county, and has
many friends here. He is perfectly familiar with the livery business, having been engaged in it formerly at
San Juan, and later in San Francisco. . . . John Lancaster is one of the oldest residents of this city, and one
of the best horse men in the State.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1865
BLUE CEMENT CLAIMS.—Hagadorn, Clay and Larkin expect to have their new cement mill, at
Hunt’s Hill ready to start on next Thursday. The mill is to be run by a “hurdy gurdy” water wheel, as is
also the hoisting apparatus. The Company has sunk a shaft, from the bottom of which a tunnel has been
run a distance of forty feet, where the cement channel was struck. The water is carried off from the mine
by another tunnel, so that it will not have to be raised. The bed of cement is from three to five feet in