Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-19

As we have had occasion to note in previ-
Gus issues of the MORNING APPEAL, Mr.. Ar
thur McEwens letters to the Virginia Chron-
icLe upon the railroad question are of very
great interest and replete with evidences of
his brilliant qualities as writer. We here
with reproduce from his letter, which appears
in the Chronicle for Monday evening high
lv interesting account of certain incidents in
the committee meeting of last Saturday
night:
Mr. Bender desired to make personal ex
PLANTATION. At a previous meeting of the
committee he had named Mr.. Eckart, the
Virginia City foundryman, as among those
had disclaimed any desire to interfere with
the V. q 7. road, saying that his fight was
with the Central Pacific. DIR. Eckart was
present and he would like to hear from him.
Mr. Eckart came forward and said that he
remembered the conversation quite well, and
that Dir. Bender had evidently mistaken his
meaning A Salt Lake party wanted GER
tain amount of ironwork, and, provided he
could furnish it as cheaply as it could be OBJ
tanned in San Francisco lac would be given
the preference The Salt Lake people would
had been prepared by his firm. Mr.. Eckart
wrote to Mr. Bender stating the circum-
stances, and Mr.. Bender had replied that he
would agree to make the same reduction that
might be obtained from the Central Pacific.
This, Mr. Eckart said, while kind, was per-
fecty safe, as the Central Pacific was not
likely 20 show any such favor. The upshot
of it was that MIR Eckart found that the Cen
trail Pacific weuld charge for six carloads OF
ironwork from Reno to Ogden just 81 ,722
more than from San Francisco to Ogden.
The work was, of course, done in San Fran
cisco. 1t would have given work to larger
number of men in Virginia City. The price
which the Virginia and Truckee would have
charged from Virginia to Reno was S75 per
carload MIR. Eckart certainly did sympa-
thize with the movement for reduction IN
freight charges on the Virginia and Truckee
That company had net only charged him out
rageously high freights but it had entered
into competition with him in his own bust
ness.
HOW THE FoUNDRIEs ARE CRUSHED.
Mr.. Yerington- Our foundry doesn't i'll
terfere with your business.
Mr. Eckart-Yes, sir; it does. You I'M
derbid us for the castings for the Lyon Mill
and Mining Company and got the contract
This brings to view another tentacle OF this
Virginia and Truckee octopus which Is such
a blessing to this section of country and
which makes boast of fostering local indus
tries"
In answer to Judge Lewis's questions, Mr.
Bender stated that all the mines and mills
controlled by the Bonanza firm have special
rates. These are the only special rates given
Yerington & Bliss, he said, had to pay the
regular rates. The gentleman then proceed
ed to read general disquisition on the beau
ties of the policy pursued by the Virginia
and Truckee company which, he boldly as
serted, has ever tried to protect the interests
OF the country through which 1t runs. 1t
had done this in the lumber business, keep
ing out the lumber from 1ruckee. (Ihe
obligation which Ierington must Teel toward
Yerlngton .or 5hj> viii al once suggest itself
to the intelligent consumer of wood at 81
and Sl4 per cOrd.)
Mr.. SMITH ON DECK.
Mr. Bender said further that he had been
by a perfectly reliable gentleman,
who was in a position to know whereof he
spoke, that Lonkey Il Smith of Virginia City
had recently urged some of the wood men OF
TruCkee to contribute $1,000 toward a fund
for the purpose of obtaining such legislation
as would further their interests.
Mr.. smith-Are you at liberty to give the
name of your informant
Mr.. Bender am not.
Mr. Smith-What you have said is false,
Whoever told you is liar Although it is
not true, l don't say that, all things co!sid-
cred, it wouldn't be perfectly iustihaDle to
try that method if all others fail.
Mr.. Bender III conclusion said that he wa,
not speaking in any sense as a creature Of the
railroad, but as property owner OF Carson, |
aud as such he protested against any interior |
e1ce with the Virginia and Truckee railroad. |
In answer to a question he said that he could |
not tell exactly what the net profits on freight |
had been for 1873, as the the receipts were
mixed up with the receipts from passenger
travel. No statistics of passenger travel have
been kept