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Tho Town of Reno*Wo Iuiyo I'ropni'CiJ for publication a brief sketch of lt;rtir town, which Svilt furnish outsiders ivItli a pretty (JOrreot Itlu* of vllioVo it 1», what it is and w’liat Its future prospects are. Wo aro In ounxftuit receipt of lotlere from portion ivl a distance, asking for information which wo havo embodied in tin* following paragraph.Tins town of Ituiio is pleasantly located on (Hu north lunik of Ito Truckce river, 154 miles from Haora mini to. It is tin) point on (ho Central Pacific Itaih'onfl whore tile trade aiul trawl for Virginia City, Carton, Gold Hill, Day km and ’Washoe City diverges to the south, and tin* trudo ah (I tfuYol Tor Ju'mVg Ynlloy, Slorrn Valley and Honey Valley diverges to the north. It is thu natural point for ft town of considerable lnagfilhldo, On thu Dili slay of May, 18158, tha town lots wore first placed in market fticl nnhl at pub* lie auction, On tho 18th tiny of Juno following, tho first tlnungh tram of cars arrived from Bnernmonto, ImniudUtcJy after tho sale of town lots tho town commenced growing at a lively ruto. Soon afterwards there smnm a reaction; but at tho present time tho town is stoadity and pernmnontly growing, tho population numbering about 2,Glt;K souls, Already on extension to the town plat has boon fiumycti, called 11 Dunne’s North Addition,” and the lots are being rapidly sold off, There la no point in tho Stale which oilers equal advantages for a manufacturing town, with unlimited water power, with wmul and lumber near at hand, and being on tlio lino of the Central Pacific llultroiul and easy of necehH from tho cust or west. The innuunt of freight landed in Iteue every week for distribution, ranges between one and two thou-Hnnd tens, and tho h .wlticss is miatnntly increasing, There are iiovy in successful opo-ration cno first ulims lieu ring mill, two mills lor grinding barley, and one planing mill. About one mile from town is located thu celebrated Hngllsh quarts mill, ,f. ,1. Thmno, tuanngcr, which udueiH, very suei'CHt'tilly, nil kinds of silver nuii gold ores by tin- Htodu* Veldt process, These narks have been ho Hiieeessful that they are now almost const unity employed on custom Vi orb, Thu Ci uiiprmy owning these Works, known us the “ Nevada Lund and lnlidng (loin pany *~T,Ilulled,” idso own a valnnhle mine us Ihwihiddt county, from which I he ore ift conveyed In ilsoir works in Ilono by the ('initial i'acitlo liadrend. No other point m the Stub prestmls so deHlrablo a locution for ii Htutu University or place of lean due,—an In Htl hi Don which our young and growing State is greatly in need of. Thb ; i’act should not eiciipo the eonddemthm of our reprexcnliitives lo Uie next Legislature. On the 1-ltli day of June last nu t lection was held for the purpose of removing thu eUiiity sent from WiudiuD lt;!ity to tho town of Iteno, A tai'go niiij) itv voted in I'avor of lleno, but a simple dictum el’ the Supreme Court overturned over} tiling and tho mooted question remains in stain quo, io bo ri vivod at some future day, It la cany to pereolvu tlmt no other town hi tho Slate ol Nevada presents so many varli d, to,hunt advantages for a permanent and prosperous town an Jtuio,
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Nevada State Journal
Reno, Nevada, US
Wed, Nov 30, 1870
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