The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-20

In pursuance Of the call Of Mr.. P. c.
LYMAN, President Of the Railroad Ez-
ecutive Committee, the A;heneum was
densely crowded with citizens Of White
Pine County, Saturday evening.
A report vas rad from the Chairman
Of the Executive Committee, naming
delegates to confer Nth the Directors Of
the Central Pacific Railroad.
On motion Of Frank T2sliabze, tho
report was received, and the Committee
discharged.
The following resolution vas then in
troduced. and adopted:
Resolvd, That - Executive Committee q
TEeige bs slsctei b IL mau1g, t. consist q
TIE follovinz nAE=1 Eezti=zleu= ?. { HymKu-
P Everts. FrAak Xhaahr I'D. Il Irzln- John
wAEnsr. H. Lewis. L1Els Cook. " P Taylor.
v. !. ForbaS J. q. Mott. ". H Beatty. Captain
Russell; szid Cau2i1see % have fun power to
represent the paopis q White Pm County /. al
matters relxtirg 70 the present rziiruzd prQ5ect.
Ard 1lso to bS zaikcrzzed 70 Ii vacancies oocur-
rlzg II ths.r oEn bedy.
Col c. 5. B1lkley was appointed con-
sultlng engineer. and Thos- HaRleT and
y . AAA--s "a IHA-SH4 u A-- ADA-
uitiee.
A letter. from Hon. Thos. Fitch, ac-
companied by the railroad It'll published
in the NEws. of Saturday, Eas rad.
At the conclusion Of the rsadingo Of the
bill. J. ]. Ayers offered a series Of reso-
l%utions, with a preamble shoaing the
enormity Of the measure, IS follows:
Where's. Tht c.tizans q White Pine county
have received from Hen Thamts Pitch. Con
gresham from NeT21A : copy q s bli intro
duced BY him On ths --h Of Mzrch, $50. euti-
tied A bill granting lsndS in aid q the con-
sfructioa q ; rzilrazd AID fela1zrh line from
the Central P1eHc Railroad. n Neva5s. to tn
Colorado river We Protest against it, pssszge.
and cite the ANNEXED causes q db5eetfau-
l. sid bul grants To- corporzti1n known =
The Nevada and C4uazdo Railroad and Nzvirs-
ton Co. lorgznizaduu3a The eenarllaus d this
state every Alternate ssct1an. - the amount Of
twenty alternate sacaul per nile. q eEh SIDE
q said r4iiru1a, ha-uIi1g al fas tear q Eks.
and extending "a fhe city 81 Hauilf1n to :
point On the caloraao ETEr, east q AaA=ve City.
Il The Territory 4 ATlz11A
= The said bin ilrludes in tbs grant the
mineral lands lying Il the alternate sections. 70
q lateral dIstAIce Of fu-1y-fye miles on azch sde
q the railroad. and he lands n fhaa alternate
sections to Be classified and dasfEuz.ed- on the
map Of AooePtaoee 70 b al@i II the a6ae a the
SECRETARY Of tbs InteuoT h. tn company, -
mineral and tiMbzr lands mot = f8r ~culfiva-
IaIf IL fNlIFA1Asz1HcfEQL 70 chr Ais AID the
sane 70 be excepted from the proTiz3 limiting
the sale Of eulaFAble lands TO N cue-zzs paos
q s1.0 Per serH-
;. Under the said bill all ths aine-zl l.sas
lying within TIE odd sections mantlanad would
Dc Nlthdr1El from Government frz1sf=r bT Pat
ent. and fruu gensr4l exploration immeiia.Afv
upon the hllrg If the survey 4suTfszid. And tie
fee therein b vested IN the company.
4 The survey may b. 50 run a. 10 secure 70
TINS company one-aalf Of a mineral belt reach
Ing, as far a. the miner has exulorod Il. dis
lance Of over ave hundred miles in extent. and
ninety miles in With, including the timber land
not 1T for cultivation.
D According 10 an inevitable construction Of
the bill, no mining claims. excepting thuse that
have been secured by patent f-sn the Govern
ment before ths time Of fling the plat q survey
and the acceptance Of the grant b. the com
pany, would be exempt from its swepfnr pravi-
sions; and such a monopoly Of - vast and ri-h
a mineral region, would destroy every interest.
anu dIVert Immense property rights. now sup
posed to be sscred. from the Government AMI
the people 10 q corporation.
For these reasons, and as this Is the first in
stance in the history Of Federal legislation az an
attempt to divert the mineral lands beiourjDcto
ths pltohc domain from the ownership and pos
session Of the people who explore aud locate
them, and convey them. in fee, to . railroad cor
poration. We have
Resolved, That the people of White Pine. in
mass meeting assembled, having FIRST heard the
said bill read, do pronounce it 5 measure Of
unwise policy, Of dangerous precedent. and. a.
Tar as II relates to a concession Of the mineral
lands. as a measure designed to despoii the PEG
pie, for the beneft of a corporation. Of rights in
the mineral lands which they can now acquire
by prospecting and complying with the DAVIS.
Resolved, That the said bill bears all the inter.
nal evidences Of a stupendous frand upon the
people OF the counties through which the pro
poaed railroad will have TO pass: and should II
become . law. il will etfectually destroy the min,
ing and business prospects Of Eastern Nevada
depopulate the entire line Of mineraI gg,,,n,rv -,
- route. and build up colossal fortunes for 4
H~ INSCRIPTIONS men. at the expense Of the PEG
PIE OF the County, of the State and Of the Ma
Aesolved. That a copy Of these preambles AM
Nsoiuttons DC sent 70 our senators and Repre-