The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-29


PROJECTION AGAINST FIRE.-A petition
was circulated among the taxpayers OF
Hamilton, yesterday, and numerously
signed by property-holders asking the
City Board of Trustees to reseind their
action of Monday night, refusing to fix
any reasonable compensation to the
White Pine Water Company for furnish
ing the city with water for fire purposes.
The manager of the company here, MIR.
BENJAMIN, on learning of the action of
the Board determined to shut off the
water; but a number of citizens begged
him to wait until a public expression
oould be had on the subject, and he con-
scented to do nothing until Monday next.
The property holders are generally in
favor of allowing the company reasona-
BILE compensation for the protection af-
forded, and the company, we are as
snred, is disposed to be liberal. SO far,
they have kept a horse and man in readi-
ness, on the first tap of the fire bell, to
fly to the station and let on a powerful
pressure of wnter. Up to the present
time they have done this without charge;
but az the works are losing money, the
company objects to taxing itself oner-
ously for the protection of the city unless
some stipulated monthly sum is secured
10 il from the municipal corporation.
The demand is Just. Whether n fire
come or not, we should be prepared for
it, and we can not expect such protec-
ton for nothing. II the water should
be shut off, onr Fire Department would
be utterly helpless in the event Of a con-
flagration. We do not mean to say that
in such a case the company would refuse
water to meet the emergency. but time
would be lost, and before a stream could
be got under way, it would be too late to
save the city. 1t is a pe%nny-wise and
pound-foolish policy to let so dangerous
a risk hang over us, especially during
this dry and gusty season. The narrow
escape we made yesterday morning ought
10 be warming enough not to taxi un-
necessary or desperate chances in mat
tiers of this imperions moment.
HAMILTON IN LUcK.-FmE DISCOVERED
IN TIME.-At about 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning, while special Waterman Cole,
was making his backyard rounds, he
discovered a fire on the rear stoop Of the
store adjoining Vanderbilt & Parsons,
and occupied by Casteel a. Co, tailors.
The stoop had caught from a small sheet
iron stove, set in a box, packed with
ashes. The fire had evidently been COM
municated by live ashes left in the stove,
and had it not been opportunity discoy-
cred. would have swept the whole Of the
lower part of the city from Hamilton
street down. The wind was blowing
very viciously at the time, and the fire
,-uu - H.. -gV.8ar af NIa ra1gf aoraltNaIf-
BILE portion OF the town. Had IN incen-
diary wished 10 select an eligible place
for burning the town, he could not we'll
have chosen one that would have made
his work SO sure Of resulting in wide
spread ruin. Fortunately, however,
the neighbors were quietly aroused. and
water being convenient-thanks to the
White Pine works-the rising flames
were speedily oxtinguished. We are
now entering upon a clustering windy
season, which should admonish us that
too much care can not be taken to pre-
vent a FIRE calamity such as nearly every
mountain town has passed through, bat
which we, so far, have proyidentially
escaped.
TAKING SrocK IN IRA number of
parties are talking seriously of forming a
joint-stock company for the purpose of
taking the petn6ed sea-monster we de-
scribed yesterday East. There is money
in it, and the stock would go like hot
cakes. Such a curiosity exhibited in the
populous cities of the Atlantic would
coin money. Barnum. if he owned it,
would make more out of il than he did
out Of Tom Thumb. the woolly horse or
the renowned gyascutus. A scientific
friend of ours has located and named
the curiosity. He thinks. from our cir
cumstantial description, that it belongs
TO the family of cetacea and to one of the
late paleozoie periods. we differ with
him, and think it is a gigantic specimen
of the %silurus, and belongs TO the siiurian
portion of the paieozoic ages. We shall,
however, leave this nice and important
question to the learned ichthyologists of
the Atlantic cities. In the meantime,
we repeat, there is money in it.
BASE METAL.-There have been sew
eral shipments of bars from Ely, by ex-
press, which on careful assay have
turned out to be very base. As these
bricks should prop.fly be classified with
the base metal shipments, per fast freight
lines, we shall endeavor hereafter To seq
ragate them, in our reports Of treasure
sent away, from the fine bars which
ought only 10 find their way into the bull
lion bugs of the express company. All
silver bars properly belonging to this
place average a very high rate of fine
ness, and we do not wish the base bullion
Of Ely to be COMPOUNDED with the pure
bullion of White Pine.
RENTED.-A large number of cloth
houses were rented yesterday, but not by
real estate agents. The sharp, booming
gale that prevailed all day was too much
Tor many of our canvas buildings. A
shebang on Main street, marked Has
kell Il Kitchener, clave to its roof for a
long while; but old Boreas finally got off
with it. The body of the concern is all
right, but the head is very bald. A stroll
through the backyards disclosed the I'M
vaihng of a good many fragile domicils,
and exposed their most private recesses
to public view.
FEELING BETTER. The denizens Of
ireasure are beginning to feel that bust
ness VIII revive in a few days. They
nave received assurances that on the LIST
Vi July the new English company will
commence operations on the Eberhardt
W,tn a large force of men-300 in all.
we hope this report is well founded.
uleat expectations are also formed from
;enewed explorations to be commenced
nn tne wabash and Hemlock, and in
''ner mines that rank No. I.
iHAyIs BRoTHERs have double stocked
siS stage line and changed their route 80
trim IN ~ ao's to run twice a week and make the
Hamilto,, usy through TO Phoebe. Stages leave
at 8 o'clock a, m aonuaye ahd ihursuhys