Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-28
VETO OF THE PALISADE RAIL
ROAD BILL.
STATE OF NEVADA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

STATE OF NEVADA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
CARSON CITY, March IS. 1873.
Hon. J. D. Minor, Secretary of State:
SRI have the honor to return here
with, without my approval, Senate Bill
No. 1913, can Act to encourage the con-
struction of railroad from the line of !
the Central Pacific Railroad to the town |
of ureka, State of Nevada, which was |
received by this Department on the 9th |
inst.
At the same time with the introduction
and progress of this Act through the |
processes of legislation to its final pass |
age, bill Intended to serve the same
purpose and accomplish the same ends
was introduced, considered and passed,
I refer to Senate Bill No. 1876, concern
ing the Eastern Nevada Railroad Com
pany. These bills were intended to Gre
ate rival corporations which would tend
to develop the same section OF territory
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 ap-
piled 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 en-
tered into between the friends and sup
porters of both measures that the final
question should be referred to the
Executive for decision. Their arrange
ments in this respect / consider legiti
mate and proper. l neither court, nor
avoid the responsibility imposed by such
reference. 1t was never expected that
both roads would be built. If COM
pleted, competition would be alike ruin
Gus to both. In fact, single track will
be amply able to transact all the business
of Eastern Nevada for many years to
come. In the solution of the question
as to which of the two deserve Execu-
tive approval, have endeavored to OBJ
tain all possible information. The argu-
ments which have influenced me to the
decision at which have arrived, viz: to
approve the one and reject the other, are
the superior resources of the counties of
Elko and White Pine over the county OF
Eureka to afford the aid guaranteed in
the respective bills. A brief summary
of the taxable property in those counties,
according to the assessment rolls of 1872,
gives the following amounts:
Eiko. '9oo ~
White Pine. ..........,.,......'. l,of2''lo VI
1t may be safely assumed that the tax
able property of Eureka county does moi
exceed one-half of the total valuation O
the late county of Lander. The amount
would be the sum of 1885,, 1873 70.
| l.
ing only one-third of the taxable propert,
of Eko and White Pine is compelled tc
incur liability equal to more than one
fifth of all its resources. The crushing
taxation which will be requisite to pro
duce q revenue adequate to the paymen
of the annual interest on the loan vii
repress and stifle trade and exclude pop
ulution. The mining and mechanical i'll
terest will stagger and sink under sucl
an excessive burden of taxation. In ad
dition, / have the welcome assuranc
that in my course upon this bill an
sustained by majority of the inhabit
ants of the community most interested
An extensive petition. signed by tn
most substantial citizens of the town o
Eureka, has requested my Executive in
reference with the passage of this bill
The sentiment of the press, of the pres
of the county, is to the same effect
Whatever might have been my first i'm
preston upon this point. it must hav
Yielded to such direct appeal from tn
tax-paying residents of Eureka county
: I have yielded reader assent to thei
petition because this bill alone, of al
those acted upon at the late session
, lacked the indispensable provision t
submit the question of subscription t
the body Of the people. r..
, L. r. BRADLEY.
e The Springfield (Illinois) Journ;
5 mentions this curious case in that State
3 A suit tor $10,O damages has been in
, stituted by Mrs. Isabella Streator agains
q Louis I4auterback, of Pekin, for damage
: arising from the drowning of her husban
q in In Marsh creek, short time age
The plaintiff claims that her husband ha
t been there drinking at Lauterback's ST
g loon on the night when he lost his if
G and that it was in consequence of havin
drank so much that he was drowned.
A desperate scoundrel entered a stol
:, in Stockton, CAL. and on being refused
o hat on credit, presented cooked fiv
shooter at the merchants breast. Th
merchant seized the weapon an
wrenched it from the grasp of the woul
be assassin, who then ran away and e
capped. His name is john Dillon. res
:" dent of Lockford, Cal.
!. The postal orders sold in the Virgin
q city Postoffice for the last year amour
I. ed to $4,000.
The Legal Tender mine of Montal
has been sold to an English Company +