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companies that supply San Francisco. Continu ing west 3.3 miles, we reach
.Proctor's,-262 miles from San Francisco,
but trains do not stop. On the left will be
noticed a large, tract of flat land covered with
timber, or stumps, and a ranche or two. Across
this and over the range of hills beyond, lies
Lake Tahoe, but keeping to the river, 3.2 miles
from Proctor's. we reach
Truckee,-259 miles from San Francisco,
the dividing line between the Truckee and
Sacramento divisions of the railroad, with
a roundhouse for 24 engines. It has a tri weekly newspaper, the Republican, and is the
most import an town i
the Sierras, on
account of the e
business done,'/ 1
as a summer
resort, and be- s
cause of it&
convenience to
other favorite
resorts. It is
the seat of a
larg e lumber ao t
trade, and o sm dsa
would be b enefited by the
est ablishment
of an ext en -tn
sive fire insur - a i a
ance bu sin ess.
The town was
burned in
18 68, 18 69,'
twice in 1870,
in 1874, and th c of
"ChieilaTown"
in 1875.
The prevail- I
ing winds are
west, and in
summer o n e
might think GALLERY IN SRs
the great width of the street is designed to prevent fires from the locomotive sparks, but in
winter the more probable suggestion is that
it is for the convenience of piling up the snow
when the people shovel out their houses. The
population is about 1,500, nearly one-third of
which are Chinamen. A large number of good
stores are arranged on the north side of the
street, and considerable trade carried on with
Sierra and Pleasant Valleys on the north.
Its hotels are first-class-the "1Truckee Hotel,"
where the train stops, and the Cardwell House
across the wide street and a little removed from fl fbsns n euyi umradwn
the noise of passing trains. Many desiring the tr ee mn odhtl,i h etpaei
benefit of mountain air, and the convenience of teSerst esoe n lhuhtiea
the railroad, spend their summer months in mc nwmyb enfliga h umt
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Truckee, from which Donner Lake is distant
only two miles, and Tahoe 12.
Stages leave Truckee on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays for Rando l ph, 28 miles, time four
hours, and fare $4; Sierraville, 29 miles, time
four and one-fourth hours, fare $4; Sierra City,
60 miles, time ten hours, fare $8; Downieville,
72 miles, time twelve hours, fare $10; Jamison
City, 55 miles, time ten hours, fare $8, and Eureka Mills, 58 miles, time te n and one-half hours,
fare $8. On Mondays,Wednesdays, and Fridays
for Loyalton, 30 miles, time five hours, fare $4;
Beckwith, 45 miles, time seven and one-half
hours, fare $5.
The stages
i leaving on
Mondays,
5 Wednesdays
a al d Fridays,
are also the
stages flor
Webber Lake,
16 miles north
of Truckee,
and lIndepend ence Lake,
about th e
sam e distance. At each of
ii ~these is agood
hotel.
and~~~~~~~ Tao Ciy daly far $2rnambl'
Lake is about
the size of
]Donnier, en circled by
!high, s no w capped mount ains, but beau tified b y a
r imn of fer tile meadow
around its
pebbly be ach. i
C a r dwell's
SHEDS, C. P. R. R. ~stages 1 e a v e
the summit daily, passing along -Donner Lake to
Truckee, thence to Tahoe City on Lake Taho e.
Fare from the summit to Tahoe, $2.50. Truckee
to Tahoe, $2; John F. Moody, of the Truckee
Hotel, also runs an elegant open coach, of the Kimball Manufacturing Company, between Truckee
and Tahoe City, daily, fare $2; and Campbell'sstages leave every morning for Camupbell's Hot
Springs on Lake Tahoe.
ITruckee was named after General Fremont's
old Indian, who was engaged to guide the un
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