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Show THE ELKO AM HAMILTON X iRROW -GAl GE K. H. The alitor of the White Pine A't-trs seems to despair of the success of the Elko and Hamilton Narrow-Gangc "Railroad under the present management. manage-ment. The annexed article is from the Xeict of yesterday: '"For a long time the people of Hamilton have been vainly endeavor-ins endeavor-ins to make themselves and their neighbors believe that a railroad would he constructed from this point to Elko. But after long waiting nnd wa telling they have at last arrived at the conclusion that they have been fooled, betrayal nnd deceived. 'Confirmation 'Con-firmation strong as proofs of Holy Writ' arc daily being added, until un-til no doubt can possibly bo entertained enter-tained now of the intentions of Messrs. Gilmer & Halisburv, their colleagues and mythical hackers. Last winter at Carson the fight was made only for the purpose of getting possession of the franchise, thus placing an insurmountable obstacle in the way of any other parties who might desire to build a mad from some other point beside Elko. We cannot-but regret the want of faith exhibited by the parties interested interest-ed in getting the "lko and Hamilton Eailroad "bill signed by Governor Gover-nor Bradley, when most of them were aware that the contracting parties had not the remotest idea of building the road, Undoubtedly many who voted for the bill, as also governor Bnullcv, who signed the same, firmly firm-ly believed the work would be performed in good faith as represented, represen-ted, or else many identified with its passage would have kept aloof from and had nothing to do with it. For weeks we have been trving to get at the truth regarding tins proposed line of railroad, liave asked for information informa-tion by letter, through private individuals, indi-viduals, and the columns of the At but have signally failed in ascertaining ascertain-ing anything definite except one thing, which is, that the whole arrangement ar-rangement is ito use the vernacular of tiie country) a "bilk.1 We arc-sorry arc-sorry for being obliged to write thus ; it would have nilbrded in much pleasure to have been enabled to hold out some hopes of a successful prosecution prose-cution of thi-work, but ic is out of the question, and the sooner we give , up all idea of a narrow-guage railroad rail-road the better for us all. To those who have lieen lingering along in the district waiting for such a consummation, consum-mation, we have only to say, if you have no other prospect in view, "our advice is. leave at once, ibr the sound of the locomotive's whl-tle will never be heard on the line covered by the franchises owned by Mersr. Gilmer fc iialisbmy. ' ' For our own part we have never had much faith in this propositi narrow nar-row guagc. Ttie professions of Messrs. Gilmer i Sail-bury partook too much of the bombastic to Aspire confidence. For instance, they represented, and actually displayed a telegram to that erlect, that sixty miles of the iron was en route overland prior. to the passage pas-sage of the bid by the 'Legislature la-t winter. That iron lias not made its appearance vet. A sain, but a short time since, they catted to lc telegraphed tele-graphed all over the country that several sev-eral car load of horses, carts and other material had been received at Eiko. The real truth of the matter was, tiiat they had simnh scut down a uul'iiv ' team troni Ogden. with which Mr. 1 baiisbiiry L; Cqw making a tour of the country between Pioehe and the rail- road. It cannot be said, however, a; the JNfiM aeerns to cooilude, that the enterprise has been entire.;" abandon ed. GilmcT Salisbury are as willing ' now as ever before to build the road provided somebody i-iH furnish the money. Ai! the mustang horses and mud w.g,-,- i';1pv own from Pi-?he to Morjtana wou:d not. if eonveri'xl into coin, build ten miles of the road. Th---v h-?v( attempted, a-we a-we are hiv-mitd on the most undoubted undoubt-ed aut horitr, to rai-? tl ie necesa ry mnds lor a conimencement in i.ft Lake, and aLo in "ran Fran-is-.-o. btu tiii-rd in lotii m-Tanc-. Mr. SalLs-burr SalLs-burr iias promi-id to make a final ef-r- .n in the iu-t :U an rariv dar. and in the very d, ibiril ov-mt of su-.cf--? the rul will U bui'.t: otiierwie. iv-t. Tie are :i:e r'dits in the pre-m.Uvs, and our readers can jude tor tiivm-seives tiivm-seives of ti;e rrcsnc-'jLs of tiic narrow- i |