Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-04
THE v. AND T. r. R. COMPANY
And THE RIVER WOOD DRIVE.
ALSO SOME SHARP PRACTICES TO
THE DETRIMENT OF MER-
CHANTS AND LABORERS.

There is a great deal of wood brought into
this State from the timbered lands of Alpine
County, California 1t is cut npon the
mountain slopes contiguous to the headwaters
Of the Carson, and being transported thither,
is put in the stream and iosted down the
river in ''driFes
There is at Empire City, in this County a
mill, known as the Mexican mill This mill
worked by machinery run by water power
The said water power is supplied by an
caueduct known as "The Spanish Ditch. i"
The greater part of the wood which comes
down the Carson River and is taken out at
Empire, is hoated through this Spanish
Ditch.
For more than twelve years after the
Spanish Ditch" was constructed the poor
white men living at Empire with their fami-
lies had a yearly job of taking this river
wood from the said Ditch The earnings
thus coming to them were of no little &C
count, as the times CO. and the same were
looked forward to as an annual harvest
Some two or three years ago; the Virginia
aud Truckee Railroad Company through its
directors and agents procured or caused to be
Issued all order which at once deprived the
white laboring men of Empire Of this yearly
Job and gave it to the Chinese; and the Chi
nese are now doing that work and earning
that small but welcome wage.
This is one of the instances of sharp prac-
tice by which the "local' road exhibits its
Iova for tho GIIocal" Daanle
now THE MERCHANTS ARE TREATED.
A merchant came to us not many days
since with this complaint. Says he: THE
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Wood Ring
compel the merchants to carry their con
tracts How that" We queried "By
this sharp practice Say a man contracts
with the Wood Ring to cut and deliver a GER
tain quantity of wood. He goes to mer-
chant and purchases lot of groceries and
other necessary supplies on the credit of his
contract. He cuts his wood and is prepared
to deliver it. Meantime the Wood Ring
keeps putting him off and delaying settlement
with him. All this time he is unable to pay
the merchant for his goods. This makes the
merchant ''carry' the contractor as long as
the Wood Ring chooses to prucrastinste
and he lays out of his money, some lilies, for
dissstrously long period of time.
GRINDING THE FACE OF THE POOR
The Wood Ring are chargeable with this
piece of cruelty and perversion of the law:
Some years ago they caused the lien
law to be doctored 50 as to make it impossible
for the woodchoppor by whose hands the
forests are laid low ard their trees made into
fuel, to secure himself from being cheated
by any rascally contractor.
The Wood Ring let's contract. The COLI
tractor hires gang of men and sets them at
work. in course of time the contractor OBJ
tains from the Wood Ring a considerable part
Of his contract money. Then he, finding that
ne can make more money by doing so, de-
camps, leaving the woodchOppers in the lurch.
Being denied the benefit of lien law, the
IaDorer is powerless, while the Wood Ring
gets possession of the wood for half the price
agreed upon with the contractor
Now let us look at this business in its true
light;
The absence Of lien law in favor of the
roodchopper invites collision between knavish
principals and rsscally contractors
1t is device invented by the rich and
wealthy, powerful and enlightened, to grind
the face of the poor.
1t denies to the poor AMMAN the protection
which the law extends to every mechanic,
every laborer upon any building, or any
miner who works in the mines in this State. |
This Virginia q Truckee Wood Ring has
not only absorbed all the wood cutting and |
timber interests of Western Nevada, thus |
mOnopolizing two very important industries, |
but they are charged with the authorship of
this diaboical plan for robbing the woodchop-
pers of the price of their labor
Let the representatives of the people think
OF these things i'll connection with the claims
OF the s. local " roads.
THE HAINES- DANGBERG CASE.