Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-13
BUSINESS TALK.
The Committee Mc. take their Turn
an the FtGor .....t Voice from the
Little GiaUt.'

man for allowing them SO mitch pre-
cous space in your columns in which tc
say SO little. What DO they really mean
They speak of organizing or not organ
iziDg fire department as though that
were a matter to be determined among
the fremen, whereas the whole matter
rests with the County Commissioners,
lately made Alderman under the new
town laws The discussion of the pro-
prietv or impropriety Of ire depart
Iaent with chief engineer. etc, ETC., Is
altogether premature, especially when
considered with reference to its origin,
It being a secondary affair and brought
into life out Of the squabble over the
Little Giant. With three companies III
Carson fully manned and equipped,
there would be room probably to con-
slider the question. At present, the
Little CLINT is as much beyond the
scope Of any such play as if she were yet
in the mandatory at Seneca Falls,
New York. She has not been paid for
yet. When her accounts are cleared up
with the manufacturers, then Our duties
in the premises as Committee of pur-
chase will cease with one step further,
NHlCu VIII ne " turn oven inc SiSstAh'A
to those 70 whom she shall belong. In
order that all may know what has to be
previously done, we can think Of no
better plan of expression than to make
statement of the financial condition OF
the Little Giant" She cost. in green
backs, $500. Her hose. also in green
backs, $50. Freight $G42 in coin.
The freight has been paid and remit
l. - 60 ~, nf
So, 700. There remains on hand $500
subscribed, and 800 cash. The bal
lance, considering the difference be-
tween coin and currency, will not quite
reach S900-which will be reduced some
$175 by reclamation Of freight on the
part of the railroad authorities. The
remainder, between 500 and $500, has
been promised by certain parties who
are able to foot any bill of subscription
that they sign for, and will no doubt be
paid in due time. Now then. suppose
all the purchase money paid in, the
receipted for. To whom does she be-
long Have the "Jakies' any right to |
her? They have certainly, in their |
proportion as subscribers simply, and
by no means as members of any fire |
COuHaLN 1AOSt that nav
helped to pay for the Giant are in the |
same boat with the rest Of the citizens, |
who, individually and as such, have
their names on the subscription list.
Their claims to the engine otherwise
than as individual citizens are preten-
tious and 'all bosh." Those who have
paid for the steamer will be those to
whom when the last dollar is put up
and hot before then) she shall belong,
and to whom she will be turned over to
be disposed of in whatever manner they
NAV choose. In the meanwhile what
are these nameless "Jakies" belly aching
about? 1t would be well, and we sug-
gest it, that if they want to give their
notions any force they had better let
people know who they are. Their
names may be more potent than their
jumbled and premature English. If SO,
let them appear in type. If their
writing is better however without their
names, then they had better let the mat
ter drop. We, as a committee, have I'M
dertaken and assumed the responsibility
and labor Of this enterprise, and with
out referring in any way to the manner
in which our work has been done, we
will say that we are determined to pass
it from our hands clear and clean re-
gardless of irrelevant spurts from an
onymous "Jakies.'' The Little Giant,
as soon as paid for. will be turaed orsr
by the Committee to the subscribers who t
will be summoned together at a public
meeting to deliberate and determine {
what disposition it will please their {
Judgment ana fancy to make of her. !
She is to be used, according to the head +.
ing of the subscription list for the
benefit of the people Of Ormsby county
and is to be held ready for tie service of ]
The property owners Of Ormsby county +
IN whatever way and under whatever =
form may be prescribed by her purchas- 3
Frs without regard to any whims or no. '
ions of any clique, company or faction.
And here let it be said in conclusion
hat it is not to be presumed, on any
possible grounds, that the steam engine
vas obtained for any other purpose or o
i'm than for the sake of additional Sc b
,urity and as helping safeguard to the n
of the citizens st large. The o
services of the Curry and Warren COM 81
,anies have been invaluable. Their men
lave always shown themselves model
;remen. Their future usefulness is not Il
O be impaired or interfered with by the c