Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-02
THE ENTERPRISE AND IT'S LEAF
FROM HISTORY"

IL was said Of England's charming essayist
that when his facile and delightful pen as
sumed the task of transcribing the records Of
history, the exuberant fancy of the
word painter, irresstibly controlled the pen
and the stern realities of the past were in.
sensibly warped and perverted to the measure
of tropes and figures.
We are forcibly reminded of McCauley by
the latter day editorials in the Enterprise
where full play is given to the generous fancy
u the gifted editor.
1t is impossible to observe the tact and
skill with which one neighbor moves among
the facts of contemporaneous history without
recalling to mind Macaulay's charming in
difference to those stubborn things.
Even so unpromising theme, as the re-
view of the so called attempts of the last
Legislature to legisate upon the all-important
question of fares and freights, presents no
obstace--with quiet assumption and self
possession not ordinarily accorded to mOrtals,
the gifted essayist who controls the editorial
columns of our neighbOr, thus embarks upon
the sea of fiction;
1.-THE Enterprise favored memorializing Con-
grees to pass law to stop determinations on
the Central Pacific, which was done. 1t fur
Their proposed that just such a law should be
passed TO apply to the local roads, which was
done.
The bill to prevent discrimination in fares
and freights which was enacted into law by
our ever to- be remembered Legislature, con
tanned it's vital force within the limit 8 of the
Elk lines TO be found on page 80 of the :atutes,
and known as section 4 By this section the
railroad companies were prohibited from
charging or receiving any greater compen-
sation per carload or part thereof of similar
property per miIe for carrying, receiving,
storing, forwarding or handling the same, for
. shorter than for longer distance in one
continuous carriage"
II is to be observed that this section receiv-
ing . common sense construction, as it ought,
would prevent the V. 6 T. R. r. Co. from
eIacting from the merchant of Carson great
er compensation, per mile, for carrying his
freight from Reno, than the merchant of Vir-
ginia City was compelled to pay. This was
the very object of the law, which was imper-
lively demanded by the necessities of the case
II the Company charged ten cents per ton per
mile for transporting freight fifty miles, the
ordinary business man failed 10 recognize the !
necessity of being compelled to pay higher
rate, per mile, on freight of the same class
transported a less distance. We are bound to
hal hon etato hat |
it supported this bill, although we have no
recollection of hearing any sound of common
dalton from it in such behalf. However, this
law is copy of the "Regan bill pending in
Congress and which we understand en- joys the
entire good opinion of our neighbor, both as
National and State measure, applicable to
''Our local roads" as well as the Genital Pa
cifc.
After the passage of this law, finding this
section to be a stumbling block in the way If
certain kinds of oppression, Tour local roads
to emascuate it, which they soon
very effectively did, by forcing another bill
amending this section in just one particular,
into enactment This all important amend
nent is found in the elimination Of the two
little words 'per mile" Having accomplished {
his undertaking "onr local roads," and we |
presume the Enterprise, breathed more freely $
The amendatoiy law is found on pages Ill +
and l12 of the Statutes where is presented to
he curious a striking illustration of chow not
10 do it,"
lhe law now is, by the grace of God and y
our local roads" that the Virginia & True
Zee Railroad Co. must not charge any more r
OF hauling freight from Reno to Steamboat j
springs, than it does for transporting the
anne class to Virginia City Does our neigh
or see the pointl We calmly await his inev-
able collision with another fact, in the
vent of continued discussion of this sub
act.