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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1895
Page
1
The San Francisco Report notes a planned wage reduction across all departments. Engineers and firemen resist, detectives advise caution, and a cut could prompt a strike if implemented. Rail officials see little danger with winter staffing.
The Comstock mines use a vast sub surface timbering system with timbers 16 inches square and 24 feet long, plus smaller cribbing pieces eight inches square. Yellow pine dominates two thirds of the timbers, sourced from lower levels under immense pressure, preserving them against heat and vapors. The cost is estimated at 55 million dollars and the timbering shows remarkable durability and longevity.
The Gazette argues against foreign silver coinage and urges a duty on imports to aid American miners and expand the domestic money supply. Separate item notes the London and Southwestern line achieving 540 miles in under nine hours, beating regional records, with US speeds cited for the Buffalo to New York run and a fastest mile at 115.5 mph.
The item notes a fatal or injurious incident in Humboldt County involving Mr. William Lofthouse, a resident of Unionville, with a wife and several children facing potential hardship. It also mentions a Chicago Live Stock Report detailing Reno consignments by P. L. Flannigan, including sheep and lambs sold at various weights and prices.
The Boston and Maine Photo Car will be in Wadsworth from September 16 for a stay through September 16. It will also visit Lovelock from August 30 to September 5 for limited days only.
Mrs Ward of Untale announces she has opened piano instruction and aims to enlarge her class. She cites high testimonials from the Leipzig Conservatory and from San Francisco, notes skills in German and French, and lists her residence over Drstaten office.
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