. The Pacific tourist . favoriteresorts. It isthe seat of alarge lumbertrade, andwould be ben-efited by theestablishmentof an exten-sive fire insur-ance town wasburned in1868, 1869,twice in 1870,in 1874, andChinaTownin 1875. The prevail-ing winds arewest, and insummer onemight thinkthe great width of the street is designed to pre-vent fires from the locomotive sparks, but inwinter the more probable suggestion is thatit is for the convenience of piling up the snowwhen the people shovel out their houses. Thepopulation is about 1,500, nearly one-third ofwhich are Chinamen. A large nu
. The Pacific tourist . favoriteresorts. It isthe seat of alarge lumbertrade, andwould be ben-efited by theestablishmentof an exten-sive fire insur-ance town wasburned in1868, 1869,twice in 1870,in 1874, andChinaTownin 1875. The prevail-ing winds arewest, and insummer onemight thinkthe great width of the street is designed to pre-vent fires from the locomotive sparks, but inwinter the more probable suggestion is thatit is for the convenience of piling up the snowwhen the people shovel out their houses. Thepopulation is about 1,500, nearly one-third ofwhich are Chinamen. A large number of goodstores are arranged on the north side of thestreet, and considerable trade carried on withSierra and Pleasant Valleys on the north. Its hotels are first-class—the Truckee Hotel,where the train stops, and the Card well Houseacross the wide street and a little removed fromthe noise of passing trains. Many desiring thebenefit of mountain air, and the convenience ofthe railroad, spend their summer months in15. GALLEEY IN SNOW Truckee, from which Donner Lake is distantonly two miles, and Tahoe 12. Stages leave Truckee on Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Saturdays for Randolph, 28 miles, time fourhours, and fare $4; Sierraville, 29 miles, timefour and one-fourth hours, fare S54; Sierra City,60 miles, time ten hours, fare $8; Downieville,72 miles, time twelve hours, fare If 10; JamisonCity, 55 miles, time ten hours, fare f 8,. and Eu-reka Mills, 58 miles, time ten and one-half hours,fare f8. On , and Fridaysfor Loyalton, 30 miles, time five hours, fare $4;Beckwith, 45 miles, time seven and one-half IkjUI^ fill ^) The stagesleaving onMondays,Wednesdaysa n d Fridays,are also thestages forWebber Lake,16 miles northof T r u c k e e,and Independ-ence Lake,about thesame each ofthese is a goodhotel. WebberLake is aboutthe size ofDonner, en-circled byhigh, s n o w-capped mount-ains, but beau-tified by arim of fer-tile meadowaround itspebbly wells S
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