Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-23
Veto Of the Palisade Railroad Bill,

entire document. 1t is as follows.
STATE OF NEVADA, !
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
CARSON CITY, March IS, 1871
Hon. j. ID. Minor, Secretary of State:
SIR: I have the honor to return
herewith without my approval Senate
Bill No. 1913, An Act to encourage
the construction of a Railroad from
the line of the Central Pacific Rail
road to the town of Eureka, State of
Nevada" which was received by this
Department on the 9th inst.
AT the same time with the intro
ductlon and progress Of this Act
ITS final passage, a bill introduced to
serve the same purpose and accom-
plish h same ends was introduced.
considered and passed. / refer to
Senate Bill No. 1876, concerning the
Eastern Nevada Railroad Company.
These bills were intended to create
rival corporations which would tend
to develop the same section Of Terri
tory and to supply adjacent markets.
The routes traversed by the tracks of
both roads if built would be parallel,
and at no point more distant from
each other than forty miles. Each
road was seeking aid from the counties
through which it was intended to
pass: The amounts applied for were
nearly the same in each case. The
question on the passage of either bill
was not seriously contested. 1t
seemed that by some arrangement
entered into between the friends and
supporters of both measures that the
final question should be referred to
the Executive for decision. Their
arrangements in this respect 1 con-
slider legitimate and proper. / neither
court nor avoid the responsibility
imposed by such a reference. 1t was
never expected that both roads would
be built. If completed, competition
between them would be alike ruinous
to both. In fact a single track will
he amply able to transact all the bust
ness of Eastern Nevada for many years
to come. In the solution of the ques-
ton as to which of the two deserve
Executive approval, l have endeav-
o:ed to obtain all possible informa-
ton. The arguments which have
influenced me to the decision at which
I have arrived. viz: TO approve the
one and reject the other, are the
superior of the counties of
ElkO and White Pine over the county
of Eureka to afford the aid guaranteed
in the respective bills, \ brief sum-
mary ofthe taxable property in those
counties, according to the assessment
rolls of 1872, gives the following
amounts:
Elko. .S2,561 ,906 46
White Pine. 1,5l2, lis 90
Total. .S4,lU4 ,62l 46
1t may be safely assumed that the
taxable property of Eureka county
does not exceed One-half of the total
valuation Of the late county OF Lander.
The amount would be the sum of ST.
3S7, 279 10. 1t thus appears that a COM
munity possessing only one-third of
the amount of taxable property Of
ElkO and White Pine is compelled to
incur a lab lily equal to more than
One-tifth of all its resources. The
crushing taxation which will be re-
quisite to produce a revenue adequate
to the payment of the annual interest
on the loan will repress and stitle
trade and exclude population. The
mining and mechanical interests will
stagger and sink under such an eN-
cessive burden of taxation. In addi-
ton, to the promptings OF my w
Judgment, I have the welcome as
surance that in my course uron this
bill, | am sustained by Il majority OF
the inhabitants of the community
most Interested. An extensive petit
ton signed by the most substantial
citizens of the town of Eureka, has
requested my Executive interference
with the passage Of this bill. The
sentiment of the press, of the press or
the county, is to the same effect.
Whatever might have been my first
impression upon this point, 1t must
have yielded to such a direct appeal
from the taX-paving residents OF Eu-
reka county. | have yielded a reader
assent to their petition. because TINS
bill alone, of all those acted upon at
the late session lacked the indispensa-
BILE provision to submit the question
OF subscription to the body OF the
people.
The statement that the Palisade bill
wa the only one which did not leave
the question to the people is wholly
untrue. The Elko and Hamilton bill,
which was approved, contains no
provision whereby it may be submit
ted to the people in any manner
whatever. Furthermore, it is an UNI
blushing and cold-blooded subsidy,
while in the case of the Palisade bill,
a simple subscription to the stock OF
tn e company was provided for.
BALD MOUNTAIN. The famous
Hoosac mine has been worked nearly
the whole Winter, and operations are
now being vigorously pushed III
anticipation of a great demand for ore
of the quality yielded by this mine,
foruse in the furnaces. The percentage
of lead, as well as the fair yield or
silver in this ore, insures a ready sale
for it as fast as mined. we are
promised some items of information
in regard to this mine in a few days.
Although not yet out of litigation, the
merit of the mine is a legitimate sub
ject of public interest.
PROSPEROUS MOVING.-The snow
is rapidly disappearing from the
hills, and p~rospectors, with PICK anu
shovel and sledge, have begun 10
roam over the uncovered grounu III