Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-18

kee Railroad accumulated for and in behalf
of their company this six million of capital?
DO they count therein the 81 300, 900 given
to them by the counties of Ormsby and Sto-
rey and the Comstock mining companiesl
Construction of road, So sos, $3.50 80. "
Inasmuch as this includes (by Mr.. Yerring-
tons own confession) the cost of relaying the
track with steel rails, is the suspicion not
natural that other expense accounts have
also crept inl
'Bonds, (payable), $I,1O1, 900 co." In
connection with this part of the report did
not the agent of the company forget to in
clude the statement, made by himself to the
committee on last Saturday night that the
company in the year 1873 had paid 100000
on these same bonds2 And adding this $780,
600 to the sum total of dividends, is not the
said total $3.50, 900 instead of but $3.50, 900,
as stated in this sworn report7 And is not
800, 900 so paid in the nature of "mate-
rial representation" Also, did he not forget
to add in the interest paid on 81 POO, 900 in
1873
Amount received from the transportation
of passengers, property, mail, express, etc. y,
as per detailed report herewith, S. ,6O4,-
442 90" Are the various accounts of the
V. g. 7. r. r. Co., with the ElDorado
Wood and Flume Co., Yerington, Bliss
& Co., and the sundry other Coos" which
stand for the alias of D. O. Mills, Iumberman
and wood merchant, included in this state
mentor, is the wood and lumber shipped
by these closely cerporated associates C dead
headed" over the road
Amount of freight in tons, hauled, 5O7,-
922' Does this include all the wood and
lumber shipped over the road in 1873!
GENERAL INTERRoGATIoNs
What account is made, upon the books of
the Company, of the moneys donated by
Ormsby and Storey Counties and by the
Comstock mining companies in 1869-70?
Did not Mr.. Bender let his foot slip when,
yesterday morning, in trying to illustrate the
unreliability of 9 Poor's Manual" he read,
the V. & 7. Company therein contained, the
words g all further information refused?'
Did not Mr. Bender also let himself ''thnk
aloud" when he told the committee yesterday
are mot within 80 per cent. of what they
were - hum, ha, ha, hum, well, Just
after the Virginia City ire!" Didn't he by
this unguarded statement come near giving
the committee pretty broad hint of the i'm
mense amount of revenue derived from this
road!
Would not MIR. Yerington's report have
been quite as satisfactory to the Legislature
if he had made statement of the total
amount of taxes paid i'll Storey, Lyon, Ormsby
and Washoe Counties on account of the afore-
said Sc, OOO,O 900 of capital stock
Will not Mr. Mills be good enough to com
ply with the law so far as to file with the
Secretary of State a sworn statement of the
capital stock, earnings, profits &c, of the
Lake Tahoe Marrow Gauge Railroad!
Would it not be in order that a statement
should be made as to the ownership Oh the
lst of January of the Virginia and Truckee,
the Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge and the Eu-
reka and Palisade Railroads, and the resi-
dence of the said owners? In other words,
would it not be well to let the people know
where all the profits of those roads 60 to!
IN CONCLUSION.
There is a suspicion that Mr. Mills |
in Withholding from the people a full |
frank, fair and ingenious showing of his |
railroad business and it's profits and advan
tages has done so from the fear that the pub |
lie and the Legislature might be informed of
the enormous income flowing into his pockets,
month after MONTH from the industries and |
businesses of Nevada. The people of West
ern Nevada on every hand see the profitable |
business growing out Of the wood and timber |
trade and the transportation of freights alb
sorbed BY their ''local' railroads; they are at |
last made aware of the vast profits annually |
accruing to these railroad monopolists, and |
they look with amazement, while also looking !
to the Senate and Assembly for some RENE
dial legislation, at the pitiful sums yearly |
returned to the treasury by these monopo-
lists in the shape of taxes.
THE CHINESE BILL PASSES THE |
SENATE