The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-02-25

What the COMMITTEE Of Fourteen has
Done and what the COMMITTEES on
Ways and Means May Do.


CARSON CRY. New. Feb. 23. 10,
EDITOR SILVER STATE: The Com
mittee of fourteen met last night to
take fnal 75fsaaUf y
ACTION ON THE WOODBURY. BILL.
Two members Of the Committee, Kaiser
of Churchill, and vansickie Of Douglas
were absent. Comius moved to report
the bill back to the House with the
recommendation that it do not pass.
Boardman moved to amend by report
ing the bill back and recommending it's
passage. The amendment was lost and
the original motion was carried by ten
to two. For good many days it has
been pretty generally believed that
majority OF the Committee would report
unfavorably on tue bill. but its bitterest
opponents did not hope to have so large
majority against it, and an certainly
at a loss to know by what mode of rea-
soning ten men on that Committee
could be made to believe that the Wood.
burn bill would work . great hardship
to the V. and T. Railroad Company.
Let US take few of 20
THEIR OWN FIGURES
And see what kind of showing they
will make. Mr.. Yerrington stated that
the average charge for carrying freight
was about 81 cents per mile per ton.
The Woodburn bill allows them 10 cents
on all heavy freights for distances less
than ten miles. That would make an
average of about cents per ton per
mile, or about ~ cents per ton per
mile less than they have charged for the
past year. The Company made a net
profit (take their own figures agaiD) of
nearly $500. 900 for the year 1876. or
more than $4,000 per mile The re-
duction proposed by the WOodburn bill
would be considerably below 20 per
cent. aud would still leave the Com.
pany net profit of more than 500, 0J0
per annum, very fair rate of interest
on the capital invested 10 the crooked
railroad, which according to their own
showing is 81, 800. 900. bat which Mr.
Yerrington admitted included the laying
of the road with steel rails, Al 900 cords
OF wood. and other items of no small
consequence. II may Do that
THE ELKo COUNTY GRAND JURY
did the business. although I believe,
that very important body did not in.
clude the V. aud L. in their recommen-
dations for msrcy. No doubt however,
the manipulators OF that body had a
very kindly feeling for the crooked road
and it's managers.
THE LEWIS BILL
Relating solely to the C.. p. r. r. is
before the House, aud most likely will
be acted on within the next two or three
days. Since such changes have taken
place in the minds of some Legislators
it is not easy to predict what the fate OF
the bill will be. Judge Brown, one of
the Central Pacific Company's lawyers.
was here last week and was before the
Committee of Fourteen to show that
the Lewis bill was altogether unconsti-
knttAnal tnnlina IN ha Il, sc
the Central Pacific folks thought the
bill unconstitutional they would hardly
take the trouble of trying to prove 1t TO
the Legislature.
The Judiciary Committee and the
Com mittee on Ways and Means to whom
was referred the bill for the
Kelley OF THE BONANZA FIRM
Which was introduced in the House a
few days ago was in session yesterday
considering the matter. What the re
port of the Joint Com mittees will be
cannot even surmise. neither have / any
means of knowing the opinions OF the
members of the Legislature on this
question, but if the Bonanza Firm can
produce as good arguments as the rail.
road companies. it is not unreasonable
to suppose that they will get the relief
asked for. M.
Personal Notes,